Wolfgang Zabba Lindner

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Wolfgang "Zabba" Lindner was a German drummer and composer.

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Wolfgang Lindner
Born15 December 1949
Köthen
Died23 June 2017 [1]
Hamburg [2]

He came to Hamburg with his family via Mannheim in the early 1960s. His father Max Lindner was the first drummer in the NDR Symphony Orchestra led by Hand Schmidt-Isserstedtd and Günther Wand for more than 20 years.

Lindner played jazz and rock, taught seminars at schools, gave workshops and worked in the crossover area. He wrote several symphonies, i.e. the "Mountain Rock Symphony" and performed in Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden in 2003/2004 together with the Philharmonic Orchestra Bad Reichenhall and the Junge Philharmonie Salzburg. He also played together with acts such as Sphinx Tush, Tomorrow's Gift, Release Music Orchestra, the Even Mind Orchestra, ES, and Full Service.

While living in Hamburg, Lindner formed the duo The Two with saxophonist Kurt Buschmann. Since January 2016, Lindner was performing concerts of his compositions "Melodies of the Hamburg Symphony."

Discography (selection)

Tomorrow's Gift

1973: Goodbye Future (fried egg)

Release Music Orchestra

1974: Life ([[Brain]])

1975: Garuda (Brain)

1976: Get The Ball (Brain)

ES

1979: Wham Bang (Fran Records)

Zabba Lindner & The Rhythm 'Stix

1982: Extra Ordinaire (Sky Records) [3]

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References

  1. "Schlagzeug-Legende "Zabba" Lindner gestorben" (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  2. "Schlagzeug-Legende "Zabba" Lindner gestorben" (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  3. "Zabba Lindner & The Rhythm' Stix - Extra Ordinaire". Discogs (in German). 1982. Retrieved 2018-03-23.