Conny Bauer

After recognizing that he did not know enough about music to become a professional musician, Bauer studied modern dance music from 1964 to 1968 at the Carl Maria von Weber-Music school Conservatory in Dresden. Because too many students wanted to study guitar, he entered the trombone class, having had some experience of playing the instrument. In 1968 he left the conservatory for Berlin to improve his skills with private lessons. From 1969 until 1971 he started his career as guitarist and singer in the band of Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky. He also began a career as a trombone soloist in 1970. During the second half of the 1970s Bauer became a prominent jazz player in European free jazz. He helped found numerous groups which influenced the development of jazz in East Germany: these included FEZ and its successive quartet and trio formations, the Doppelmoppel quartet, and Synopsis/Zentralquartett with Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Ulrich Gumpert and Günter "Baby" Sommer. He was featured in a profile on composer Graham Collier in the 1985 Channel 4 documentary 'Hoarded Dreams'. In 1986 he toured Japan for several weeks, encountering numerous Japanese musicians. From 1988 to 1989 he directed the National Jazz Orchestra of the former East Germany. Since 1983 he has worked with artists such as Tadashi Endo, Sheryl Banks, Tony Oxley, Derek Bailey, Maggie Nicols, Theo Jörgensmann, Peter Brötzmann, Barre Phillips, Peter Kowald, Han Bennink, Barry Altschul, Jay Oliver, Louis Moholo, Gerry Hemingway, and George E. In 2004 Bauer was awarded the German SWR jazz prize especially for his solo recordings Hummelsummen.

Conny Bauer studied at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is pop music, music composition and jazz. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz. Distinctions recorded are Order of Merit of Berlin.

• Birth Name — Konrad Bauer • Born — 4 July 1943 • Birthplace — Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany • Occupation — Trombonist • Genre — Jazz • Instrument — Trombone

Conny Bauer is recorded as having received Order of Merit of Berlin.