Sigi Schwab

Sigi Schwab live at the Tollwood Festival

Sig(g)i Schwab, real name Siegfried, (* August 5. 1940) in Ludwigshafen, is a German guitar player and teacher, having performed on more than 15,000 recordings for film, television, and as an accompanist to various artists.^[1] He plays in a wide variety of styles, including baroque and jazz.^[2][3] Schwab played in German groups like Et Cetera (German band), Embryo, and with Ramesh Shotham. In 1980 Schwab played with Chris Hinze at the 5th North Sea Jazz Festival.

Projects

• Et Cetera with Wolfgang Dauner (p), Eberhard Weber (b), Fred Braceful, Roland Wittig (dr)
• Embryo with Christian Burchard (dr-perc), Mal Waldron (p), Dave King (b)
• Diabelli Trio with Willy Freivogel (fl), Enrique Santiago (vla)
• Guitarissimo with Peter Horton (g)
• Percussion Academia with Freddie Santiago and Guillermo Marchena (dr-perc)
• Percussion Project with Ramesh Shotham and Andreas Keller (dr-perc)
• Mandala duo with Ramesh Shotham

Discography

• The Fabulous Guitar (1967)
• Et Cetera (1970)
• Father, Son and Holy Ghosts (1972)
• Continental Experience with George Shearing (1975)
• Bali-Agung (1975) with Eberhard Schoener
• Meditations (1979)
• Live at the Northsea Jazz Festival (1980) with Chris Hinze
• Wiener Serenade with Diabelli Trio (1981)
• Guitaristics (1981)
• Guitarissimo - Confiança (1982)
• Rondo A Tre (1983) with Percussion Academia
• Silversand (1985) with Percussion Academia
• Meditations 2 (1986)
• Mandala (1995)
• Session 2000 (2000)
• On Stage (2009)

References

1. "Guitarissimo: Sigi Schwab". Bayerischer Rundfunk. 2005-02-10. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
2. "Meditative Gitarrenströme: Sigi Schwabs Indian Untermalung of a Hessian reading in Oppenheim". Allgemeine Zeitung. 2004-07-24. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
3. "Jazz ist nicht gleich Jazz". Oberberg Aktuell. 2001-05-24. Retrieved 2007-05-21.