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born
in Barntrup / Lippe
Studies
- 1975 -
77: studied with Billy Brooks
(Swiss Jazzschool, Bern)
- 1982 -
85: private studies in New York with Charlie Persip
and Vernell Fournier
- 1985:
three-week master class with Elvin Jones
(Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts, Florida)
 Teaching
experience
- 1977 -
79: Teacher for drums and improvised music at Göttingen PH University
- 1978 -
80: Drum teacher at the University for the Arts, Kassel,
Germany
- 1982:
Drum teacher for the Jazzmobile Workshop (Amhurst, Mass., USA)
- since 1992:
Leader, along with saxophonist Mack Goldsbury, of the Living
School Workshops in Berlin, Germany
Photo: Mehmet Dedeoglu
Work experience as performing musician:
- 1977 -
82: Leader of the band Just Friends
- 1979 -
82: Drummer in Belgian guitarist Paolo Radoni's trio
- 1980 -
82: Drummer in Hungarian guitarist Attila Zollar's
trio
Ernst
Bier has also played with:
Allan Praskin,
Lee Harper, Harry Sokal, Rudi Wilfer, Lou Blackburn, Matthias
Schubert, Don Friedman and Chet Baker, among others
- 1982:
Move to New York
- 1982 -
83: Drummer with the house band under the leadership of Ted
Curson at New York's Blue Note jazz club
- 1982 -
84: Concerts and tours with the Attila Zoller Trio
- 1983 -
86:
Drummer with the tap dance group 'New York City Tapworks'
- since 1984:
Drummer with the Perry Robinson Quartet
- 1985:
European tour with the American Tapdance Festival
Concerts
and Tours with:
Bob
Mover, Junior Cook, Ron McClure, Ricky Ford, Ray Anderson, Reggie
Workman, Lester Bowie etc.
- 1987:
Move to Cologne, Germany
- 1987-
92: Numerous concerts and tours in Europe and the USA with
the Perry Robinson Quartet
- 1988 -
90:
Producer of and drummer with the Sweet Georgia Brown Tap Dance
Show
- 1989:
Tour with the Dave Pike / Charles McPherson Quintet
Concerts
and tours with:
Gene 'Mighty
Flea' Connors, John Marshall, Rainer Winterschladen, Klaus König,
Simon Nabatov, Ed Schuller etc.
Video 1996
- 1992:
Move to Berlin
- since 1992:
Numerous concerts and tours in Europe and the USA with the Perry
Robinson Quartet
- since 1993:
Drummer with the Christoph Adams Trio
- 1993 -
98: Drummer with the Felix Wahnshuffle Trio
- 1994 -
98:
Drummer with the Oriental Connection
- 1994:
Founding of the Ernst
Bier / Mack Goldsbury Quartet
- 1995 -
96: Drummer with the Johannes Barthelmes Group
- 1996 -
99: Drummer with the Billy Bang Quartet
- 1997:
Tour of Turkey with the Önder Focan Quartet
- since
1997: Drummer with the Chris Bennet Group
- since
1999:
Drummer with the Karl
Schloz Trio
- 2000:
Founding of Tribesmen
- since
2001:
Drummer with Helter Skelter
with Helmut Joe Sachse
- since
2002: Drummer with SIJF
with Önder Focan and Stefan Weeke
- since
2003: Drummer with Enfant
with Uschi Brüning and E.L. Petrowsky
- since
2004: Drummer with Amy's Threesome
- E-Drums with Plastikmucke
- Drummer with Drumbone
- since 2005: Drummer with Jazz Parasites
- Founding of Metro Sonic Ensemble
- Founding of Ernst Bier - Sonny Fortune Group
- since 2008: Founding of Unity5
Concerts
and tours with:
Herb Ellis,
Larry Coryell, Walter Norris, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Conny
Bauer, Mathias Schubert, Rudi Mahall, Reggie Moore, Karl Berger,
Ulrich Gumpert, Uschi Brüning, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Günther
Heinz, Helmut Forsthoff,
Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Mike Magnelli, Rolf Kühn, Sonny Fortune, Piotr Wojtasik, Scott Hamilton and many more
Further
references (festivals, TV appearances): [more]
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