Import CD – AU9069 – Helm – Hobby Horse

Bio

Dan Kinzelman was born and raised in the USA but has been living in Europe since 2004, first moving to Germany and then on to Italy in 2005, where he immediately found work as a soloist, arranger and musical director for artists like Enrico Rava, Giovanni Guidi and Mauro Ottolini.
In recent years he has dedicated his time to long-term collaborative projects with other young musicians, contributing to the rebirth of an experimental/creative jazz scene in Italy with groups like Simone Graziano ‘Frontal’, the Francesco Ponticelli Quartet, Dan Kinzelman’s Ghost and Hobby Horse. In 2016 he was hired as a professor for Siena Jazz University, Italy’s oldest and most prestigious jazz school, and began to work as a composer and performer in the field of contemporary dance with young Italian star choreographer Daniele Ninarello. He is currently working on several records slated for release in 2018 and preparing several international promotional tours for ‘Helm’.

Joe Rehmer was born in 1984 in Woodstock, a suburb of Chicago. He began playing guitar at 12 and joined the school jazz band, moving first to electric bass and then to double bass. In 2002 he begain studies at the University of Miami where he graduated from the jazz program in 2006.
He is active as a performer both in Europe and in the USA with groups like Hobby Horse (Italy), Ghost Horse (Italy), Drive! (Italy), Giovanni Guidi’s Inferno (Italy), El Portal (Miami), Tensil Test (Berlino), Espada (Italy), Il Bidone di Gianluca Petrella (Italy), Enrico Zanisi Trio (Italy) and Airship Rocketship (Miami).
Joe Rehmer has performed and recorded with artists like Jim Black, Uri Cane, Michael Blake, Enrico Rava, Gianluca Petrella, Joe Lovano, Maria Schneider, Dave Liebman, Avishai Cohen, Stefano Battaglia, Troy Roberts, Paul Bender, Tivon Penicott….

Stefano Tamborrino began playing drums in 2000 at the age of 19. He is entirely self-taught, which has allowed him to develop an extremely personal and unique approach to the instrument, based on instinct and developed through a variety of performing experiences.
He has shared stage and studio with musicians such as Stefano Bollani, Hindi Zahra, Ares Tavolazzi, Chris Speed, Louis Cole, Gianluca Petrella, Area and many more including collaborative trio Hobby Horse which is preparing to release their sixth album, adding to a list of approximately 40 productions featuring his drumming over the course of his career.
In 2017 he became part of the trio of American saxophonist David Binney, touring extensively in China, Japan and the USA. He also began composing music intensively, founding four separate projects as a leader in the same year.