Markus Schieferdecker

.. When he was 7 years old, Mr. Schieferdecker..s live long interest for jazz has been evoked by two famous vinyl records: Duke Ellington - Live in Paris and Albert Mangeldsdorff – Trilogie. These gems were a gift of his music teacher and Mr. Schieferdecker started learning on Clarinet, Saxophone and Guitar. With 15 years he took up the electric bass and switched to double bass after only one year. Freshmann studies at the Meistersinger Conservatory in Nuernberg followed with18 years, while already jamming with local heros like Frank Moebus, Rudi Mahall, Dejan Terzic and Lutz Haeffner he continued his academical studies at the Hermann- Zilcher-Conservatory in Wuerzburg. After receiving a personal phone call by Albert Mangelsdorff he joined the German-French jazzensemble. While staying with this famous formation until Mangelsdorff..s death in 2005 he established himself as a very versatile and extraordinary bass player. Playing also with Albert Mangelsdorffs group „Old Friends“ an appearance in a famous 2004 3-Sat casting of Mr. Mangelsdorff..s quintet marked an important highlight of Mr. Schieferdecker..s career. The mentioned recordings which were an important factor in his early years are still an important musical influence. Mr. Schieferdecker had them in his luggage when moving from Nuernberg to Koeln. There he continued his studies at the “Hochschule fuer Musik Koeln“ with Dieter Manderscheid and John Goldsby, collecting more and more valuable experiences. After passing his artist diploma with distinction he continued with masterclass studies and finished finally with a concert diploma in 2004. He gained again an enormous reputation as bass player and sideman and started to concentrate on composition. On his first solo CD he recorded a collection of his musical works, together with four top musicians of the american and german jazz scene:The succesful cooperation came together with the help of the well known jazz musician Alex Sipiagin, for whom Mr. Schieferdecker worked as a sideman. Mr. Sipiagin established the contact to Mr. Kevin Hays who on his part recommended Mr. Bill Stewart for playing the drums. After a magical recording session, the bandleader stated: “It..s a real pleasure to play with Bill and Kevin!“. And with Lutz Haefner and Rudi Mahall as well... The musicians know each other since many years. Of course, they are different characters with their own musical imagination. But when it comes to playing together, a deep understanding exists.