Buschi Niebergall was a German free jazz musician. His given name was Hans-Helmut, and late in life, his friends called him Johannes. Born in the city of Marburg into a family of academics (his father was a professor of theology and temporarily rector of the University of Marburg), Niebergall enrolled in medical school. Playing acoustic guitar, he got in contact with other musicians and quit his studies.

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  • Buschi Niebergall was a German free jazz musician. His given name was Hans-Helmut, and late in life, his friends called him Johannes. Born in the city of Marburg into a family of academics (his father was a professor of theology and temporarily rector of the University of Marburg), Niebergall enrolled in medical school. Playing acoustic guitar, he got in contact with other musicians and quit his studies. As double-bass player Niebergall became co-founder of several of the first and most influential Free Jazz formations of Germany during the mid 1960's. Gunter Hampels quintet "Heartplants" and "Voices" by the Manfred Schoof quintet are two excellent examples of this independent European free jazz development. A founding member of the Globe Unity Orchestra since 1966, Niebergall collaborated with many musicians playing freely improvised music, including Peter Brötzmann, Don Cherry, Alfred Harth, Evan Parker, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Irène Schweizer, John Tchicai. During the early 1970s he played in Albert Mangelsdorff's various quartets and quintets. After 1980 he chose a life in isolation in Frankfurt a.M. , with the exception of occasional stints within a "Jazz und Lyrik" project.
  • Johannes „Buschi“ Niebergall, eigentlich Hans-Helmut Niebergall war ein deutscher Musiker. Niebergall war Kontrabassist und Mitbegründer einiger maßgeblicher Free Jazz-Formationen Deutschlands in der Mitte der 60er Jahre, die die ersten Schritte zu einem eigenständigen europäischen Free Jazz wagten. Außerdem gehörte er zu den ersten Bassisten in Europa, die frei improvisierte Musik spielten. Niebergall studierte in Köln Musik. Er wirkte 1964 bei Gunter Hampels Platte "Heartplants" und bei Manfred Schoofs "Voices" mit. Zudem arbeitete er mit den meisten der bedeutenden freien Improvisatoren seiner Generation zusammen, u.a. mit Peter Brötzmann, Don Cherry, Alfred Harth, Evan Parker, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Irène Schweizer, John Tchicai und seit der Gründung 1966 mit dem Globe Unity Orchestra. In der ersten Hälfte der 1970er gehörte er zum Quintett bzw. Quartett von Albert Mangelsdorff. Ab etwa 1980 lebte er zurückgezogen in Frankfurt a.M. und wirkte nur noch im dortigen Jazz & Lyrik-Projekten mit.
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  • Buschi Niebergall was a German free jazz musician. His given name was Hans-Helmut, and late in life, his friends called him Johannes. Born in the city of Marburg into a family of academics (his father was a professor of theology and temporarily rector of the University of Marburg), Niebergall enrolled in medical school. Playing acoustic guitar, he got in contact with other musicians and quit his studies.
  • Johannes „Buschi“ Niebergall, eigentlich Hans-Helmut Niebergall war ein deutscher Musiker. Niebergall war Kontrabassist und Mitbegründer einiger maßgeblicher Free Jazz-Formationen Deutschlands in der Mitte der 60er Jahre, die die ersten Schritte zu einem eigenständigen europäischen Free Jazz wagten. Außerdem gehörte er zu den ersten Bassisten in Europa, die frei improvisierte Musik spielten. Niebergall studierte in Köln Musik.
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  • Buschi Niebergall
  • Buschi Niebergall
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