WOLFGANG DAUNER
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Classic Fusion, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Jazz Related Soundtracks, Third Stream, Post Bop, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Germany

Wolfgang Dauner *December 30, 1935 in Stuttgart - † January 4, 2020 in Stuttgart. Dauner was one of the “forefathers of jazz” in Germany: the keyboarder, composer and producer was the founder of free jazz. He was born in Stuttgart on December 30, 1935 and first founded the "Wolfgang Dauner Trio" in 1963 with Eberhard Weber and Fred Braceful. This gave rise to the jazz-rock band "Et Cetera" that shaped jazz in Germany. From 1969 Dauner was head of the "Radio Jazz Group Stuttgart" for 15 years. In 1976 he was a co-founder of the "United Jazz + Rock Ensemble". Dauner also composed for other jazz musicians, for film, television and radio drama and worked on musical productions for children, for example in the "Show with the Mouse". He was a producer for Konstantin Wecker. His great works include "Psalmus Spei" for church choir and jazz ensemble or the jazz opera read more...