Heinz Sauer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
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Place of Birth: Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Heinz Sauer
- Heinz Sauer was an autodidact on tenor saxophone and began his career playing locally around Frankfurt in the 1950s.
- He played for many years in Albert Mangelsdorff's ensemble, as well as the Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks and the German All Stars.
- He worked often with Bob Degen, and has also performed or recorded with musicians such as Ralf Hübner, Günter Lenz, Stefan Schmolck, and Manfred Schoof.
- In the 1990s he began experimenting with the use of electronic processing on his saxophones.
- In the 2000s among others he performed in a trio with Christopher Dell (vibraphones) and Bertram Ritter (percussion) and a duo with Michael Wollny. He received several prestigious German awards such as "Deutscher Jazzpreis" (1999), "SWR-Jazzpreis" (2008) and several times the "Deutscher Schallplattenpreis"("German Record Critics' Award").
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