Ueli Staub

Ueli Staub (/ˈʌɪlɪ ˈstoʊb/;[1]German pronunciation: [ˈʏlɪ ˈʃtaʊp];[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 (born 13 July 1933, in Zürich), whom were both graduate students at the time.

Ueli Staub
Born1 January 1934
Zurich, Switzerland
Died9 April 2012 (aged 78)
Thun, Switzerland
Other namesUli Staub
Occupation
  • Vibraphonist
  • musician
  • journalist
  • photographer
Musical career
GenresJazz
InstrumentsVibraphone
Years active1953–2012
Associated actsDennis Armitage, Metronome Quartet/Quintet, Roby Weber Quartet

Life

Staub was a self-taught vibraphonist. He founded the Metronome Quartet with Martin Hugelshofer in 1953, which he played internationally from 1979–2001. 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]

  • 1978 - Tempi passati
  • 1994 - Portrait eines Jazz-Pioniers
  • 2003 - Jazzstadt Zürich (edited by Ueli Staub)

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
Year Title Label(s) Musical group(s)
1959 Tonbeispiele Von Jazz-Stilarten Grammoclub Ex Libris; Schweizer Jugend-Verlag Solothurn Metronome Quintet
The Metronome Quintet Grammoclub Ex Libris
1964 Dusty Vibes Columbia Records
1967 Plays Swinging Mahagonny And Something Else
1969 With 57 Friends - At The Zoo
1970 The Metronome Quintet At The Expo 70
1973 20 Jahre Metronome Quintett Metronome
1978 Just Friends Gold Records
1991 Jazz Con Pasta Promedia
Mercy Mercy Mercy Reader's Digest Robi Weber Quartet
1993 Kling Hinaus Ins Weite (Jazz & Lyrik, Vol. II) Jecklin-Disco Gert Westphal; Metronome Quintet
1995 All That Blues Reader's Digest Robi Weber Quartet
Unknown Hey-ho / Amen Columbia Records Robi Weber Quartet

Albums
Year Title Label Musical group/artist(s)
1972 Soulness Columbia Records Roby Weber Quartet
1973 Lover Of My Soul (Roby Weber Quartet Vol. 2) Eugster CH-Record/CH-Record
1983 Jazz Und Lyrik «Ringeljazz» (Lyrik Von Benn, Prévert Und Ringelnatz) Jecklin-Disco Gert Westphal/The Metronome Quintet
2011 Swiss All-Stars Sonorama Swiss All-Stars
Unknown Out Columbia Records Dennis Armitage

Posthumous release (album)
Year Title Label Musician
2016 Langstrasse Zwischen 12 Und 12 (Long Street Between 12 & 12) Finders Keepers Records Bruno Spoerri

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

References
  1. "Automatic Phonemic Transcriber". tom.brondsted.dk. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  2. "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  3. "The Metronome Quintet". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  4. https://www.discogs.com/artist/358872-Uli-Staub?layout=sm
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