Hartmut Geerken's lyrics & chords

Hartmut Geerken is a pianist, percussionist, author; b. Stuttgart, Germany, 15 January 1939. He started piano lessons in classical music from about age 8 and had his first solo piano recital in the age of 14 with works by Bela Bartok. Then jazz became more interesting to him and he went through a period of boogie-woogie playing. In 1967 he co-founded the Cairo Jazz Band with Salah Ragab and Edvard Vizvari and was the leader of the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble. Later he performed in different groups with Carlos Baily, Salah Ragab, Hubertus von Putt...read more