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Reiner Witzel

Reiner Witzel , born 1967, studied Saxophon at the "Musikhochschule Köln" and the "Manhattan School of Music" in New York with Bob Mintzer , David Liebman , John Purcell , Bill Evans , Dick Oatts and others .

He received a schlarship from the Ministry of Culture NRW  and numerous awards including the promotional award of the city of Duesseldorf .
With his own groups the "Reiner Witzel Group" , "Witzel`s Venue" and "Drei im roten Kreis" he released CD´s featuring guests such as David Sanborn , Lew Soloff and Vernon Reid .
As a sideman he also played on CD´s from Sasha , Fury in the Slaughterhouse , Defunkt and others .