Lutz Büchner - saxophone & clarinet
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Lutz Buechner was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1968. He took lessons with the famous alto saxophonist Herb Geller and studied music at the HFMT (University for Music and Theatre in Hamburg). He performed with trombone player Ed Kroeger from Bremen and was invited as a soloist to record with the Metropole Orchester in Hilversum „Netherlands” directed by Rob Pronk.
In 1994 he became a permanent member of the NDR Bigband.
Along with his bandmate, Swedish bass player Lucas Lindholm, drummer Heinz Lichius and Buggy Braune on piano Lutz played almost weekly at a jazzclub (Dennis) in Hamburg, featuring guests such as Wolfgand Schlueter (vib) or Gene Jackson (drums). At the same club Lutz played with Joerg Achim Kellers Small Bigband once a week.
As a teacher Lutz worked for the Institute of Music at the University of Bremen and for the musicschool of MIB (Association of Musicians in Bremen) In Hamburg he is a member of the „Nils Gessinger Band” and Juergen Attigs „low X”. There are several projects with Bassist Detlev Beier, Hans Dekker (drums) and Joe Dinkelbach (p), Paul Imm (b) and Ralph Reichert (ts), Marc Prietzel (drums), Jon Hammond (org) and ex Miles Davis guitarist Barry Finnerty (g), and NDR Bigband Bandmate Stefan Diez (g).
Lutz also played with larger ensembles such as the Ed Partyka Jazzorchestra, the hr Radio Bigband in Frankfurt (at the Frankfurt Jazzfestival with Tim Hagans), the Bremen Bigband and Henk Meutgeerts Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. 2000-2004 he played with Danish drummer Alex Riel. The quartet with Alex, Lutz, Carsten Dahl on piano and Jesper Lundgaard on bass recorded a cd („life at Jive”) that was released by „Stunt Records”. The band performed in Denmark, Norway, Vietnam and also at the NDR-Jazzconcerts in Hamburg at Rolf-Liebermann-Studio.
Since 2001 Lutz has been playing with Joe Gallardo`s band. Joes CD is called „A Latin Shade of Blue” and was released by the German record label „ENJA”. The band played at jazz festivals in Burghausen, Vienna and Jazz-Baltica in Salzau. With the NDR Bigband he played concerts at jazz festivals in London, Paris, Chicago, New York and Bejing. For the „Goethe-Institute” the band toured in South-America, Spain, Portugal and South-Africa. The NDR Bigband is a sought-after orchestra, featuring musicians like Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson, Michael Gibbs, Dave Holland, Abdullah Ibrahim, Al Jarreau, Clark Terry, McCoy Tyner, Albert Mangelsdorf and many others.
In 2004 Lutz arranged two of his compositions for the NDR Bigband.
The „Trio Connex” was founded in 2004 with Bjoern Luecker (drums) and Phillip Steen (bass). The three musicians have released their recording in January 2006 (Schoener Horen Music).
Lutz CD „Ring” with Sandra Hempel (git), Danny Gottlieb (drums), Vladyslav Sendecki (piano), Paul Imm (bass) and Jurgen Attig (frettless bass) was published 2006 (Schoener Horen Music).
Lutz has been a friend of the OMTJ for many years, playing with the band on special occasions. He formally joined the band as lead sax and clarinet player in 2013.
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