The Reform Art Unit Claudius Alzner Und Seine Solisten Orchester Der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien ORF Big Band Ostinato Erich Kleinschuster Quintet Abadie Richard Österreicher Big Band Jimi U - Albert Mair Quintet
Austrian Jazz Bassist and session musician
He was born 1955 in Vienna. Aged 17, he focused on Jazz and two years later he started to play with Austria’s great ORF Big Band along side Art Farmer, Harry Pepl or Hans Salomon. At the same time we worked as studio musician for Jazz Gitti and Wolfgang Ambros. He also joined free jazz projects like Reform Art Unit. He could vary in his styles a lot. He is still plays live in Jimi U - Albert Mair Quintet.
ALBUMS
Newland - Rens Nieuvland* / Ali Telfa* / Heinz Jäger / Tommy Börröcz*
Voodoogirl / Sibirian Huskey
1984
Ostinato
Ostinato
1983, Vinyl, 
,
, Fusion/Latin Jazz/Easy Listening
Claudius Alzner Und Seine Solisten
Cocktail International Vol. 17
1980, LP, Album, Elite Special, Elite Special, ,
, Easy Listening
Abadie
Roly Poly
1974, 7", Single, Bellaphon, Bellaphon Austria, 
,
, Psychedelic/Prog Rock/Jazz-Funk
APPEARANCES +
The Word
Collected Works
2019, ,
, Funk/Soul/Fusion
Reform Art Unit*
Reform ARTunit Featuring The Americans: West East Suite (Songs From Oregon, Ghana And From Pannonia To The East)
2017, LP, Comp, Ltd, Not On Label (The Reform Art Unit Self-released), ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
JAQ*
Live At Porgy & Bess
2015, LP, Album, Jive Music
Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
Mary Poppins (Das Broadway Musical)
2015, 2xCD, Album, Hit Squad, ,
, Musical
Herwig Gratzer
Dirty Fingers
2012
Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
10 Jahre Tanz Der Vampire (Das Jubiläumskonzert)
2007, CD, Album, HitSquad Records, 
,
, Musical
Michael Kunze & Sylvester Levay
Rebecca (Cast Album)
2006, CD, ,
, Musical
Rolf Schweizer, Guy Ferber
Europäische Barockmusik für Barocktrompeten und Orgel
2005, CD, Amati
Rainhard Fendrich, Harold Faltermeyer
Wake Up - Das Musical
2002, CD, Album, Copy Prot., GiG Records, BMG, ,
, Musical
Ludwig Hirsch
Perlen
2002
Pepi Helm*
Zwerndorf
2001, CD, Album, Not On Label
Mozartband
Soul
2001, CD, ,
, Symphonic Rock/Classical/Opera
Reform Art Unit* Featuring Carla Bley, Andrew Cyrille, Burton Greene, Sunny Murray, Linda Sharrock, Clifford Thornton
Millenium CD
2000, 2xCDr, Granit (2), ,
, Avant-garde Jazz
Karl Ratzer
Moon Dancer
1998, CD, Album, Enja Records
Three Motions, Clifford Thornton, Anthony Braxton
Impressions
1998, 2xCDr, Comp, Kovarik's Musikothek, Kovarik's Musikothek
Karl Ratzer & Beat The Heat
Coasting
1995, CD, Album, Bellaphon
Roger Chapman, Karl Ratzer
Lucky Man
1994, CD, Maxi, Bellaphon
Marianne Mendt
Momendt
1994, CD, ORF, ORF Radio Wien
Austrian Radio Orchestra feat.* Großes ORF-Unterhaltungsorchester Karl Ratzer, Rens Newland*, Karl Drewo, Bob Dodge*
Romantic Symphony
1994, CD, Comp, Jive Music, ,
, Easy Listening
Lena Rothstein & Ensemble S.P.H.A.R.A.D.I.M
Como La Rosa - Cantos Judeo Españoles II
1993, CD, Album, Extraplatte
Karl Ratzer & Beat The Heat
Bayou
1993, CD, Album, Bellaphon
Karl Ratzer
A Man And His Guitar
1991, CD, Album, Bellaphon,
Liszl
Talk About Job Sharing
1991
Al "Fats" Edwards
Why - Songs & Spirituals
1991
Kurt Brunthaler Big Band*
Follow Me
1990, LP, Album, Relax Records (3), Echo (29), ,
, Big Band/Jazz-Funk/Swing/Latin Jazz
Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
Musical Highlights
1990, CD, ,
, Musical
Pluhar*
Bossa Á La Marinoff
1989
Karl Ratzer
Gitarrenfeuer
1985, LP, Album, Bellaphon
Margot Werner
Traumflüge
1985
David Hanselmann
Frontline
1985
Bilgeri
Alaska
1984, LP, Album, OK Musica
Mayflower-Orchestra* , Trumpet - Hans Gansch
Cartagena
1984, LP, Album, Bellaphon, Bellaphon Austria
Lee Rich & Company
Here I Am
1984, LP, S/Sided, Album, WTP, WTP, ,
, Funk/Soul/Fusion
Karl Merkatz Spricht Und Singt Villon*
Das Große Testament - Balladen Und Lieder
1984, LP, Album, WM Produktion
Karim
Summer Sur La Côte d’Azur
1984
The Word
Lobster / The Word
1984
Hans Gansch
Trumpet-Roller
1983, LP, Album, Bellaphon
ELLP All Sound Orchestra
Wings And Clouds
1983, LP, Album, Weltmusik Produktion Wien,
Main Street*
№ 1
1983, LP, Album, Centrocord, ,
, Pop Rock/Swing/Vocal/Jazz-Funk/Big Band
Peter Meissner
Peter Meissner
1983, LP, Album, Earl
Karl Hodina
I Brauch' Di Zum Red'n
1983, LP, Album, CBS
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cats - Die Deutsche Originalaufnahme
1983
Christine Jones
Schlaf Schlaf Schlaf / Jet Set Party
1982, 7", Single, Yedermann Productions,
Bilgeri
Bilgeri
1982, Vinyl, ,
, Disco
Stefanie Werger
Die Nächste Bin Ich
1982, Vinyl, ,
, Pop Rock
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 42/81
1981, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Bossa Nova/Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 41/81
1981, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Latin Jazz/Easy Listening
Peter Horton
Vierzig Jahre Leben
1981, LP, Album, Nature (2)
Various
Bratislava Jazz Days 1979
1981, 2x Vinyl, 
,
, Free Improvisation/Jazz-Rock/Big Band
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Ernst Kugler
ORF Arbeitsplatte 36/80
1980, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Big Band/Dixieland/Ballad/Easy Listening
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Ernst Kugler
ORF Arbeitsplatte 40/80
1980, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF
Erich Kleinschuster - ORF-Big Band*
Maurische Anekdoten
1980, LP, Album, EGO Records (3), ,
, Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Big Band
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 39/80
1980, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Bossa Nova/Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Big Band/Easy Listening
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 38/80
1980, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Bossa Nova/Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Big Band/Easy Listening
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 37/80
1980, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Big Band/Easy Listening
ORF-Big Band* ; Leitung: Erich Kleinschuster
ORF Arbeitsplatte 35/80
1980, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Big Band/Easy Listening/Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Herbert Windisch
Aber Sie Glaub'n Mir's Net
1980, Vinyl,
Rainhard Fendrich
Ich Wollte Nie Einer Von Denen Sein
1980, Vinyl, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Pop Rock/Ballad
Three Motions
Impressions
1979, LP, Kovarik's Musikothek
Franz Schubert - Leoš Janáček - ORF Symphonieorchester / ORF Big Band - Erich Kleinschuster
Schubert - Janáček 1978 / Bands Bands Bands Bands
1978, 2xLP, ORF, ORF, ,
, Big Band/Religious/Romantic/Dixieland/Easy Listening/Swing
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 78/33
1978, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Disco/Jazz-Funk/Soul/Easy Listening
ORF-Big Band* ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 78/31
1978, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Soul/Easy Listening/Disco
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 78/32
1978, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Soul/Easy Listening/Swing
The Reform Art Unit With Alaeddin Adlernest
The Reform Art Unit With Alaeddin Adlernest
1977, LP, Album, Kovarik's Musikothek, ,
, Free Jazz
ORF Big Band ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 77/30
1977, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Surf/Jazz-Funk/Soul/Easy Listening
ORF-Big Band* ; Leitung: Karel Krautgartner
ORF Arbeitsplatte 77/29
1977, LP, Transcription, ORF, ORF, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Bossa Nova/Easy Listening
Ambros* · Tauchen* · Prokopetz*
Der Watzmann Ruft
1974, Vinyl, ,
, Pop Rock/Radioplay/Volksmusik/Schlager
Ambros*
Eigenheiten
1973, ,
, Pop Rock/Folk/Ballad/Blues Rock
Richard Oesterreicher Big Band*, Main Street*
Swingtime Live
LP, Album, WM Produktion
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Das Phantom Der Oper (Deutsche Originalaufnahme)
2xCD, Album, UK,, Polydor, ,
, Musical
