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DISCOGRAPHY (selected listings)
- "the art of how to fall", Rebekka Bakken (Universal)
- "Voices of time" (Universal)
- "Screaming Headless Torsos"(77019 Discovery Records, Warner Music).
- "Lunar Crush"/ David Fiuczynski - John Medeski (Gramavision)
NOTE: some pin head at Gramavision messed up the credits on the CD booklet. Besides the songs which are correctly credited to Jojo, he also plays drums on "Quest", "Freelance Brown"and "Lilies that fester...".These songs are incorrectly credited to Gene Lake.This record got quoted as "Record of the Month" in Modern Drummer Magazine Sept. 94.
- "Artistry in Rhythm" / Vienna Art Orchestra
- "Full Circle" / Harry Sokal (Koch Jazz 369802)
- "NYC impressure "/ Harry Pepl Quartet (Extaplatte EX 203-2).
- "Gulf" / the intergalactic maiden ballet feat.Eddie Harris and Dave Liebman (Enja Tiptoe,TIP-8888172).
- "Square Dance" / the intergalactic maiden ballet feat. John Zorn (Enja Tiptoe 888804)
- "Harry Sokal Rave The Jazz" live in Zurich (PAO records CD 450314).
- "Depart"( Moers music 02058)
- "Letters from nowhere" / Depart (Plainisphare, PL 1267-69)
Remark: "of course there's plenty of other stuff but it's either out of print, was never released, or simply the music and / or my playing on it sucks so bad that I choose not to bother anyone with it ! At this point some of the recordings mentioned probably represent some of my better drum performances ". J.
- "The 11th Anniversary Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 1998" part 2 (sunday). Video with solo & clinic excerpts, interviews etc. (DCI / Warner, Available through Modern Drummer.com)
- " Hear the Difference'. Sabian promotional video with solo excerpts, interviews etc.
- Screaming Headless Torsos "Vinnie", (music video) was never in circulation in the US, but got airplay in Japan, MTV Canada, South America and Europe.
INDUSTRIAL HAPPENINGS / DRUM-SHOWS (selected listings)
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend, Montclair NJ. USA 98 (available on Video).
Ultimate Drummers Weekend Melbourne, Australia '00
World Drum Festival Hamburg, Germany '00
Rhythm Sticks Festival London, UK 01
Drumfest Birmingham, UK 01
Sam Ash Drum Expo, New York USA '00
Int. Drummermeeting Salzgitter, Germany '00
South America Clinic Tour, Argentina '99
Manny`s Drum Mania, New York USA 98
The Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship, New York USA 95
NAMM Show's "Drums along the Hilton", Los Angeles USA 96.
PASIC (Percussion Arts Society Int. Convention), Nashville USA 96.
"Rhythm" Int.Sommer Seminar fuer Percussion Marktoberdorf, Germany 98.
Montreal Drum Fest, Canada 96 (performance excerpt available on CD).
Int. Slagwerkkrant Dag Utrecht, Netherlands 96 / 00
Int. Adams Drumfest, Belgium '00
Int. Drummer Meeting Koblenz, Germany 96/90/89.
Int. Dob-Gala Budapest, Hungary 96/94 (TV coverage).
Int. Musik Messe Frankfurt, Germany 96/92/00.
Drum & Percussie Festival Antwerpen, Belgium 96.
Int. Drum Seminar "Hannover Trommelt", Germany 92.
Int. Musikmesse Luzern, Switzerland 94.
CLINICS / WORKSHOPS / MASTERCLASSES (selected listings)
Academy of Music Brisbane, Australia '00
Massive Packung Compact POP Seminar Dinkelsbuehl, Germany '00
Guitar Center, Seattle, San
Francisco, Sacramento, Atlanta, USA '00 Weathers Music Portland OR, USA '00
Trent University, Notingham, UK 01
Wembley Drum centre, London, UK 01
Mad about drums, Birmingham, UK 01
Sound & Drumland Berlin, Germany '00
IWork Jazz Mannheim, Germany, 01
nsound Kiel, Germany '00
PPC Hannover, Germany '00
Brass and Percussion Festival Nuermberg, Germany '00
Musikhochschule Salzburg, Austria '00
Landes Musikhochschule Tirol, Austria 99
Music Stop Halifax, Canada 99
Jersey Drums `n Percussion, USA 97.
New School New York, USA 97.
Just Drums Oklahoma City, USA 97
Drummers Institute, Duesseldorf, Germany, 01
Drummers Focus Munich, Germany 98.
Drummers Focus Stuttgart, Germany 98/99
Rock Shop Karlsruhe, Germany 98.
Session Drums Walldorf, Germany 95.
Drums Pur GmbH Neunkirchen, Germany 95.
Amptown Hamburg, Germany 95.
Schuetz Drum Department Stuttgart, Germany 96.
Bayrische Musikakademie Marktoberdorf, Germany 98
Drums Only Koblenz, Germany 89
Hans Peter Becker Modern Drum School, Idar Oberstein Germany 95.
Musik Produktiv, Germany 96
Drum school Norbert Siegel Dachau, Germany 96/97.
Drum Concept Helmut Buksek Ingoldstadt, Germany 97.
Musikhochschule Ansbach, Germany 97.
Musikhochschule Moenchengladbach, Germany 94.
Musik Akademie Weimar, Germany 97/ 00.
Drumhouse Vienna, Austria 98.
Drumhouse Altmuenster, Austria 98.
AIM (American Institute of Music) Vienna, Austria 95/91.
Musik Hochschule Graz, Austria 97.
Int. Sommer Jazz-Seminar Schwatz, Austria 96/97.
Int. Musik Seminar Viktringen, Austria 93/94
Tyroler Musikhaus Innsbruck, Austria 92.
Am Saumarkt Kufstein, Austria 93.
Drums Only Zurich, Switzerland 92/94/99
Pit's Drumshop Luzern, Switzerland 93/95.
Drumschool & Percussion shop Basel, Switzerland 93/95/97.
ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music) Zurich, Switzerland 95.
Beivi Percussion Landquart, Switzerland 96/97.
Bass & Drum Center Geneva, Switzerland 94/95.
Zanotti Music Geneva, Switzerland 93.
Drum School Carlo Lorenzi Diepoldsau, Switzerland 96
For Jojo's educational concepts check out CLINICS
FESTIVAL-APPEARANCES / BROADCASTS (selected listings)
Montreux Jazz-Festival , Switzerland 95/94/86/81 (live radio and TV coverage).
North-Sea-Jazz Festival The Hague, Netherlands '02/
95/94/81 (live radio and TV coverage).
Glastonburry Open Air, UK 94 (MTV and BBC coverage).
Roskilde Rock-Festival, Denmark 94.
INat Jazz Bergen, Norway 02
nternational Festival de Jazz Nice, France 94/81.
Sonar Festival Barcelona, Spain 02
Perugia Jazz , Italy 02
Jazz a Juan Antibes, France 81 (TV coverage).
Mars Music & Arts Festival Paris, France 87.
Jazz a Vienne, France 87.
Lyon Jazz Festival, France 88.
Nancy Jazz, Fance 90.
Rive de Gier, france 97/88.
Bordeaux Jazz Festival, France 81
Couches Jazz Festival, France 02
Parthenay Jazz Festival, France 02
Orleans Jazz Festival, France 02
Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Poland 98.
Cologne Jazzhaus Festival, Germany 88/85.
Moers Jazz-Festival, Germany 02/88/85 (WDR live radio coverage).
CH-New Jazz Festival, Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern, St.Gallen, Switzerland 98.
Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, Switzerland 99
Expo 02, Switzerland 02
Jazz in Willisau, Switzerland '01/90/85/80 (SRG live radio coverage).
Festival di Jazz a Lugano, Switzerland 90/89 (TSI live radio and TV broadcast).
St.Gallen Open Air, Switzerland 92/88/82 (SRG live radio and TV coverage).
Jazz Fest Neuwied, Germany 89 (SWF radio coverage).
Jazz Fest Wien, Austria 94/92 (ORF live coverage).
Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Austria 00/02
Utopia Open Air Innsbruck, Austria 87 (ORF live radio and TV coverage).
Klavier-Sommer Munich, Germany 95 (live TV and radio coverage).
San Sebastian, Spain 81.
Helsinki Winter-Jazz, Finnland 89.
Tampere Jazz-Happening, Finnland 95.
Athens-Akropolis-Festival, Greece 81.
Skopje Jazz, Macedonia 89.Koczice Festival, Tschechia 93.
Krakow Jazz & Rock, Poland 95.
Maputo Jazz, Mozambique 87.
Montreal Jazz Festival, Canada 02
Vancouver Jazz Festival, Canada 02
Victoria Jazz Festival ,Canada 02
Atlanta/ Montreux Festival, U.S.A. 89.
Houston Jazz Festival, USA 92/90.
New Music Festival New York, USA 95.
New York Jazz Festival, USA 99
JVC Festival New York, USA 98.
Jazz East Festival Halifax, Canada 99
"Vienna Art Orchestra Live at Theatre de la Fourmi" SRG, 00
"Jazz In Concert" feat. Jojo Mayer (with Hiram Bullock, Gerald
Veasley, Mino Cinelu, Sonny Fortune, Emily Remler a.o.) SRG, 92/87.
"!0 vor 10" (Profile on Jojo Mayer) SRG, 97/98.
Numerous concert tapings, interviews and live coverage (see festival listings) all over the world from
Helsinki to Mozambique, and from New York to Tokyo. (..No Shit !).
Jojo has performed and produced for a number of jingle productions.The ones listed here feature him as an actor.
Philips Walkaline
Batteries, Switzerland 87 (winner of the silver rose in Montreux).
Frisco (Good Humor Icecream), Switzerland 89. (a ridiculously stupid example of art directing ).
Sinalco ,Switzerland 88.
A enthusiastic hobby magician himself, Jojo has collaborated with his longtime friend and "Virtual Magician" Marco Tempest in the production of futuristic multimedia Magic Shows. Besides writing the music score, which has a strong "drum n' bass" / "big beatz" influence, he also acts as musical director for the band, and is featured as a drummer in some parts of the show.
PRESS FEATURES (selected listing)
(Check also at PRESS)
Modern Drummer Magazine, "d 'n' b" the new frontier? (By R.Tolleson) US, jan.00
Drums & Percusion, (feature by Heinz Kroneberger) ,Germany 3/01
DRUM! Live Drum 'n' Bass, (by David Weiss) USA,mar/apr.02
RHYTHM (Interview by Dawn Rose) UK, Jan. 02
RHYTHM feature UK, aug. 01
Sticks (interview by Markus Dehmut) Germany, jun. 99
Modern Drummer Magazine (MD Festival review) US, oct. 98
Talking Drums (interview by Stan Hall) US, summer 97 volume nr.3
Slagwerkkrant (interview by Gerrie Spaansen) Netherlands, 1/ 01
Slagwerkkrant (Interview by Hugo Pinksterboer) Netherlands, sept./oct. 96 nr.75
Jazz 'n More, (interview by Victor Wanderley) Switzerland 5 / 00
Rhythm & Drums Magazine (Profile) Japan, oct.95 nr.10
Drums & Percussion (Interview by Nicky Gebhardt) Germany, jan.91 nr.1
Solo (story by Christoph Rocholl) Germany, feb.93 nr.1
Workshop (interview) Switzerland, Feb. 92 nr. 2
Bonus 24 (portrait by Oliver Blum) Switzerland, jan. 91 nr. 1
Tschin Bumm (story) Austria, sept. 91
Musikscene (interview by Marc Bodmer) Switzerland, aug. 87 nr.
Rhythm (interview by Simon Braund) G.B. nr.?
Du (portrait by Katalin Goedroes) Switzerland, feb. 89 nr. 2
DRUM! readers poll 01/02, best Hip Hop drummer category USA
RHYTHM readers poll 01, best New Drummer category, UK
MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE readers Poll '96, "Up & Coming" category , USA
Screaming Headless Torsos were voted as one of "the best 10 Bands in 96" in Musician Magazine, USA.
