Bob Degen

Bob Degen (b. January 24, 1944, Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz pianist. Much of his work has been in the trio format.

Degen attended Berklee College of Music in the 1960s and played locally in Boston while there. In the mid-1960s he played in Europe with Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer, Carmell Jones, and Albert Mangelsdorff, and recorded an album as a leader in 1968. At the end of the decade he played with Paul Motian, as well as with Gary Peacock and Buddy DeFranco in the early 1970s.

In 1974 he moved to Germany, where he played often with Heinz Sauer. Since then, he has played with Makaya Ntshoko, Frankfurter Jazz Ensemble, Adelhard Roidinger, Joki Freund, Leszek Zadlo, Günter Lenz, and Uli Beckerhoff.

Discography

*"Celebrations" (Calig Records, 1968)
*"Hidden Track" (Trion Records, 1980)
*"Blues after Sunrise" (L+R Rec., 1980) with Heinz Sauer,Carey Bell
*"Chartreuse" (Enja Records, 1982)
*"Children of the Night" (Enja, 1982)
*"Sequoia Song" (Enja, 1982)
*"Joy" (Dr. Jazz, 1994)
*"Catability" (Enja, 1998)

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:difixqu5ldke~T1 Bob Degen] at Allmusic