Ralf Hübner (born May 3, 1939, Berlin) is a German jazz percussionist. Hübner attended the

Hochschule für Musik in Berlin The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research unive ...

(1958–1962), studying both double bass and drums there and playing with Benny Bailey and Nathan Davis. Upon graduating he joined the Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks, an ensemble he would work up to 2010. He also began a decade-long association with

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 ...

. In the 1970s he worked with musicians and ensembles such as the Joki Freund, Volker Kriegel, Itaru Oki, Michel Pilz, Manfred Schoof, and Eberhard Weber. In the 1980s and 1990s he worked with Christof Lauer among others.

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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 U ...

, "Ralf Hübner". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2nd edn. 1939 births Living people German jazz drummers Male drummers Musicians from Berlin German male jazz musicians {{Germany-musician-stub