Johannes Schaedlich

born in 1957 in Sachsa/Harz, Gemany

Contra bass, E-Bass, and fretless E-Bass instructor

Johannes works is a bassist (contra bass and e-bass), composer and instructor. He pursues his professional career for over twenty years.

1964 first violin lessons, since 1972 e-bass (autodidactic)

Since 1978 lessons and workshops with instructors such as Adelhard Roidinger, Peter Bockius, Sigi Busch, Arild Andersen, Paul Imm

In 1980 beginning of Johannes academic studies with a major in contra bass in Karlsruhe and Mannheim (classical), jazz studies in Hamburg (pilot project popular music with S. Busch).

Since 1982 collaborations with Lee Konitz, Enrico Pieranunzi, Bobby Shew, Adam Nussbaum, Hal Galper, Doug Raney, Tony Lakatos, Keith Copeland, Louis Stewart, Phil Abraham, Glen Miller Big Band NL, Imre Köszegy, Pony Poindexter, Peter Kosch, Georg Ruby, Joe Haider, Wolfgang Lauth, Leszek Zadlo, Peter Decker, Gerd Dudek, Frank Wunsch, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Piotr Baron, John Stowell, Wolfgang Engstfeld, Francois Chassagnitte, Toumani Diabaté, Tomasz Szukalski, Habib Koité, Artur Dudkiewicz, Joe Gallardo, Christoph Spendel, Royce Campbell, Lauren Newton, Jeanette McLeod, Maria Joao, Özay etc.

Studio recordings with Hal Galper, Janusz Stefanski, Bobby Shew, Freddy Santiago, Wolfgang Lauth, “City West Quartet” (Switzerland), Lee Konitz (CD productions 1994 and 1995), Doug Raney, Keith Copeland, Christian Eckert, Anke Helfrich etc.

Tours and guest performances with different bands in the United States, France, Spain, the Benelux, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic.
1991 tour to Russia and Kyrgyzstan. 2003 tour for the Goethe-Institut through all countries of West Africa (from Senegal to Cameroon).

Nomination for the best foreign band at the newcomer contest of the Spanish JAZZALDIA-Festival in 1987

Sponsorship award of the International Jazz Soloist Workshop Trier

First prize at the Jazz Soloist Contest Rhineland-Palatinate

Original contemporary jazz projects (with the Johannes Schaedlich Group, Polish-German quartet formation); currently as trio with Rainer Böhm (piano) and Oliver Strauch (drums).

Since occasionally associate lecturer for jazz contra bass and e-bass at the Music College Mannheim/Heidelberg

Workshops in Poland, Czech Republic and Germany

Jury member at jazz contests in Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse

Music Download

Ser_Demo.mp3 (2,61MB)
Srebr_Demo.mp3 (3,12MB)

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