Christof Lauer

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Christof Lauer
Background information
Born	(1953-05-25) 25 May 1953 (age 71) Melsungen, Germany
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Tenor and soprano saxophone
Labels	CMP, ACT

Christof Lauer (born 25 May 1953)^[1] is a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist,^[2] born in Melsungen, Germany, perhaps most well known in Europe where he has done projects with various musicians, such as Palle Danielsson, Carla Bley,^[3] Anthony Cox, Michel Godard and Gary Husband,^[4] Vince Mendoza's Jazzpaña, Michel Portal, Maria João, Alphonse Mouzon,^[2] and Peter Erskine.^[5]

Since 1979 he is member of the Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks led by Albert Mangelsdorff. In 1994 Lauer joined the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and replaced Charlie Mariano,^[6] and is also a member of the Hamburg NDR Radio Orchestra.^[4]

• Perlboot (L+R Records, 1987), quartet with Ralf R. Hübner
• Christof Lauer (CMP, 1989), quartet with Joachim Kühn, Palle Danielsson and Peter Erskine
• Moabiter Blues (L+R Records, 1991), duo with Ralf R. Hübner
• Bluebells (CMP, 1992) with Wolfgang Puschnig, Bob Stewart and Thomas Alkier
• Evidence (CMP, 1995), trio featuring Anthony Cox and Daniel Humair
• Mondspinner (Free Flow Music, 1996), quartet with Ralf R. Hübner
• Fragile Network (ACT, 1999), quintet featuring Michel Godard, Marc Ducret, Anthony Cox and Gene Jackson
• Shadows in the Rain (ACT, 2001), duo with pianist Jens Thomas plus strings featuring Sidsel Endresen, tribute to Sting
• Pure Joy (ACT, 2003), duo with pianist Jens Thomas
• Heaven (ACT, 2003) with Norwegian Brass featuring Sondre Bratland, Rebekka Bakken and Geir Lysne
• Blues in Mind (ACT, 2007) with Michel Godard and Gary Husband
• Play Sidney Bechet Petite Fleur (ACT, 2014) with the NDR BigBand