Haffner performs at Barefoot
Wolfgang Haffner Jazz trio with Wolfgang Haffner on drums, Lars
Danielsson the bassist and Hubert Nuss on piano will perform at the
Barefoot Gallery on March 28 at 7 p.m. The event is presented by the
Goethe Institut in collaboration with the Barefoot Gallery.
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Wolfgang Haffner |
Haffner was born in Wunsiedel/Germany in 1965. He started playing
drums and piano at the age of six. He began his career as a professional
musician in the German French Jazz Ensemble, conducted bygerman Jazz
legend Albert Mangelsdorff. The Band played Festivals including the
Paris Jazzfestival and the Jazzfest Berlin. Haffner later became the
drummer in Klaus Doldingers 'Passport', with whom he played for 11
years, touring Europe and South Africa. From 1994 to 1995 he was the
drummer in the Band of one of the greatest female singers of all times,
Chaka Khan. 1994 he joined the US Fusion Superband METRO with Chuck
Loeb, Mitch Forman and Anthony Jackson. In 1997 Haffner and his
long-time colleague Roberto Di Gioia started their successful Group 'Zappelbude'.
In 2002 Haffner formed the Wolfgang Haffner Band which toured Europe.
When not performing with his own Band he plays with the Nils Landgren
Funk Unit of sweden. Haffner has played on about 350 Recordings,
including 11 albums under his own name. |
