Volker Kriegel

Volker Kriegel
Volker Kriegel
	Volker Kriegel performing with United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, 1992
Background information
Born	24 December 1943; Darmstadt, Germany
Died	15 June 2003 (aged 59); San Sebastián, Spain
Genres	Jazz rock, jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, cartoonist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1963–2003
Labels	MPS, Mood Records
Associated acts	Mild Maniac Orchestra, United Jazz + Rock Ensemble

Volker Kriegel (24 December 1943 – 15 June 2003) was a German jazz guitarist and founding member of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble.

Biography

A self-taught guitarist, Kriegel began playing when he was fifteen and formed a trio three years later that won an award at a 1963 amateur jazz festival. In 1973 he founded Spectrum, a quartet that included Eberhard Weber. In 1975 he spent a month teaching at the Goethe Institute, an organization he worked for throughout his career. In 1976 Spectrum broke up, and Kriegel started the Mild Maniac Orchestra, which stayed together through the 1980s.

In 1977 Kriegel became partial owner the label Mood Records. He performed as a sideman for various musicians, including Klaus Doldinger. He was also a cartoonist whose work appeared in several German newspapers, a radio broadcaster, film director, and author of books related to music.

Discography

As leader

With a Little Help from My Friends (Liberty, 1968) with Peter Trunk, Günter Lenz, Peter Baumeister, Claudio Szenkar
Spectrum (MPS 1971, re-released 2003)
Inside: Missing Link (MPS, 1972) with Albert Mangelsdorff, Alan Skidmore, Heinz Sauer, John Taylor, Eberhard Weber, John Marshall, Peter Baumeister, Cees See
Lift! (MPS, 1973) with Zbigniew Seifert, Stan Sulzmann, Eberhard Weber, John Taylor, John Marshall
Mild Maniac (MPS, 1974) with Rainer Brüninghaus, Eberhard Weber, Peter Giger, Joe Nay
Topical Harvest (MPS, 1975) with Albert Mangelsdorff, Rainer Brüninghaus, Peter Giger, Joe Nay
Octember Variations (MPS, 1976)
Elastic Menu (MPS, 1977)
Houseboat (MPS, 1978) with Wolfgang Schlüter
Long Distance (MPS, 1979)
Das Beste aus den Siebzigern (MPS)
Live in Bayern (MPS, 1980)
Journal (Mood, 1981)
Schöne Aussichten (Mood, 1983)
Palazzo Blue (Mood, 1989)
ZOOM (MPS, 1999) remastered

With United Jazz + Rock Ensemble

Live in Schützenhaus (Mood, 1977)
Teamwork (Mood, 1978)
The Break Even Point (Mood, 1979)
Live in Berlin (Mood, 1981)
United Live Opus Sechs (Mood, 1984)
Round Seven (Mood, 1987)
Na endlich! (Mood, 1992)
Die neunte von United (Mood, 1996)

As sideman

With Klaus Doldinger

Doldinger Goes On (1967)
Doldinger Jubilee Concert, Passport (1974)

With Don "Sugarcane" Harris

Keep on Driving (1970)
Got the Blues (1972)
New Violin Summit (1972)
Keyzop (1975)
Flashin' Time (1976)

With Dave Pike

Noisy Silence – Gentle Noise (1969, MPS)
Four Reasons (1969, MPS)
Live at the Philharmonie (1969, MPS)
Album (1971, MPS)
Infra Red (1972, MPS)
Salomao (1973, MPS)

With others

Emil Mangelsdorff: Swinging Oil Drops (1966)
Kühn Brothers & The Mad Rockers (1969)
Jonny Teupen: Harpadelic (1969, MPS)
Curt Cress Clan: CCC (1975)

Sources

Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian. Jazz: The Rough Guide, Penguin, 1995, ISBN 1-85828-137-7

References

External links

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