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Günter Sommer
dr, perc, *1943 DE, Dresden
Musician / Composer of Jazz
Günter "Baby" Sommer (born 25. August 1943 in Dresden) is a German jazz drummer.He studied music in Dresden. He rose to fame in the GDR. He is part of the European free jazz avantgarde. He was part of the trio with Conny Bauer and Peter Kowald. He is now professor for drums and percussion in Dresden. The drummer and composer Christian Lillinger was one of his former students. The album Three Seasons "(HGBS 2014 with Michel Godard and Patrick Bebelaar) was awarded " Album of the Year 2014 " by The New York City Jazz Record.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby's Party | Günter Sommer Guest Till Brönner | 2018 | Album |
| Le Piccole Cose (Live At Theater Gütersloh) | Günter Sommer | 2017 | Album |
| Schwebende Riefen Bebende Tiefen | Uli Johannes Kieckbusch, Günter Sommer | 2017 | Album |
| Sources | Johannes Enders & Günter Sommer | 2016 | Album |
| Klänge Und Botschaften Ohne Grenzen Mit Baby Sommer & Friends / Live In Frankfurt (Europäischer Jazz 2014) | Günter Sommer | 2015 | Album |
| Three Seasons | Günter Sommer, Michel Godard, Patrick Bebelaar | 2014 | Album |
| Dry Swing / Tandem Spaces | Oliver Schwerdt & Günter Sommer | 2013 | Album |
| Dedications - Hörmusik IV | Günter Sommer | 2013 | Album |
| Cappuccini Klang 2 The Unissued Recordings 1992 | Gianni Gebbia • Peter Kowald • Günter Sommer | 2013 | Album |
| Songs For Kommeno | Günter Sommer, Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου, Floros Floridis, Ευγένιος Βούλγαρης, Spilios Kastanis | 2012 | Album |
| Jesper Løvdal Günter Baby Sommer | Jesper Løvdal & Günter Sommer | 2012 | Album |
| Live In Jerusalem | Günter Sommer | 2009 | Album |
| Peitzer Grand Mit Vieren | Günter Sommer, Manfred Schoof, Gianluigi Trovesi, Barre Phillips | 2009 | Album |
| Abbara | Rafik Schami / Günter Sommer | 2008 | Album |
| Schicht 02 | Günter Sommer | 2007 | Album |
| Delphinius & Lyra | Raymond MacDonald / Günter Sommer | 2007 | Album |
| Wisdom In Time | Wadada Leo Smith – Günter Sommer | 2007 | Album |
| Hic Sunt Leones | Frank Paul Schubert / Günter Sommer | 2007 | Album |
| Between Heaven And Earth | Conrad Bauer - Peter Kowald - Günter Sommer | 2003 | Album |
| Wokonda | Achim Jaroschek + Günter Sommer | 2003 | Album |
| BIB | Günter Sommer / Sylvain Kassap / Didier Levallet | 2002 | Album |
| Touch The Earth - Break The Shells | Peter Kowald / Wadada Leo Smith / Günter Sommer | 1997 | Compil. |
| Αφορισμοί - Aphorisms (26 Statements On The Situation) | Floros Floridis, Peter Kowald, Günter Sommer | 1997 | Album |
| Merseburger Begegnung | Hans-Günther Wauer / Theo Jörgensmann / Günter Sommer | 1994 | Album |
| Sächsische Schatulle (Hörmusik III) | Günter Sommer | 1993 | Album |
| And So On | Mario Schiano • Ernst Reijseger • Günter Sommer • Paul Rutherford • Léon Francioli | 1992 | Album |
| Cappuccini Klang | Gianni Gebbia • Peter Kowald • Günter Sommer | 1992 | Album |
| Da Sagte Der Butt | Günter Grass, Günter Sommer | 1991 | Album |
| Camino Fatal | Günter Sommer, Ekkehard Jost, Dieter Manderscheid | 1990 | Album |
| Cordes Sur Ciel | Günter Sommer - Sylvain Kassap - Didier Levallet | 1990 | Album |
| Réservé | Peter Brötzmann • Günter Sommer Plus Barre Phillips | 1989 | Album |
| In East-Berlin | Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer | 1989 | Album |
| Riobec | Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer | 1989 | Album |
| The Storming Of The Winter Palace | Irene Schweizer - Maggie Nicols - George Lewis - Joëlle Léandre - Günter Sommer | 1988 | Album |
| Irene Schweizer & Günter Sommer | Irene Schweizer / Günter Sommer | 1988 | Album |
| Es War Einmal Ein Land | Günter Grass & Günter Sommer | 1987 | Album |
| Orpheus '85 | Sakis Papadimitriou - Günter Sommer | 1986 | Album |
| Verschränkte Konstruktion | Hans-Günther Wauer / Günter Sommer | 1986 | Album |
| Percussion Summit | John Purcell / Urszula Dudziak / Smt. R. A. Ramamani / Johnny Dyani / Okay Temiz / Freddie Santiago / T. A. S. Mani / Ed Thigpen / R. A. Rajagopal / Günter Sommer / T. N. Shashikumar / Joe Koinzer | 1984 | Album |
| Pica Pica | Peter Brötzmann / Albert Mangelsdorff / Günter Sommer | 1984 | Album |
| If You Want The Kernels You Have To Break The Shells | Peter Kowald / Wadada Leo Smith / Günter Sommer | 1983 | Album |
| Hörmusik Zwei | Günter Sommer | 1983 | Album |
| Dedication | Hans-Günther Wauer, Günter Sommer | 1982 | Album |
| Touch The Earth | Wadada Leo Smith, Peter Kowald, Günter Sommer | 1980 | Album |
| Hörmusik | Günter Sommer | 1980 | Album |
| NDR Jazzworkshop ´78/´79 | Pat Metheny Group / Jan Garbarek Group / Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Klaus Koch, Günter Sommer / Woody Shaw / Albert Mangelsdorff, Arild Andersen, Pierre Favre | 1979 | Album |
| Gruppe "Synopsis" | Synopsis - Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky . Conrad Bauer . Ulrich Gumpert . Günter Sommer | 1974 | Album |
| Es War Einmal Ein Land - Hörprobe | Günter Grass & Günter Sommer | Single |
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