Name : Helmut Engelhardt
Funky Mission : Saxes
Lives : Kaiserslautern (D)
Backline:

• Selmer Mk.6 Saxophones
• Gurdala Mouthpiece

Studies:

• Berklee College of Music (Boston/USA)
• Frankfurter Musikwerkstatt
• Münchener Ausbildungszentrum für Saxophon

Teachers : Joe Viola, Jürgen Seefelder, Peter Ponzol, Andy McGhee...

Musical collaborations with :
• Jazz : Slide Hampton, Jiggs Whigham, Peter Herbolzheimer, Barbara Dennerlein, Ack van Rooyen, Thilo Berg Big Band, Europool Jazzorchestra, Jim Snidero, Sylvia Droste, Bobby Burgess...
• Pop & Show : Voice Company with Xavier Naidoo, Howard Carpendale, Roberto Blanco, Joy Fleming, Hugo Strasser, Ingrid Peters, Bill Ramsey, Al Martino, Johnny Logan,.....

Musical inspiration: All the great jazz-players from the past & present (too many to name 'em all) - Good Soul & Pop Music

Most memorable gigs:

• Thilo Berg Big Band (mit P.Herbolzheimer, Ack van Rooyen, Slide Hampton und Jiggs Whigham) 1985/1988
• The Voice Company (mit Xavier Naidoo) 1997/1998
• Jesus Christ Superstar  (2003/2004)
• Shockheaded Peter (2007/2009) am Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern.
• Funky P

Disks to take to desert island:

• Miles Davis: KInd Of Blue
• John Coltrane: Ballads
• Michael Brecker: Nearness Of You
• Steel Dan : Aja
• Sting: Bring on the Night