Helen Schneider (Germany)
The petite lady with the great voice leaves her mark on jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen and Stephen Spondheim presenting a concert full of excitement and intensity.
Line Up:
Helen Schneider - vocals
Mini Schulz - bass
Jo Ambros - guitar
Meinhard Jenne - drums
On Stage: 4
Travel party: 5
Biography:
Born the daughter of Dvora und Abraham Schneider, she studied piano before starting to perform as a singer in venues in New England and New York. Between 1978 and 1984, she achieved great success as a rock singer in Germany; her song Rock'n' Roll Gypsy even reached the top 10 record charts. 1980 she toured as an opener with the German rock legend Udo Lindenberg. She played one of the leads and the love interest of Eddie Wilson in the 1983 film Eddie and the Cruisers, which has since gained a huge cult following, especially in unusual places for an American film such as Nepal, Russia and especially Germany, where Schneider had name recognition. In 1987, she began her acting career at the Theater des Westens in Berlin playing the Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. From 1995 to 1998, she performed as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Since 1998, she mainly performs chansons and songs with lyrics pieces by Kurt Weill. She worked with Eberhard Schoener on the recording of the Short Opera (1996) and on the goodbye-song for the TV series Derrick. From 1999 to 2001, she performed as Eva Perón in the musical Evita at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele. Now, almost 30 years after her immense success in the 80s Helen Schneider returns with her outstanding voice and a mesmerizing mixture of Jazz and Pop. (adapted from Wikipedia | cc:by-sa)
Discography:
1978 Let It Be Now - Windsong
1995 Songs of Kurt Weill - Rhino
1995 Right as Rain - Rhino
2001 A Voice and a Piano - Preiser
2001 Cool Heat - Elysium
2007 Like a Woman - Edel Records
2008 Dream a Little Dream - Edel Records
YouTube Videos:
Helen Schneider live in German television (2003)