Sigi Schwab
Illustration — Schwab performing at the Tollwood Festival Siegfried "Sigi" Schwab (5 August 1940 – 11 January 2024) was a German guitar player and teacher, having performed on more than 15,000 recordings for film, television, and as an accompanist to various artists. He played in a wide variety of styles, including baroque and jazz. Schwab played in German groups like Et Cetera (German band), Embryo, and with Ramesh Shotham.
Also recorded as Siegfried Schwab
Sigi Schwab
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- Born
- 1940 · Ludwigshafen.
- Died
- 2024 · Munich.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer · jazz musician · guitarist · conductor · editor · music arranger
- Honours
- Bavarian Culture Prize
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Schwab performing at the Tollwood Festival Siegfried "Sigi" Schwab (5 August 1940 – 11 January 2024) was a German guitar player and teacher, having performed on more than 15,000 recordings for film, television, and as an accompanist to various artists. He played in a wide variety of styles, including baroque and jazz. Schwab played in German groups like Et Cetera (German band), Embryo, and with Ramesh Shotham.
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In 1980 Schwab played with Chris Hinze at the 5th North Sea Jazz Festival. Sigi Schwab was born in Ludwigshafen on 5 August 1940, Schwab died on 11 January 2024, at the age of 83.
• Et Cetera with Wolfgang Dauner (p), Eberhard Weber(b), Fred Braceful, Roland Wittig (dr) • Embryo with Christian Burchard (dr-perc), Mal Waldron (p), Dave King (b) • Diabelli Trio with Willy Freivogel (fl), Enrique Santiago (vla) • Guitarissimo with Peter Horton (g) • Percussion Academia with Freddie Santiago and Guillermo Marchena (dr-perc) • Percussion Project with Ramesh Shotham and Andreas Keller (dr-perc) • Mandala duo with Ramesh Shotham
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Ludwigshafen.
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• Fabulous Guitar (Philips, 1967) • Remember Django Reinhardt (Metronome, 1968) • Sound Music Album 8 (Golden Ring, 1975) • Frei Wie Ein Vogel im Wind (Abakus, 1976) • Sound Music Album 14 (Golden Ring, 1977) • Sound Service 1 (Abakus, 1978) • Guitarissimo with Peter Horton (Nature, 1978) • Wide and Blue with Chris Hinze (Musicians, 1978) • Capriccios, Divertimenti, Miniaturen (Melosmusik, 1978) • Guitar Special 12 Landler (Melosmusik, 1978) • Meditation (Melosmusik, 1979) • Siegfried Schwab's Little Flowers (Hor Zu/EMI, 1979) • Sound Music Album 22 (Golden Ring, 1979) • Guitarissimo/Confianca with Peter Horton (Nature, 1980) • It's Ragtime (Jupiter, 1980) • Plays Paul Simon (Global, 1980) • Guitaristics (Melosmusik, 1981) • Hofkonzert (Metronome, 1982) • Musique de Cour en Allemagne (Ades, 1982) • Total Musik (Keytone, 1982) • Solo's, Duo's and Trio's (Keytone, 1982) • Backstage with Chris Hinze (Keytone, 1983) • Meditation Vol. 2 (Melosmusik, 1986) • Anna (Teldec, 1987) • Sound Music Album 56 Gitarre (Golden Ring, 1988) • Amazonas (Melosmusik, 1992) • Clara (EastWest, 1993) • Guitarissimo XL with Peter Horton (Solo Musica, 2014)
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