trio 
Friedrich - Hebert - Moreno

Tony Moreno  dr (USA) Juergen Friedrich  p (D) John Hebert  b (USA)

JOHN HEBERT (b) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He studied 1990-92 at Loyola University in New Orleans with Bill Huntington. 

During this time he performed with Tony Dagradi, Steve Masakowski, Michael Pellera, David Torkanowski und John Vidocovich. In 1992 John moved to the New York City area, transferring to William Paterson University in New Jersey where he graduated with a B.M. in Jazz Performance. During this time he studied with Rufus Reid, Steve Wilson, Todd Coolman, and Steve Turre. After graduating, John moved to New York City where he has since become a highly in demand bassist. 

He has worked along side such respected New York jazz musicians as Dave Ballou, Tim Berne, Roy Campbell, Rich Perry, John O’Gallagher, Jeff Williams, Maria Schneider, Kenny Wheeler, Andrew Hill, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Jeannie Bryson, John Abercrombie, Garry Dial, Lynne Arriale, Uri Caine, Rick Margitza, Tony Malaby, Brian Blade, Billy Hart, Kenny Garrett, Matt Wilson, Tom Rainey und Jeff Hirshfield. John also co-leads two projects. The first group, "Change of Time", with pianist Russ Lossing and saxophonist Adam Kolker, explores the music of Bela Bartok. 

The second group is a piano trio with German pianist Juergen Friedrich and drummer Tony Moreno performing mostly original compositions. John continues to tour throughout Europe and the United States and has also been building a respected dicography. He can be heard on Peter Herborn's "Large One"(Jazzline), Peter Herborn's "Large Two"(Jazzline), Andrew Rathbun's "Scatter Some Stones"(A-Records), Marc Mommass' "Global Motian Trio"(Via Records), Andrew Rathbun’s "True Stories and Sculptures" (Fresh Sounds), Bruce Saunders’ "Fragment" (Moo Records), Andy Middleton’s "Re-inventing the World" (Intuition), Change of Time’s "Improvisations inspired by Bela Bartok’s Mikrokosmos"(Omnitone), John O’Gallagher’s "Axiom" (CIMP), Adam Kolker’s "Sultanic Verses" (Satchmo Jazz), John Arnold and Black Market "Opium" (Cosmopolitan Records)



TONY MORENO (dr) New-York-based drummer Tony Moreno is simply one of the most sought after musicians of his profession. He tours all around the world and teaches at New York University Jazz Program. 

Tony worked with Mal Waldron, Bill Frisell, Sonny Fortune, Sal Nistico, Palle Danielsson, Paul McCandless, Elvin Jones, Dave Liebman, Paul Bley, Phillip Catherine, Sam Rivers, Billy Drewes, Jaki Byard, Jimmy Lions, Richie Beirach, Jim Pepper, Chico Freeman, Peter Warren, Haze Greenfield, Joe Newman, Anne-Marie Moss, Jay Anderson, The Jazz Passengers, Uffe Markussen, Ricky Ford, Kenny Wheeler, Jorge Sylvester, Bruce Arnold, Barry Harris, Doug Raney, Gene Shimosato, Chris Potter, Michel Portal, Steffano Bataglia, Frank Foster, Harvie Swartz, Billy Harper, Steve Amirault, Ratzo Harris, Mino Cinelu, Joey Calderazzo, John Purcell, The Lounge Lizards, Dave Kikoski, Bob Rockwell, Tiger Okoshi, Ira Coleman, Marc Ribot, Ravi Coltrane, Marc Copland, Bob Belden, Dean Johnson, Russ Lossing, Jim Snidero, Roberto Bonati, Jack Walrath, Aydin Essen, Lonnie Plaxico, Ben Besiakow, Mark Feldman, Dave Stryker, Gary Thomas, Tim Hagans, Mike Formanek, Pierre Favre. 

Tony can be heard on CDs of the following labels: CBS-Sony EMI, Owl, Polydor/Polygram, BMG, Antilles, Acoustic Artists, King, NuJazz, Naxos jazz4ever. Videos/Laserdisks: Elvin Jones A different drummer (Rhapsody), Barry Harris Live in Europe (CCS), Barry Harris Jazz Concert in Madrid (TVR), Lounge Lizards Live at Shinenken Hall-Tokyo (Columbia).

CD Voyage Out (jazz4ever 2000)	CD Surfacing  (Naxos 2000)	CD Resistance  (schoener-hoeren 2003)

Bits & Pieces 

Juergen Friedrich Wurlitzer + Klavier

Norbert Scholly Laptop + Gitarre

Phil Rehm Elektrobass + Fretless

Christian Thomé Schlagzeug + Loopdelay


CD Bits & Pieces (schoener-hoeren 2004)
featuring Junia Vent voc, Niels Klein ts, Claudius Valk ss, Felix Astor pandeiro

NORBERT SCHOLLY 

best soloist European Jazz-Competition, Jazzart-Award 2003 as electronic performer with Box of Toads. Played with mit Jochen Bohnes, Mark Abrams, Francesco Bearzotti, Frank Bambara, WDR-Big-Band, Benny Golson, Peter Erskine, Danny Gottlieb, Ramesh Shotham, Jasper van`t Hof, Shankari Krishnan, Nicolas Simion, Charlie Mariano, Paul Heller, John Hollenbeck, Ingmar Heller, Achim Kaufmann, Florian Ross, Peter Bolte, Dusko Goykovich, Andy Middleton, Olivier Peters, Mathias Daneck, Matthias Erlewein, Jochen Rueckert . Teaches at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz.



PHILIPP REHM

Mannheim Music-Award 2002. Studied at Musikhochschule Mannheim. Played with Popgear, Dream Lap, Grooveaholics, Blue Dolphin, NuJam Soho, The Flames, TV/Film/Theater/Studio



CHRISTIAN THOMÉ

The "Mad Scientist" among the drummers. Studied in Arnhem, many Awards and crossover projects. 

Studied in Arnheim, many Awards and crossover projects. Played with Lee Konitz, Peter Kowald, Michael Moore, Ike Willis, John Goldsby, Markus Stockhausen, Claudio Puntin, Till Broenner, Dieter Manderscheid, Henning Sieverts, Achim Kaufmann, Sebastian Hess, Céline Rudolph, Michiel Braam, Jorrit Dijkstra, Oene van Geel, European Dance Development Center, Paola Bartoletti (dance), Auryn Stringquartett, Luehning, tomatic7, Katja Riemann , Moritz Eggert, Ralph Beerkircher, Stephan Meinberg.

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