Adi Becker studied trombone and composition arrangement with Prof. Jiggs Whigham and Prof. Jürgen Friedrich at the Music Universities of Cologne and Mannheim, among others, and graduated with a diploma as an instrumentalist and a Master of Music as a Arranger with the top grade.
For more than 20 years he has worked as a musician with the big band of the Bundeswehr and also as a soloist, conductor, arranger and composer for many of the most famous artists and orchestras of the national and international scene.
He composed or orchestrated titles for television shows, such as TV Total at Pro 7, for international artists such as Jerry Bergonzi, many jazz big bands such as the Aachen Big Band as well as for many orchestras from the symphonic field, such as the WDR Funkhaus Orchestra and, of course, for the Big band of the Bundeswehr with artists such as Adel Tawil, Stefanie Heinzmann....
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Adi Becker studied trombone and composition arrangement with Prof. Jiggs Whigham and Prof. Jürgen Friedrich at the Music Universities of Cologne and Mannheim, among others, and graduated with a diploma as an instrumentalist and a Master of Music as a Arranger with the top grade.
For more than 20 years he has worked as a musician with the big band of the Bundeswehr and also as a soloist, conductor, arranger and composer for many of the most famous artists and orchestras of the national and international scene.
He composed or orchestrated titles for television shows, such as TV Total at Pro 7, for international artists such as Jerry Bergonzi, many jazz big bands such as the Aachen Big Band as well as for many orchestras from the symphonic field, such as the WDR Funkhaus Orchestra and, of course, for the Big band of the Bundeswehr with artists such as Adel Tawil, Stefanie Heinzmann.
Adi Becker himself has played with Albert Mangelsdorff, Michael Brecker, Kenny Wheeler, Buddy de Franco, Jeff Lorber, George Whitty, Eric Marienthal, Bob Mintzer, Bill Watrous, Bobby Shew, Dave Liebman, Viktoria Tolstoy, Hiram Bullock, as well as artists from the Entertainment music such as Adel Tawil, Albert Hammond, James Blunt, Pe Werner, Gregor Meyle, Heino, Max Mutzke, Klaus Lage, Roberto Blanco, Bill Ramsey, Pepe Lienhard, Captain Jack and the Bläck Föööss. His concert tours took him around the world.
On Sunday, October 13, 2019, he will perform with his fresh CD “BABBELOU” and the great singer Jemma Endersby at the finale of the JazzTube Festival 2019 at the Pantheon Theater.
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