FRANK GRATKOWSKI

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Born in Hamburg, 1963.

Started playing the saxophone at 16 and, following a period at the Hamburg Conservatory (Hamburger Musikhochschule), moved in 1985 to study at the Cologne Conservatory of Music with Heiner Wiberny, graduating in 1990.

Further studies with Charlie Mariano, Sal Nistico and Steve Lacy.

Frank Gratkowski has been working as a soloist in various international formations (Grubenklang Orchester, Klaus Koenig Orchester, Musikfabrik NRW, Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra, Bentje Braam, BikBentBraam, All Ears, Zeitkratzer, WDR Big band, etc.). Since 1990 he has been giving solo performances throughout Europe, Canada and USA. With his first solo program, he was a 1991 prizewinner in the Musik Kreativ contest. The release of the solo CD “Artikulationen” followed the same year and a new one “Artikulationen II” in 2002.

Since 1992 he has been working in a duo with the pianist Georg Graewe (CD “VicissEtudes”). The duo is often extended through the participation of different additional
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FRANK GRATKOWSKI Gestalten album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gestalten
Avant-Garde Jazz 1996
FRANK GRATKOWSKI GratHovOx album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
GratHovOx
Avant-Garde Jazz 2002
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Facio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Facio
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Gratkowski / Fox / Menestres / Davis : ORM album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gratkowski / Fox / Menestres / Davis : ORM
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Unplugged Mind album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Unplugged Mind
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Gratkowski  / Anderskov  : Ardent Grass album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gratkowski / Anderskov : Ardent Grass
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Le Vent Et La Gorge album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Le Vent Et La Gorge
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
FRANK GRATKOWSKI FPR : All At Once album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
FPR : All At Once
Avant-Garde Jazz 2013
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski, Philip Zoubek, Robert Landfermann, Dominik Mahnig : Torbid Daylight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski, Philip Zoubek, Robert Landfermann, Dominik Mahnig : Torbid Daylight
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski, Simon Nabatov, Dominik Mahnig : Dance Hall Stories album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski, Simon Nabatov, Dominik Mahnig : Dance Hall Stories
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Fo[u]r Alto : 2 compositions by Frank Gratkowski album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fo[u]r Alto : 2 compositions by Frank Gratkowski
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2023
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski's Entrainment album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski's Entrainment
Avant-Garde Jazz 2024

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FRANK GRATKOWSKI Artikulationen album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Artikulationen
Avant-Garde Jazz 1991
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski / Georg Graewe : VicissEtudes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski / Georg Graewe : VicissEtudes
Avant-Garde Jazz 1993
FRANK GRATKOWSKI The Flume Factor album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Flume Factor
Avant-Garde Jazz 1998
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Loft Exil 3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Loft Exil 3
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Artikulationen II album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Artikulationen II
Avant-Garde Jazz 2000
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Kollaps album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kollaps
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski / Georg Graewe / Paul Lovens : Quicksand album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski / Georg Graewe / Paul Lovens : Quicksand
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski / Georg Gräwe / John Lindberg ‎: Arrears album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski / Georg Gräwe / John Lindberg ‎: Arrears
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski / Fred van Hove / Tony Oxley ‎: GratHovOx album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski / Fred van Hove / Tony Oxley ‎: GratHovOx
Avant-Garde Jazz 2002
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski / Jerome Bryerton / Damon Smith ‎: The Voice Imitator album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski / Jerome Bryerton / Damon Smith ‎: The Voice Imitator
Avant-Garde Jazz 2003
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Spectral Reflections album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spectral Reflections
Avant-Garde Jazz 2003
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Loft Exil V album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Loft Exil V
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski / Thomas Lehn / Melvyn Poore : Triskaidekaphonia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski / Thomas Lehn / Melvyn Poore : Triskaidekaphonia
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski, Misha Mengelberg : Vis-à-Vis album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski, Misha Mengelberg : Vis-à-Vis
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Gratkowski  / Robertson  / Nabatov  / Manderscheid : Celebrations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gratkowski / Robertson / Nabatov / Manderscheid : Celebrations
Avant-Garde Jazz 2007
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Gratkowski / Brown  / Winant  : Wake album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gratkowski / Brown / Winant : Wake
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski, Scott R. Looney, Damon Smith, Kjell Nordesn : Mimetic Holds album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski, Scott R. Looney, Damon Smith, Kjell Nordesn : Mimetic Holds
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
FRANK GRATKOWSKI oir Trio : Kanata album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
oir Trio : Kanata
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski Hamid Drake album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski Hamid Drake
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski, Sebi Tramontana : 15 Instant Songs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski, Sebi Tramontana : 15 Instant Songs
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski / Simon Nabatov / Marcus Schmickler ‎: Deployment album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski / Simon Nabatov / Marcus Schmickler ‎: Deployment
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010
FRANK GRATKOWSKI DUH : In Just album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
DUH : In Just
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Fo[u]r Alto album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fo[u]r Alto
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Gratkowski  | Brown  | Winant  + Gerhard E. WInkler ‎– Vermilion Traces | Donaueschingen 2009 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gratkowski | Brown | Winant + Gerhard E. WInkler ‎– Vermilion Traces | Donaueschingen 2009
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Skein album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Skein
Avant-Garde Jazz 2014
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski & Udo Schindler : Sounding Dialectics album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski & Udo Schindler : Sounding Dialectics
Avant-Garde Jazz 2014
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Gratkowski / Kruglov / Nabatov / Yudanov: Leo Records 35th Anniversary - Moscow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gratkowski / Kruglov / Nabatov / Yudanov: Leo Records 35th Anniversary - Moscow
Avant-Garde Jazz 2015
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Live at Spanski Borci w/ Sebi Tramontana album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at Spanski Borci w/ Sebi Tramontana
Avant-Garde Jazz 2016
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski, Simon Nabatov : Mirthful Myths album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski, Simon Nabatov : Mirthful Myths
Avant-Garde Jazz 2017
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski, Achim Kaufmann, Wilbert De Joode, Yong Yandsen, Kok Siew Wai, Darren Moore : Kay​-​El album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski, Achim Kaufmann, Wilbert De Joode, Yong Yandsen, Kok Siew Wai, Darren Moore : Kay​-​El
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski / Achim Kaufmann / Wilbert de Joode and Tony Buck : Flatbosc & Cautery album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski / Achim Kaufmann / Wilbert de Joode and Tony Buck : Flatbosc & Cautery
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski & Elisabeth Harnik : Bullungga album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski & Elisabeth Harnik : Bullungga
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2021
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski & Simon Nabatov : Tender Mercies album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski & Simon Nabatov : Tender Mercies
Avant-Garde Jazz 2023
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski, Harri Sjöström : Jack to Jack album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski, Harri Sjöström : Jack to Jack
Avant-Garde Jazz 2023
FRANK GRATKOWSKI Frank Gratkowski & Ensemble Modern : Mature Hybird Talking album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank Gratkowski & Ensemble Modern : Mature Hybird Talking
Third Stream 2024

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