Biography (Short Version)

The introduction to John Coltranes´ music was a turning point in my life – until that moment I hadn´t realised that music would affect my life so immensly.

  • 1954 born in Zürich
  • 1976/81 studies at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern
  • 1983 stay in Brasil. Meets Hermeto Pascoal
  • 1984 plays in Swiss Rythm&Blues Band Lazy Poker
  • 1985 moves to Frankfurt, Germany
  • 1987 starts teaching at the FMW
  • 1988 forms Daniel Guggenheim Group
  • 1990 first CD with originals a.o. with Jasper van´t Hof
  • 1992 Southamericatour and recordings in Rio a.o. with Hermeto Pascoal
  • 1994/95 stay in New York
  • 1996 CD recordings and tour in europe “N.Y. Quartet”
  • 2003/4 concerts and DVD with popstars Nena and Udo Lindenberg
  • 2005 tour and CD with Peter Madsen, Sean Smith and Gerald Cleaver
  • 2006 birth of “The Hip”

to be continued …

Long Version