Christof Lauer

Christof Lauer
Background information
Born	(1953-05-25) 25 May 1953 (age 72) Melsungen, Germany
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Tenor and soprano saxophone
Labels	CMP, ACT

Christof Lauer (born 25 May 1953) ^[1] is a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, ^[2] born in Melsungen, Germany, perhaps most well known in Europe where he has done projects with various musicians, such as Palle Danielsson, Carla Bley, ^[3] Anthony Cox, Michel Godard and Gary Husband, ^[4] Vince Mendoza's Jazzpaña, Michel Portal, Maria João, Alphonse Mouzon, ^[2] and Peter Erskine. ^[5]

Since 1979 he is member of the Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks led by Albert Mangelsdorff. In 1994 Lauer joined the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and replaced Charlie Mariano, ^[6] and is also a member of the Hamburg NDR Radio Orchestra. ^[4]

Discography

• Perlboot (L+R Records, 1987), quartet with Ralf R. Hübner
• Christof Lauer (CMP, 1989), quartet with Joachim Kühn, Palle Danielsson and Peter Erskine
• Moabiter Blues (L+R Records, 1991), duo with Ralf R. Hübner
• Bluebells (CMP, 1992) with Wolfgang Puschnig, Bob Stewart and Thomas Alkier
• Evidence (CMP, 1995), trio featuring Anthony Cox and Daniel Humair
• Mondspinner (Free Flow Music, 1996), quartet with Ralf R. Hübner
• Fragile Network (ACT, 1999), quintet featuring Michel Godard, Marc Ducret, Anthony Cox and Gene Jackson
• Shadows in the Rain (ACT, 2001), duo with pianist Jens Thomas plus strings featuring Sidsel Endresen, tribute to Sting
• Pure Joy (ACT, 2003), duo with pianist Jens Thomas
• Heaven (ACT, 2003) with Norwegian Brass featuring Sondre Bratland, Rebekka Bakken and Geir Lysne
• Blues in Mind (ACT, 2007) with Michel Godard and Gary Husband
• Play Sidney Bechet Petite Fleur (ACT, 2014) with the NDR BigBand

References

1. "Christof Lauer Archived 2009-05-03 at the Wayback Machine ", fild.de, retrieved 2010-02-12
2. Shand, John (2005), allaboutjazz.com, September 25, 2004, retrieved 2010-02-12
3. "Selected Recordings Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine ", ECM, retrieved 2010-02-12
4. Fordham, John (2007) "Christof Lauer, Blues in Mind", The Guardian , 9 February 2007, retrieved 2010-02-12
5. Karlovits, Bob (1990) "Brief disc-cussions", Pittsburgh Press , 29 April 1990, retrieved 2010-02-12
6. Huey, Steve "The United Jazz + Rock Ensemble Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-02-12