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PIANIST COMPOSER PRODUCER |
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| Location: | munich, berlin, |
| Country: |  Germany |
| Last Login: | Aug 8, 2008 (486 days back) |
About Me |
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RALPH KIEFER SOLO PIANO - performing my compositions, improvisations & standards - a deep & soulful mixture of jazz, funk, blues, afrobeat .................
DAGWAMBADE - hammond organ & drums duo celebrating a hot & spicy rare groove & souljazz session.....................................................
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RHYTHM & VOICE ARKESTRA - duo project with berlin vocalist ANAJ RA based on loops & live jamming with 70s keyboards - always different, soulful & lowdown.....................................................
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RALPH KIEFER 6TET - my originals arranged for 6tet, mixing hard bop, spiritual jazz & some outta space elements on a high energetic level - inspired by charles mingus, horace silver, mahavishnu orchestra, sun ra.....................
RALPH KIEFER SOULJAZZ TRIO - pumpin..souljazz for the dancefloor with some latin flavor in the tradition of ramsey lewis & les mc cann.....................
TRIGGER OSC - ambient jazz grooves featuring laptop, trumpet, wurlitzer piano & double bass........................................................
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my first hit "BLACK FOREST STOMP" i dedicated to the place where i was born in the sunny southwest of germany. i began playing with a 2 manual organ at the age of 8, learning by ear. each christmas the instrument grew a bit larger and i began composing & arranging. at the age of 16 my grandma gave me her old piano. i played blues, soul & acid jazz with local bands until i moved to munich where i studied jazz piano with leonid chizhik.
after some excursions through the jazz scene (HIPNOSIS and others) i came back to my roots of soul & funk, recording & touring with multi-talent MARC FRANK (LES GAMMAS) and vocalist DITA. the album MOKADI "human natures" was celebrated as "best german new-jazz-album in 2004" (WOM-Journal). in 2003 while touring with rare groove legend POETS OF RHYTHM & FELA KUTI..s 80..s drummer JOJO KUO i absorbed some more afro rhythm & -spirit that already had a large influence on my music. LOVE, PEACE AND SUNSHINE TO ALL OF YOU ! ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
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.......................................CD FREAK OFF “freak off“ 1997
CD VENUS MALONE “eye on the prize” 2000
CD/LP HIPNOSIS “jazz” 2002
EP HIPNOSIS “black forest stomp” remix 2002
CD “BREAK..N BOSSA” 2003
CD “NOVA SOUL 2” 2003
CD “BRAZILUTION” 2004
CD/LP MOKADI “human natures” 2004
EP MOKADI “chica da ici” 2004
EP MOKADI feat. DUDLEY PERKINS “human natures” remix 2004
EP PANOPTIKUM “blackland of the nile” 2005
CD RALPH KIEFER "solo piano"
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 1/6/2007Band Members: MY INSTRUMENTS : grand piano, wurlitzer piano, pianet clavinet duo, hohner electra piano, clavia nord stage 88, yamaha cs1x synthesizer, african flute, vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, percussion, electric bass, mac power book Influences: stevie wonder, donny hathaway, the blues, john coltrane, charles mingus, sun ra, erik satie, horace silver, bill withers, carole king, gil scott heron, nina simone, steve reich, ramsey lewis, james brown, leonid chizhik, isaac hayes, quincy jones, monk, wes mongomery, yma sumac, omar, sonny clark, bronislav kaper, prince, early lenny kravitz, jaki byard, frederic chopin, grace jones, otis redding, moises vivanco, return to forever, keziah jones Sounds Like: me Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Soul / Jazz) |
My Friends |
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anaj ra, dagwambade, Nora, panOptikum, The Boogoos, the Root Source, Donny Hathaway, 7Samurai, Express Brass Band, Arundhati Roy Supporters, Florence Foster Jenkins, Jerker Kluge, BOYCOTT MCDONALDS!, OTIS REDDING - For never forget him -, DUDLEY PERKINS "WE ARE ALL ONE!!!", Bluuwise 1, zündstoff. GLOBAL STREETWEAR, Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, BETTY DAVIS (tribute page), Axel Krygier, Perfect Toy Records, jakara, Manfred Krug, Kay Fischer, Andreas Bauer, deep!, Jojo Kuo, Tim Allhoff, tramprecords, Tom Jahn, Kathrin Pechlof & Sava Medan, Tamara Banez, KAYFIDELITY, Don Ellis, wanja belaga, The Cosmic Groove Orchestra, Bajka, benedikt schiefer, Georg Edlinger, track by track, Rogall & the Electric Circus Sideshow, Chocolate Milk Theatre, (DJ) Spragga, rebeatfunk, Sola Rosa, Andrea Roberto, LOTO BOMBA, Jonas Herpichböhm, Kathrin Pechlof, Gabriele Hegner, m.path.iq (new forms / we are...), Lipa Majstrovic, FDEL, Stereo MCs, Craig Charles Funk & Soul Page, transit room, Max Frankl, DJ Shrimp, Jessi Colasante, Jaymz Nylon, JAZZ&MILK RECORDINGS, Colin Cannon, trondheym, Kristi, Lukas Frei, Leila Maria, AGATA LEANZA, Radio-Jazz-International, The Part Time Heroes (aka PTH Projects), Don Freeman, HYPNOFON, la môme et d'autres choses, SNO-WHITE IT’S CRACKER TIME!, Yma Sumac Queen of Exotica, clelia vega, bavarian babarian, christoph scherer
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