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Andreas Willers
Age:	48
Location:	Berlin/Germany
Phone Number:	+49/33203/77764
Email Address(es):	mail@andreaswillers.de
Website URL(s):	http://www.andreaswillers.de
Projects/Ensembles:	Solo programm, project and working bands, larger ensembles (octet, quintet), studio, composition & sideman work. Has worked with Paul Bley, Dave Liebman, Dave Murray, Louis Sclavis a.m.m.
Instruments:	Gibson guitars from the 50's (335, L7, LP), Goodall acoustic, Hirade classical, banjo, oud etc.
Looping Gear:	Oberheim EDP w. Loop IV, Digitech PDS 8000 delay, Boss DD-6 w. hi-cut mod
Influences:	Jazz, Blues, Improv, Neue Musik. Studied el. guitar w. Joe Diorio (at GIT in Los Angeles), John Abercrombie (at Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta/Canada) a.o.
Musical Style:	contemporary european jazz
Recordings Available:	almost thirty releases on the following labels: Enja records, between the lines (btl), JazzHausMusik, Nabel, Sound Aspects, FMP and more. Check my website for more info and mp3 audio clips.

Originally I used a looping device in solo performance to make up for things a piano player would do in the left hand for ostinato-type accompaniment. In band settings I usually prefered more textural stuff like the long backwards delay on 'Piratenlied' on 'Tin Drum Stories' album (btl), or the 15 sec. drone/shifting delays on 'Lonely Woman' on 'Suite Noire' (Nabel Rec) w. Gebhard Ullmann (ts) & Marvin Smitty Smith (dr). The advent of Loop IV really boosted my usage of looping in both fields because of it's instant acces to the looped material for manipulation and slicing. A good example of this development is the solo guitar track 'Blinded in Headlights' on the album 'Montauk' (btl) from 2005 - you can find mp3 audio of that and other on my website. Also soon tbr recordings with bay area saxophonist Phillip Greenlief and Berlin based trio 'Grid Mesh' do mirror this work quite well.

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