Jazz at JAKI goes Tour Belgique: Axel Fischbacher Quartett

Teil der Tour Belgique

Guitarist Axel Fischbacher, born in Lübeck in 1956, has long been one of the more renowned soloists on the European jazz scene. At the beginning of his career he was often employed as a sideman for various rock and pop artists, but he quickly turned exclusively to jazz. Fischbacher masters all varieties of this genre, from bebop to jazz rock to blues, and combines them to create his very own characteristic sound. Over the course of his life, he has played countless tours in Europe, Canada and the USA and has performed at the most prestigious jazz festivals.

He has released eleven albums as a bandleader, participated in over 50 recordings and played with contemporary jazz greats such as Danny Gottlieb, Mark Egan, Adam Nussbaum, Ohad Talmor, Marc Johnson, Michael Urbaniak, Joe Haider, Barney Willen, Steve Grossman, Curt Cress, Stu Goldberg, Hermeto Pascoal and Ronnie Burrage, among many others. In addition to his various band projects and tours, Axel Fischbacher is also the initiator and artistic director of the concert series "Blue Monday" (Hilden), "Capio-Jazz" (Hilden) and "Jazzattack" (Krefeld), as well as the jazz master classes "Summerjazz", "Vocaljazz", "Crossover Bandmeeting" and "Guitarmeeting" in Hilden. Fischbacher works alternately in New York, Canada and many European countries, lived in Spain, Austria, Switzerland and currently in North Rhine-Westphalia.