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Born in Chicago/Ill. and grown up in Germany I became first a brass instrument maker and then a professional bar man. I changed my profession, but there was always a huge love to music! Playin the trumpet for over 15 years I was thinking for a long time to do it professional, but there are so many amazing cats out there, that I made a different decision. Today I am the head bar man of two renowned bars: the Raffael's Bar at the Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein and the Tizian's Bar at the Villa Rothschild. There I have all I love together: my wife, Live Jazz and great drinks with Single Malt Whisky, Rum & cigars. Especially at the Raffael's, where I became Germanys barman of the year 2006 by the Gault Millau, I created a monthly Jazz gig called the Wednesdays Jazz Night. I started the series with the very promising saxophon player Andreas Pompe, who is now a member of the Mardi Gras Brass Band and plays along with the HR Big band as well as many others. First it was with Duos and Trios without drums, but then I had the great honour of booking Adam Nussbaum with the Fleischer/Juenemann Quartet. From that day on, I started havin concerts not background music and after a short time I was able to book one of the greatest trumpet players around: Randy Brecker! Since October 2006, the month of the gig with Brecker, the series seriously established and the reputation of the gigs grew immensely. I still do not charge any fee for my guests and the musicians, who know the place, appreciate the atmosphere of the intimate "private gigs" and the flair of the hole hotel. It is a place to fell at home like a living room. I can nearly say: It's a musicians home. ..