ArtistInfo

Rolf Römer

ts, *1939 DE, Wiesbaden
Musician / Composer / Arranger of Jazz
A.k.a. Rudolf Römer

Saxophonist, arranger and composer, born June 1, 1939 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Römer worked as a session musician in Paris, France during the mid-1960s. He was a member of the SFB Big Band in Berlin from 1969 until 1980. In 1981 he joined the WDR Big Band Köln where he would play the tenor saxophone for 23 years. He left the band in 2004 to focus on performing his own work with smaller ensembles. These are some of the wonderful musicians Rolf Römer had the pleasure to work with (A-Z): Ray Anderson, Bob Brookmeyer, Don Cherry, Eddie Daniels, Peter Erskine, Jon Faddis, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Dieter Ilg, Milt Jackson, Joachim Kühn, Mel Lewis, James Moody, Adam Nussbaum, Oliver Nelson, Paquito D'Rivera, Quincy Jones, Phil Collins, Carmen McRae, John Scofield, Clark Terry, Phil Upchurch, Vince Mendoza, Phil Woods, Alex Acuna, Yellow Jackets, Joe Zawinul.

Instruments

• Tenor sax
• Saxophone
• Soprano sax
• Bass Clarinet
• Bariton sax

Genres

• Jazz
• Pop
• Folk
• World
• Latin

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