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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:
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
- since 1994: Teacher for drums at City West Musicschool Berlin
- 2005: Jazz workshop in Gorzow/Polen
- 2010: Jazz workshop at the
University of Texas at El Paso
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
Concerts
and tours with:
Herb Ellis,
Larry Coryell, 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, John Tchicai, Matthew Shipp and many more.
Further
references (festivals, TV appearances): [more]
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