Ralf Rainer Hübner (born May 3, 1939,

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) is a German

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percussionist. Hübner attended the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin (1958–1962), studying both double bass and drums there and playing with

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and Nathan Davis. Upon graduating he joined the quintet of

Albert Mangelsdorff Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 – July 25, 2005) was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics. Early life Mangelsdorff was born in Frankfurt on September 5, 1928, as the son of the book ...

, with whom he continued to perform and make recordings until 1971. At the same time, he was invited to join the Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks, also directed by Mangelsdorff and in which he would work up to 2010. As a member of the ''German All Stars'' he toured southern America and Japan. In the 1970s he worked with

Heinz Sauer Heinz Sauer (born December 25, 1932, Merseburg) is a German jazz saxophonist. Sauer was an autodidact on tenor saxophone and began his career playing locally around Frankfurt in the 1950s. He played for many years in Albert Mangelsdorff's ensem ...

, Günter Kronberg, and

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in the collaborative quintet ''Voices'' (''Rediscover the Beautiful'' 1977); he also was a member of the quintet of

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(1976–9). In 1978 he recorded in a trio with

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and

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and with Volker Kriegel. In the 1980s and 1990s, Hübner recorded with his quartet (''Courage for the Past'' 1983; ''Perlboot'' 1987) and co-led a duo and a quartet with

Christof Lauer Christof Lauer (born 25 May 1953) is a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, born in Melsungen, Germany, perhaps most well known in Europe where he has done projects with various musicians, such as Palle Danielsson, Carla Bley,

(''Moabiter Blues'' 1991, ''Mondspinner'' 1996).

References

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at ...

, "Ralf (-Rainer ) Hübner". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2nd edn.

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* * 1939 births Living people German jazz drummers German male drummers Musicians from Berlin German male jazz musicians {{Germany-musician-stub