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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1948
- Active to
- 2025
Discography
- Pagine Gialle2001
- Melencolia2011
- Hymnen an die Nacht2017
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 263
- Total plays
- 1,426
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Theo Jörgensmann (born 1948 in Bottrop, Germany) belongs to the 2nd generation of European free jazz musicians. He was part of the clarinet Renaissance in the jazz and improvising music scene. Jörgensmann is one of a few clarinet players for whom unaccompanied solo recordings are a significant part of his work. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Theo+J%C3%B6rgensmann">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,803x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,253x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,265x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-09-29 ) 29 September 1948, Bottrop , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Died
- 6 October 2025 (2025-10-06) (aged 77), Brüel , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Genres
- Modal jazz avant-garde jazz free improvisation
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instrument
- Clarinet
- Years active
- 1975–2025
- Labels
- Hathut Konnex
- Formerly of
- Contraband Klarinettenquartett Cl-4 German Clarinet Duo Contact Trio Clarinet Summit Clarinet Contrast
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Encyclopedic overview
Theodor Franz Jörgensmann (29 September 1948 – 6 October 2025) was a German jazz clarinetist and academic teacher. Professionally known as Theo Jörgensmann, he belonged to the second generation of European free jazz musicians, part of the clarinet renaissance in the jazz and improvising music scene, and one of few clarinet players for whom unaccompanied solo recordings were a significant part of his work. In 1975 he formed a quartet of clarinetists, Clarinet Contrast, and in 1997 a quartet was named after him. Jörgensmann played in many formations internationally. He wrote a philosophical book about improvising in music.
Life and career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Theo Jörgensmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.