Claus
Reichstaller
trumpet,flugelhorn
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Born
in Munich, Germany on May 25, 1963 Claus Reichstaller began playing the
trumpet when he was nine years old. At age eleven he won a first prize
in the contest for classical music "Jugend musiziert". 1980 he started
his four-year classical music education at the "Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium"
in Munich. Claus gained further musical experience with the named trumpet
players Benny Bailey and Al Porcino. Later, after a hitch in the air force,
he played with Harald Rüschenbaum Sax & Brass, Al Porcino Big Band,
Composers Improvisation Orchestra, Conexion Latina and various other formations
to develop his playing.
In 1989 Claus joined the Paris Reunion Band. He got the chance to play
with jazz-giants like Nathan Davis, John Handy, Kenny Drew, Curtis Fuller,
Bill Hardman and Jimmy Woode. On the European Tour ´89 they recorded
the album "Live at the Moonwalker" where Kirk Lightsey replaced Kenny
Drew and Nat Adderly came to complete the band. The producer Mike Hennessey
wrote on the album: "And to replace the late Woody Shaw we were lucky
to discover a fine trumpet player from Munich - Claus Reichstaller- a
recommendation of Peter Herbolzheimer and a former pupil of another PRB
alumnus, Benny Bailey. Claus has distinct echoes of Woody in his playing."Ê
His engagement with each of these giants has provided him with a lot of
education.
1992 Claus won the National Jazz Award Förderpreis für junge
Künstler. One year later he started teaching trumpet at the Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium.
Since then he is performing with his own group Conception together with
Axel Kühn. They have already two CD's on the market (see discography).
Claus is known as an open-minded musician. The young trumpeter takes also
part in lots of different recordings and performances.
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