Michael Gustorff was born in Leverkusen (Germany) in 1958. He studied classical music at the Musikhochschule Duisburg (Germany) and jazz at the conservatories in Amsterdam and Arnhem (The Netherlands)
Some highlights of his career:
| since 2005: | New band "Trio Nuevo", with Dick de Graaf, saxophon and Hans Sparla, accordeon and Sandra Coelers vocals. |
| 2007: | Guest soloist with the Radio Big Band Frankfurt (Hessischer Rundfunk) at the 'Deutsches Jazzfestival 2007', playing 'Seven Shades' by Ted Nash Concerts with 'Ro Gebhardt and Friends play the music of Django Reinhardt' at the Euro Classic Festival Saarland and the Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz Concerts as a guest soloist with the Bert Fastenrath Band, Dany Weiss Ensemble, Kussi Weiss & St. Pauli Stringquartet, Chamber Orchestra of Groove (COG), Boersenchor Wuppertal CD Presentation, concerts and radio performances with Trio Nuevo in The Netherlands (Jazzfestival Amersfoort, Bimhuis Amsterdam, Radio 2 ...) and Germany 'Tribute to the Beatles' profect with Strings Up Tour to Lituania with Panhandle Swing CD Panhandle Swing featuring the Panhandle Playgirls Floralia Festival (NL) with Rob Crosby and Carlton Moody |
| 2006: | Concerts with Trio Nuevo in Spain and the Netherlands (Madrid, North Sea Jazz Festival.....) Concerts with the Danny Weiss Quartet Tour to Korea with Hinrich Franck (piano), and Frank Gratkowski (reeds) Concert with John Taylor (piano), Frank Gratkowski (reeds) and Dieter Manderscheid (bass) duringthe Cologne Jazz Night 2006 Tours to Latvia, Germany and the Netherlands with "Panhandle Swing" Library music recording session with Robert Jelmer (piano), Willem Stoppelenburg (piano) and Peter Huying (gitar) CD recording with Trio Nuevo: "Jazz meets Tango" Guest solist with the Ro Gebhardt Trio at the "Musiksommer Saarbrücken" |
| 2005: | North Sea Jazz Festival Concerts in Holland and Germany with "Strings Up" Concert in Paradiso, Amsterdam with "Panhandle Swing" India Tour with "Collectif" Film music recording sessions CD with the Western Swing Band Panhandle Swing: "Panhandle Swing play the Hits of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys" CD with the Rock band Yellow Pearls |
| 2004: | Concerts as a guest solist with "Douce Ambiance" and "Collectif" CD with the symphonic rock band Nice Beaver: "Oregon" Concerts as a guest with the "Biyuya Ensemble" Jazz Festival Hildesheim |
| 2003: | Concerts as a guest soloist with the band "Terra Nova" Jazz-Festival Remscheid (Germany) with "Strings Up" World Port Jazz Festival Rotterdam Jazz Festival Saalfeld (East Germany) Project: Guus Tangelder Big Band & Michael Gustorff goes Classic (playing a o Edward Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite 1 & 2) |
| 2002: | Guest soloist in several clubs in Germany and in the Netherlands Concerts with the Danny Weiss Ensemble (Hot Jazz & Bebop) in Germany Jazz Festival Worms Several studio productions Concerts as a soloist with the "Big Stuff" Big Band & "Strings Ahead" |
| 2001: | Concert in Cologne "New Collaborations" with John Taylor, Keith Copeland, Bill Dobbins.... and other teachers of the Cologne Conservatory Jazz festival Dublin |
| 2000: | Tours through Germany, Austria and Finland with the Dick de Graaf Jimi Hendrix project |
| 1999: | Musical supervisor and CD production of the musical "Dear Jeanet" (NL) Guest soloist with the "Millenium Jazz Orchestra" (NL) |
| 1998: | CD with Dick de Graaf Septet: "The Burning of the Midnight Lamp" |
| 1997: | CD with Cor Mutser & Patrick van Gerwen: "If only we could sing" |
| 1996: | CD with the Basta Band from Wuppertal: "Geiler wär's schon" |
| 1995: | Tour through Germany with Dick de Graaf Project: 'When a violin meets a big band' with the Guus Tangelder Big Band (NL) Guest soloist with the RIAS-Big Band (Radio Big Band Berlin, conducted by Jiggs Whigham) CD with Cor Mutsers & Patrick van Gerwen: "We are not alone" (a mixture of jazz, folk, country, Frank Zappa.....) |
| 1994: | CDs with Dick de Graaf Septet: "Heartbeat", "Butterfly Blues" Tour through Canada: Jazz festivals and concerts in Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Quebec, Toronto..... |
| 1993: | Solo CD (library music): Four String Affair Concerts at the Jazzfestivals in Frankfurt, Mannheim and Viersen |
| 1992: | Jazz festival Montreal with Dick de Graaf |
| 1991: | CD with the Swing and Bebop singer Uli Wewelsiep: "My Favorite Stories" CD with Dick de Graaf Septet: "Polder" CD with European Danzón Orchestra: "Rompiendo La Rutina" CD with the Cajun band Casual Balance: "Kindred Natures" |
| 1990: | CD with the Mariachi band Mexico Lindo: "La Ultima Noche" |
| 1988: | Debut of the Michael Gustorff Quartet. Concerts at the North Sea Jazz Festival. CD with Dick de Graaf Septet: "November" |
| since1987: | Member of the Dick de Graaf Septet, one of the outstanding modern jazz bands in the Netherlands Member of the Country Time Studio Band a Dutch radio band which accompanied American country stars |
| 1986: | 1st prize at the international jazz competition in Breda (NL) First concerts at the North Sea Jazz festival Tour through Europe with the American Western-Swing fiddler Tiny Moore Concerts as a guest soloist in Spain |
| 1985: | Tour through Finland with the Western-Swing band Panhandle Swing |
| 1984-87: | Radio- and festival gigs with the "Vania Hot Swing Quartet" |
| 1983: | He moved to The Netherlands |
| 1983-86: | Hot jazz with the "Rigo Winterstein Swingtet" Bebop with Uli Wewelsieps Band "Blue Voice". Concerts in Germany and The Netherlands |
| 1980-82: | Engagement at the Rheinisches Landestheater in Neuss |
| 1977-80: | He had his own Rockband in Wuppertal Country- and Bluegrass music with the Country Skiffle Band and the 'Blue Mountain Express' |
| 1975-76: | Concerts with the Irish folk group RUM all over Germany Recording session at the WDR for "Sesamstraße" |
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