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Ralf Böcker (born April 4, 1962 in Hagen ), stage name Damian Maria Rabe , is a German early and modern jazz saxophonist and clarinetist , as well as a composer and arranger .

Live and act[edit]

Ralf Böcker, also known as the composer and author Damian Maria Rabe, learned his craft on the street, touring Europe at the age of 16 as a street musician.

After various band activities n the Ruhr area, he founded his own groups: such as the Delta Mood Jazz Band, Hot House, Ma Piroschka, Cannonball J., Hardbop Deluxe, and Big Jazz.

After he constructed his own recording studio, he produced jazz, klezmer, funk and audio book CDs. Ralf Böcker initiated, planned and moderated the radio show "JazzHausRadio" in Göttingen, Kiel and Hamburg, which still broadcasts successfully today. Ralf Böcker also works as a theater musician, e.g. B. at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen or at the Domfestspiele Bad Hersfeld.

After founding the event and booking agency "magenta-music," Ralf Böcker was u. a. Organizer of the 1st Göttingen Klezmer Festival in 1998 under the patronage of Rita Süssmuth (president of the Bundestag at the time). In Hamburg, Ralf Böcker organized the "International Klezmer Festival Hamburg"[1] in 2009 and 2010. Magenta-music was appointed to the Hamburg State Music Council in 2010. In 2009, Ralf Böcker established a jazz series at the Schillertheater Geesthacht, in which great musicians such as Ladi Geisler and Günter Fuhlisch performed. In 2010 he initiated another music series in the Cotton Club in Hamburg, supported by the city of Hamburg. Every two months, concert evenings with Hamburg jazz stars and young talents take place in the Cotton Club under the name JazzPuls & Friends.

Today, Ralf Böcker teaches saxophone, clarinet and flute, composes many genres, as well as is a band leader and freelancer for bands throughout Germany, e.g. with Abi Wallenstein, Jessy Martens, Ladi Geisler, Abbi Hübner, Rocky Knauer, Jasper van't Hof, Trevor Richards, Torsten Zwingenberger  Peter "Banjo" Meyer, Brian Carrick, Günter Fuhlisch , Jo Bohnsack, and Jan Fischer.

publishing works[edit]

  • The Little Clarinet Book (Exclusive Sheet Music)[2]
  • Easy Spring and Christmas Carols (Exclusive Sheet Music)[3]
  • "Perfect Start" – Six Quartets for Beginners (Chili Notes)
  • 30 duets for flute and clarinet (Heinrichshofen & Noetzel)[4]

Classic works[edit]

selected compositions:

  • Bergamo, Suite for small orchestra in 3 parts (Allegro, Lento, Andante)[5]
  • Rhapsody for horn and woodwinds, 10 musical essays
  • Serenade "Uncle Sam", clarinet & string trio, small clarinet concerto in 9 parts[6]
  • String Quartet – Fantasy (Allegro, Gigue, Largo, Adagio)[7]
  • Refugee suite, alto voice & ensemble, one-hour work with a.o. Poetry by Najet Adouani[8]
  • "Komm ins Offene" for baritone and piano, complete setting of the poem of the same name by Rainer Maria Rilke[9]

Discographic notes[edit]

  • Delta Mood Jazz Band, Jelena, with Marc Budenz (1997)
  • Ma Piroschka, These Times, with Cabral Lobato, Anton Sjarov (1998)
  • Cannonball J., Night Light with Dietmar Hussong (1999)
  • Ma Piroschka, Wi ahin sol ich gejn with Reah Avriel (2001)
  • Hot House, Stormy Monday with Karsten von Lüpke (2002)
  • Cannonball J., Quill with Christoph van Hal (2003)
  • Hard Bop Deluxe, Sister Sadie with Peter Overbeck (2007)
  • Jessy Martens, That's Why I'm Crying (2007)
  • Jan Fischer, Roadside Boogie, (2008)
  • Ma Piroschka, Naktike Music, with Paul Brody, Marc Kovnatski (2011)
  • Elastic Soap Jazz, Sweet Emma (2012)
  • Hot Reeds & Rhythm, Sweet Georgia Brown with Günther Liebetruth(2015)
  • Frederik Gemeint, Ralf Böcker, Russian Lullaby (2015)
  • Vertiko, ball whispering with Nina Majer (2016)
  • as sideman: Blood on the Highway, live, with Ken Hensley[10]

web links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Hamburg, Hamburger Abendblatt- (2009-09-23). "Erstmals Klezmerfest im GoldbekHaus". www.abendblatt.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  2. "Das kleine Klarinettenbuch". www.exklusiv-noten.de. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  3. "3 Clarinets - Exklusiv-Noten Musikverlag, Inhaber: Bernd Frank". www.exklusiv-noten.de. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  4. https://www.heinrichshofen.de/shop/blasinstrumente-querfloeten-mit-begleitinstrumenten/jokester/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. urbanutan (2020-11-04). "„Bergamo" Suite". Damian Maria Rabe (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  6. urbanutan (2020-11-04). "Rhapsodie für Horn und Holzbläser". Damian Maria Rabe (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  7. urbanutan (2021-11-04). "Serenade für Klarinette und Streichtrio – Uncle Sam". Damian Maria Rabe (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  8. urbanutan (2020-11-03). "Flüchtlingssuite – alt fl cl cl vi vi ce". Damian Maria Rabe (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  9. "Vocal". Damian Maria Rabe (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  10. http://www.rocktimes.de/gesamt/h/ken_hensley/blood_on_the_highway_dvd.html


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