Vita

1967 born in a Heidenheim/Brenz, I started playing the saxophone at the age of 17 with the great saxophonist and teacher Harry Berger. 
1988-1995 English and Geography major at the university of Tübingen
1989/90  studied at the jazz department at ASU in Phoenix, Arizona (led by pianist Chuck Mahronic). 
1993-96  leading the University Big Band in Tübingen in cooperation with the great trombone player Bobby Burgess.
1996-2000 jazz studies at the University of Mannheim
2000 foundation of record labels JAZZ’n’ARTS and RODENSTEIN RECORDS (www.rodensteinrecords.com)

Steady bands:
		
Olaf Schönborn’s Q4 (melodic jazz quartett with originals)
JazzXchange (hardbop sextet, last CD was published by Blue Note Records!)
Melody, Rhythm and Tap (trio with saxophone, drums and tap dance)
Trio Variety (jazztrio feat. drummer Allen Blairman) 
Fridge People (Fusion quintet)
Cocada (Brasilian Jazz)
Xiaomei Deng International Ensemble (world music ensemble with Chinese erhu, strings, percssion, 
	vibraphone and saxophone)
Sarah Kaiser Band (German singer)
Hi Voltage Sextet (Tribute to Hank Mobley)
Changes (Modern Jazz, originals)
		Acoustic Affaire (Latin/Jazz/Pop-Originals)
		Kicks’n Sticks (BigBand)
		Blairman / Schönborn / Simpson (organ groove  trio)
		Fresh&Cool (funk&soul coverband)

CDs (a.o.):

		1994:  	Modern Walkin': 				Greatest Hits Vol.1
		1994:  	Modern Walkin' feat. Stephen Roberts:	Calm before a storm
		1995:	Modern Walkin':				Live in Japan
		1996:  	Rainer Tempel BigBand:			Vorwärts und zurück
		1997:	Rainer Tempel BigBand:			Ups and downs
		1999:	Mannheim Jazz Orchestra			Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival	
2000:	Changes					Jazz Changes?
2001:	Fridge People				Smiling in the dark
2002:	Kostas Karagiozidis			guest soloist (Greek pop- and 
						worldmusic)
		2003:	Kicks’n Sticks				Open your eyes (Bigband)
		2003:	Acoustic Affaire				mira (Latin/Jazz/Pop-Originals)
		2004	Cashma Hoody				(guest soloist) come unity (Reggae / HipHop)
		2004	W.O.A.K.				faith-love-hope (HipHop)
		2005 	Blairman/Schönborn/Simpson		Like back in the days , (organ trio) Rodenstein           
								Records
		2005	Hofmann/Schönborn/Wangenheim		Inside (improvisations, taped INSIDE an 
								atomic reactor!)
2006	Fridge People 				Road Movie (Fusion), Rodenstein Records
2008 	Olaf Schönborn’s Q4			Radio Jazz, JAZZ’n’ARTS Records
2009	JazzXchange				Walk Tall, Blue Note Records
2010	Sarah Kaiser				Grüner, JAZZ’n’ARTS

- Festival Gigs:

		North Sea Jazz Festival Den Haag 
		Montreux Jazz Festival 
		Edinburgh Festival
		Berlin Jazz Festival
		Jazzfestival Toulon (France)
Deutsches Jazzfest in Frankfurt 		
		Jazzfestival Szeged (Hungary)
		Perugia, Festival d’Estate (Italy)
Leipziger Jazztage 

Gigs with a.o. 
		
Kenny Wheeler
Maria Schneider 
Joe Gallardo
Herb Geller 
Emil Mangelsdorff 
Ack van Royen
Carolyn Breuer
Allen Blairman
Thomas Siffling
Bobby Burgess BigBand Explosion
		Russ Spiegel BigBand
Jochen Brauer
Thilo Wagner
Vitoslav Rek
Dirik Schilgen Quartett
		Rainer Tempel BigBand
		Kicks’n Sticks (BigBand)
		Fritz Münzer Tentet (Swing / Cool Jazz)
		Al Martino
		SWR Symphony Orchestra

		
Workshops with a.o.:
		
		Lee Konitz
		George Garzone
		Dave Liebman
		James Moody
		Jimmy Cobb
		Peter Erskine
		Ack van Royen
		Bobby Shew
		Bobby Burgess
		Ernie Watts
		Greg Osby
		Wolfgang Muthspiel
		Rascher Quartett 
		Antonio Hart
Maria Schneider
Joe Lovano
Herb Geller
David Friesen