WOLFGANG SCHMID
bassist, composer, producer

born nov. 11, 1948 in Stuttgart/Germany
1959 -the first guitar.......lessons & more -
1962 -1970 guitarist, singer & leader -The Dynamites!
1968 -1972 bassplayer with "Seelow" & studies in recording-engineer
at Jankowski-Studio in Stuttgart

and then played:

from ´72 -´77 bassist with Klaus Doldinger's Passport
& since 2001 as "Classic Passport",
feat. Klaus Doldinger, Kristian Schultze, Curt Cress & Wolfgang Schmid

as a bandleader:

´78 -´80 Head, Heart & Hands
´81 -´86 WOLFHOUND
since ´87 WOLFGANG SCHMID's KICK
since 1996 PARADOX with Bill Bickford & Billy Cobham
composed & produced more than 50 CDs/Lps
honored as artist of the year by the phonoacademy/Germany
winner of several polls in Germany and US.
bassplayer on over 400 LPs/CDs

Tours:

Scandinavia, Benelux, France, England, Italy, South-Eastern Europe,
USA, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, Hongkong, Malaysia,
Thailand, Singapore, Dutch Antilles, Austria, Switzerland & all over Germany

 

Festival-appearances:

Ankara, Amsterdam, Belgrad, Brecon, Cannes, Lisboa, Montreux, Saalfelden, St.Louis, Stavanger, Wien, Zürich, München, Burghausen, Vilshofen, Leverkusen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Aetna, Havanna, Budapest and.........

 

TV-activities:

Superdrumming (12 shows / ARD) - Musical Director,
feat. Louis Bellson, Billy Cobham, Simon Phillips, Gerry Brown, Cozy Powell, Nippy Noya ,Bill Bruford, Nicko McBrain, Brian Auger, Ian Paice & John Lord

"Ohne Filter "(ARD) with Wolfgang Schmid ´s KICK feat. Billy Cobham, Dieter Falk & Nippy Noya.

"Zeltfestival" for German TV (ZDF/3SAT)

"Jazz Open" festivals (ARD)

Musikkanal ZDF/3Sat - Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin mit Wolfgang Schmid KICK,
"25 years of Passport" (ZDF)

"Jazz In" - Swiss TV(SRG) feat. Alex Acuna, Tom Scott & Joe Sample.

Talking Jazz (NBC) feat. Billy Cobham

"Musikladen" (ARD) mit PASSPORT "

35 years of PASSPORT" (ZDF)

... workshops & masterclasses:

since1990 Schorndorfer Gitarrentage, Bayr.Musikakademie Marktoberdorf, Staatl.Musikschule Dinkelsbühl, Goethe-Institut Rio de Janeiro, Strings-Schule Frankfurt/ Main, Konservatorium Zwickau, Konservatorium Plauen, Musikhochschule Stuttgart, Musikhochschule Dresden

Specials:

1991 arranged and performed Igor Stravinsky´s "the firebird" with Luluk Purwanto (violin,voc), Peter Wölpl (guit), Rick Keller (Flute/saxes) & Kay Richter (dr).

1992 composed, performed and recorded the musical "MANAUS" feat. Andrea Barker (voc), Charles Campbell, HHBiswurm, brass and choir, rhytm-section and many more.... released on Bell-records

1995 arranged and performed Ravel`s BOLERO with Jazz-orchestra, feat. Thomas Zoller, Klaus Kreuzeder, Rudi Mahall, Marco Minnemann, Werner Klausnitzer, choir, brass, strings, Mani Guru Neumeier & things.....

1996 - composed, arranged & performed "THE DEEP" for Bcl, Bs, Tuba, Sousaphon, Contrabass, Bass & Percussion.

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