Biography
Jazz bass player Hans Glawischnig entered the world in Graz, Austria, on October 22, 1970. A father who had earned respect as a pianist, big-band leader, and educator kindled his early drive toward a musical vocation. Glawischnig joined the talented pupils' class at the Academy of Music in Graz as a violinist in 1976. He took up the electric bass guitar in 1983 and incorporated the acoustic double bass three years later. Between 1986 and 1988 he pursued part-time studies in the Academy's jazz department under American expatriate bassist Wayne Darling. Upon finishing high school he relocated to the United States and enrolled at Boston's Berklee School of Music on scholarship. There he worked with bassist Bruce Gertz, performed and recorded alongside faculty members Hal Crook, Phil Wilson, and Greg Hopkins, and backed visiting clinicians such as drummers Steve Smith and Casey Scheuerell. Glawischnig earned his B.A. magna cum laude in 1992 before moving to New York City, again on scholarship, to enter the Master's program at the Manhattan School of Music. He encountered and studied with Jeff Andrews, offered private lessons, and completed the degree in 1994. His initial major professional opportunity arrived in 1995 with membership in Bobby Watson's Urban Renewal, which also featured drummer Victor Lewis; subsequent engagements placed him with Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau and, in 1996, Ray Barretto's New World Spirit.
These associations generated an extensive series of further partnerships and established Glawischnig as a first-call bassist throughout New York. Additional work encompassed a broad spectrum of contemporary jazz and Latin styles alongside Paquito d'Rivera, David Samuels, Bobby Sanabria, Rick Margitza, Garry Dial, Billy Harper, Richie Beirach, Billy Hart, Joe Locke, David Sanchez, Dave Binney, Ken Hatfield, Adam Rogers, Mark Murphy, Stefon Harris, Claudio Roditi, Donny McCaslin, Billy Drewes, Ari Hoenig, James Moody, Jamey Haddad, Brian Lynch, Phil Woods, and Claudia Acuña. The band's projects with David Sanchez earned two Grammy nominations. Glawischnig contributed original compositions to the Fresh Sound/New Talent release Common Ground. A later reunion with Ray Barretto on a tribute to Art Blakey included his arrangement of "Buh's Bossa," while a session with Brian Lynch showcased the original piece "Beholding." In 2008 he issued the critically praised Panorama, then four years afterward delivered Jahira, a trio recording drawing inspiration from the small-ensemble recordings of Charlie Haden and Sonny Rollins; both albums appeared on the Sunnyside label.
These associations generated an extensive series of further partnerships and established Glawischnig as a first-call bassist throughout New York. Additional work encompassed a broad spectrum of contemporary jazz and Latin styles alongside Paquito d'Rivera, David Samuels, Bobby Sanabria, Rick Margitza, Garry Dial, Billy Harper, Richie Beirach, Billy Hart, Joe Locke, David Sanchez, Dave Binney, Ken Hatfield, Adam Rogers, Mark Murphy, Stefon Harris, Claudio Roditi, Donny McCaslin, Billy Drewes, Ari Hoenig, James Moody, Jamey Haddad, Brian Lynch, Phil Woods, and Claudia Acuña. The band's projects with David Sanchez earned two Grammy nominations. Glawischnig contributed original compositions to the Fresh Sound/New Talent release Common Ground. A later reunion with Ray Barretto on a tribute to Art Blakey included his arrangement of "Buh's Bossa," while a session with Brian Lynch showcased the original piece "Beholding." In 2008 he issued the critically praised Panorama, then four years afterward delivered Jahira, a trio recording drawing inspiration from the small-ensemble recordings of Charlie Haden and Sonny Rollins; both albums appeared on the Sunnyside label.
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