User:Z03 jota

Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, Jonas Tauber grew up and studied music in the USA, finishing with a Bachelor of Music in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY on cello. Then the search began: quit playing music for two years, studied philosophy, science, worked as a cook, cowboy, ski instructor, aikido instructor, climbed, sailed, and finally found his way back to the cello as principal cellist in the Boulder Philharmonic. After that, a half year in Switzerland, then a year studying with William Pleeth in London, where he also performed as cellist in the Hengrave Quartet, whose premiere at St. John's Smith Square received positive review in STRAD. Then as principal cellist in the Cedar Rapids Symphony for two years, teaching at Grinnell College, nine months in the Knoxville Symphony, and directly to New York City. There, he met pianist Albert Lotto, through whom he met and performed with Itzhak Perlman. Freelance work as classical and improvising cellist led to collaborations with the North/South Consonance Ensemble, Apple Hill Chamber Players, New York Piano Trio, John Hollenbeck's Quartet Lucy, Hans Tammen and Dafna Nafthali, Emmanuelle Somer, Barry Harris, and David Murray. Found by the band Pink Martini, invited to tour with them for the next 18 months or so, he switched to bass for the band and never looked back. Moved to Portland, from where he worked with the Oregon Symphony, Doug Haning, Rob Blakeslee, Billy Mintz, Vinny Golia, Art Reznick, Michael Vlatkovich, Ken Ollis, and John Gross, through whom he found his way to Origin Records. He is executive producer of the Zürich Series, the idea of John Bishop, which features recordings by John Gross, Billy Mintz, Michael Vlatkovich, BOX, twopool, Lola Regenthal, and a solo double bass concert live release called Storm Walking Singing. He moved back to Switzerland in 2003, from where he performed in the bands of Rudy Smith, Michael Vlatkovich, Yves Reichmuth, and twopool. His own projects were an acoustic duo with pianist Hans-Peter Pfammatter, the Jonas Tauber Quintett featuring jazz from the 40's and 50's, and solo bass performances. He now lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife Lola Regenthal and their dog Jazz. Lola Regenthal trio now features drummer Allison Miller and bassist Jonas Tauber, and the new Jonas Tauber Quartet has Billy Mintz on drums, John Gross or Adam Diller on horn, and Hans Tammen playing any combination of analog modular synthesizer and endangered guitar.

Category:Musicians Category:Double-bassists