Matthias Schubert,  *1960 in Kassel, Germany

This man is one of the leading German saxophone players. If you have ever seen him on stage you'll hardly forget his performance. His extremely powerful playing, the richness of ideas in his improvisations and his inspired compositions give him a prime position in German Jazz.

He got his first awards at the Jazz Festival "de Meervart" in Amsterdam 1980 and at the competition of the International Jazz Federation 1982. In 1993 he received a grant from the W. Zippel Foundation in Kassel. 1995 he received the renowned Jazzaward of the "Südwest Funk". 1996 he got an award at "Internationaler Musikwettbewerb für junge Kultur", Duesseldorf/Germany.

He played among others in the Euro Jazz Big Band, the Graham Collier Band, the Marty Cook Band, the Albert Mangelsdorff Quintett, Basslab, the Jazzartrio, the Gunter Hampel and the Galaxy Dream Band, the Klaus Koenig Orchestra, in the Duo Di Sax and with the Jungle Pilots.

Current projects as Bandleader:

  • Matthias Schubert Quartet 
    (with Carl Ludwig Huebsch Tuba, Claudio Puntin clarinet and Tom Rainey drums)
     
  • Saxophone Duos
    with Frank Gratkowski und Renato Cordovanni
     
  • James Choice Orchestra
    (Orchestra lead by Norbert Stein, Carl Ludwig Huebsch, Frank Gratkowski und Matthias Schubert)

     

He has played and performed at Jazzvestivals in:

  • Bracknell und Candom (Great Britain)
  • Cork (Irlande)
  • Amsterdam und Groningen (Netherlands)
  • Marne le Valle, Paris, Les Mans and Tulon (France)
  • Antwerpen (Belgium)
  • Hollabrunn (Austria)
  • Zagreb, Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)
  • Warschau (Poland)
  • Sofia (Bulgaria)
  • Bukarest (Romania)
  • Jaroslavel (Russia)
  • Porto (Portugal)
  • Izmir (Turkey)
  • Melbourne und Sydney (Australia)
  • Toronto und Montreal (Canada)
  • Pompei, Modena, Genova, Ravenna, Florenz, Pisa (Italy)
  • ...all renowned Jazzfestivals in Germany

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Discography

1987

Jazzartrio

From Time to Time

Nicola Vernuccio bass; Stefano Bambini drums

(Splash)

1989

Klaus Koenig Pinguin Liquid

Poco a Poco

Big Band

(ENJA)

1989

Klaus Koenig Orchestra

Times of Devastation

Big Band

(ENJA)

1991

Klaus Koenig Orchestra

Homage a Douglas Adams

Big Band

(ENJA)

1993

Klaus Koenig Orchestra

Song of Songs

Big Band

(ENJA)

1994

Klaus Koenig Orchestra

Time Fragments

Big Band

(ENJA)

1996

Klaus Koenig Orchestra

Reviews

Big Band

(ENJA)

1991

Basslab

Aisha

Achim Kaufmann piano; Manfred Bründel bass; Bill Elgart drums

(Edition Frankfurt)

1991

Basslab

Live feat Barry Altschul

Simon Nabatov piano; Manfred Bründel bass; Barry Altschult drums

(West Wind)

1992

Gunter Hampel

Dialog

Gunter Hampel vibes

(Birth)

1991

Jungle Pilots

Near Miss

Evert Brettschneider guitar; Alois Kott bass; Peter Eisold drums

(ENEMY)

1994

Jungle Pilots

Down under

Evert Brettschneider guitar; Alois Kott bass; Peter Eisold drums

(VeraBra)

1994

The Remedy

20 Improvised Songs

Axel Doernet trumpet;Sebastian Gramss bass; Claus Wagner drums; Peter Kowald bass; Tom Cora cello

(JazzHausMusik)

1998

Duo Total

Meschuggene Nuß

Holger Mantey piano

(ITM)

1998

Loft im Exil

Live in Moers

Frank Gratkowski sax; Ernst Reijseger cello; Dieter Manderscheid bass; Achim Krämer drums

(2nd Floor )

1992

Matthias Schubert Quartett

For Thieves and Lovers

Simon Nabatov piano; Lindsey Horner bass; Tom Rainey drums

(Network)

1995

Matthias Schubert Quartett

Blue and Grey Suite

Simon Nabatov piano; Lindsey Horner bass; Tom Rainey drums

(ENJA)

2000



2000

Matthias Schubert Quartett

Andreas Willers Octet

Momentum



The Ground Music

Simon Nabatov piano; Lindsey Horner bass; Tom Rainey drums
Dominique Pifarely violin; Claudio Puntin clarinet; Arkady Shilkloper french horn; Joerg Huke trombone; Dieter Illg bass; Tom Rainey drums

(Jazzline)



(ENJA)

2001 Carl Ludwig Hübsch  Longrun Developement of the Universe Musiker Carl Ludwig Hübsch; Wolter Wierbos  (JHM)
2002 Duo Total  Surface  Holger Mantey (Konnex)
2005 Carl Ludwig Hübsch  

is this our music

 

Carl Ludwig Hübsch; Wolter Wierbos

 

(Konnex 8718)
2006 James Choice Orchestra Live at Moers Meinberg, Thomas Heberer, Udo Moll, Matthias Mainz, Matthias Muche, Nikolao Valiensi, C L Hübsch, Melvyn Poore, Frank, Gratkowski, Norbert Stein, Niels Klein, Anette Maye, Radek Stawarz, Scott Roller, Sebastian Gramss, Berbara Schachtner, Isis Krüger, Philip Zoubeck, Tom Lorenz, Thomas Lehn, Scott Fields, Joe Hertenstein moers music
2006 Matthias Schubert Quartett Trappola Claudio Puntin; Carl Ludwig Hübsch; Tom Rainey Red Toucan Records 9330
2006 Scott Fields Ensemble Beckett Scott Fields, guitarra eléctrica / John Hollenbeck, percusión / Scott Roller, violonchelo / Matthias Schubert, saxo tenor clean feed 069
2007-1983 Graham Collier Big Band Hoarded Dream`s Geoff Warren, Juhanni Aaltonen, Art Themen, John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, Henry Lowther, Manfred Schoof, Tomasz Stanko, Ted Curson, Malcom Griffiths, Eje Thelin, Conny Bauer, Dave Powell, John Schroeder, Ed Speight, Roger Dean, Paul Bridge, Ashley Brown cuneiform Rune 252



Contact:

Matthias Schubert
Sülzburgstr.122
50937 Koeln / Cologne
Tel. +49 (0)221 - 9 54 53 96
E-Mail:
matthiasschubert@online.de

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