Michael Sagmeister
Michael Sagmeister is a German jazz guitarist.
Sagmeister gained first prominence when he performed in 1975 at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival. The following year he founded the Michael Sagmeister Trio with Udo Kistner and Michael Kuettner on drums which became his most successful ensemble. In the 1980s he toured as a supporting act with the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble by which he became well known in the jazz scene.
From 1993 to 1997 Sagmeister was a lecturer at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1999 he became a tenured professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. Sagmeister published three primers about Jazz guitar.
Discography
The Silent Spectacle with Christof Lauer, Jochen Schmidt, Michael Kuettner Waiting for Better Days Two Is a Crowd with Thomas Heidepriem So Near So Far with Christoph Spendel Looking Out of My Window A Certain Gift: Live Still with Me Here and Now Binary with Christoph Spendel Dedicato: Canzoni e Jazz with Camillo D'Ancona Conversation with Pat Martino Dualism with Dave Samuels Repose The Way We Feel About It with Britta Medeiros When the Moment Sings with Britta Medeiros Soul Ticket True to the Moment Nell Anima with Antonella D'Orio Home Power of Resistance The Antonella Letters- ''Story Board''