Ueli Staub Explained

Ueli Staub
Birth Date:1 January 1934
Birth Place:Zürich, Switzerland
Death Place:Thun, Switzerland
Other Names:Uli Staub
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Instrument:Vibraphone
Associated Acts:Dennis Armitage, Metronome Quartet/Quintet, Roby Weber Quartet
Genre:Jazz
Years Active:1953–2012

Ueli Staub (pronounced as /de/;[1] 1 January 1934 – 9 April 2012) was a Swiss vibraphonist, journalist and photographer. Staub was the founder of the Metronome Quartet (later Metronome Quintet), along with Swiss pianist Martin Hugelshofer, whom were both graduate students at the time.

Life

Staub was a self-taught vibraphonist. He founded the Metronome Quartet with Martin Hugelshofer (born 13 July 1933 in Zürich) in 1953, which he played internationally from 1979 to 2001. He also played for the Robi Weber Quartet, Five Blazers, and Swiss All Stars. He also recorded an album with British saxophone and piano player Dennis Armitage (1928–2005). Staub married Margrit Staub-Hadorn in 1978, a Swiss TV announcer, presenter and author (1941–2007).

He also published two books (and was involved in one more):[2]

Staub also worked as a journalist, specifically for the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung, about music.

Metronome Quintet

In 1957, Swiss musician Bruno Spoerri (born 16 August 1935) joined the Metronome Quartet, which became Metronome Quintet, until 1975 when he left.[3] His arrival marked a new era in the group, as even when he left another musician became a member, and so it always remained a quintet until its end in 2013. His arrival was also the beginning of the groups touring in Europe, and later in Japan in the Expo '70 in 1970.

Discography

Singles

YearTitleLabel(s)Musical group(s)
1959Tonbeispiele Von Jazz-StilartenGrammoclub Ex Libris; Schweizer Jugend-Verlag SolothurnMetronome Quintet
The Metronome QuintetGrammoclub Ex Libris
1964Dusty VibesColumbia Records
1967Plays Swinging Mahagonny And Something Else
1969With 57 Friends - At The Zoo
1970The Metronome Quintet At The Expo 70
197320 Jahre Metronome QuintettMetronome
1978Just FriendsGold Records
1991Jazz Con PastaPromedia
Mercy Mercy MercyReader's DigestRobi Weber Quartet
1993Kling Hinaus Ins Weite (Jazz & Lyrik, Vol. II)Jecklin-DiscoGert Westphal
Metronome Quintet
1995All That BluesReader's DigestRobi Weber Quartet
UnknownHey-ho / AmenColumbia RecordsRobi Weber Quartet

Albums

YearTitleLabelMusical group/artist(s)
1972SoulnessColumbia RecordsRoby Weber Quartet
1973Lover Of My Soul (Roby Weber Quartet Vol. 2)Eugster CH-Record/CH-Record
1983Jazz Und Lyrik «Ringeljazz» (Lyrik Von Benn, Prévert Und Ringelnatz)Jecklin-DiscoGert Westphal/The Metronome Quintet
2011Swiss All-Stars SonoramaSwiss All-Stars
UnknownOut Columbia RecordsDennis Armitage

Posthumous release (album)

Discography here [4] available at discogs.com (31 August 2019)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Automatic Phonemic Transcriber. tom.brondsted.dk. 2019-08-31.
  2. Web site: Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. portal.dnb.de. de. 2019-08-31.
  3. Web site: The Metronome Quintet. Discogs. en. 2019-08-31.
  4. Web site: Uli Staub Discography Discogs.