Uwe Kropinski
Uwe Kropinski (born February 20, 1952 is a German jazz guitarist.[1]
Born in Berlin, Kropinski studied jazz and classic guitar at Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", Berlin from 1973 to 1976, during which time he became influenced by Conny Bauer.[2]
Kropinski first travelled to the USA to play with David Friesen in 1988.[3][4] Since then, he has also played with people like Volker Schlott, John Stowell, Cecil McBee and Pheeroan Aklaff.
Since 1989 Kropinski has played special guitars with 39 frets made by the guitar maker from Holland Theo Scharpach.
Discography
- So oder so C + P ITM (1987)
- Dancing with the bass (with David Friesen) C + P ITM (1988)
- By the way (with Dieter Köhnlein) C + P Aho (1989)
- Departure (with David Friesen) C + P Global Pacific Records (1990)
- Guitar Guitar C + P ITM (1991)
- Berlin Concert C + P ITM (1991)
- Reflections (Doppelmoppel with Conny Bauer, Johannes Bauer and Helmut "Joe" Sachse) C + P FMP (1992)
- First Time In Manhattan (with Cecil McBee and Pheeroan Aklaff) C + P ITM (1993)
- Dinner For Two (with Volker Schlott) C + P Acoustic Music Records (1994)
- African Notebook (with Michael Heupel) C + P Aho (1995)
- In und um C (with Dieter Köhnlein) C + P ITM (1996)
- Picture In Black And White (with John Stowell) C + P Acoustic Music Records (1996)
- Generations From (East) Germany (with Conny Bauer, Joachim Kühn, Rolf Kühn, Volker Schlott and Klaus Koch) C + P Klangräume (1997)
- Faces C + P ITM (1997)
- First Time In Man (1998)
- Aventure Québéquoise (1998) (Doppelmoppel with Conny Bauer, Johannes Bauer and Helmut "Joe" Sachse) C + P Victo (1998)
- Made In Berlin (with David Friesen) C + P ITM (1999)
- By The Way (with Dieter Köhnlein)
- Stringed Together (with Dieter Köhnlein) C + P ITM (2002)
- Made in Istanbul (live) (with David Friesen) C + P ITM (2003)
- Sentimental Moods (with Michael Heupel) C + P ITM (2005)
- American Dream C + P Acoustic Music Records (2005)
- Zwei (with Jamaaladeen Tacuma) Jazzwerkstatt (2009)
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Kropinski, Uwe |
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Short description |
Jazz musician |
Date of birth |
February 20, 1952 |
Place of birth |
Berlin, Germany |
Date of death |
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