with Marc Turiaux in Munich, my longtime-drum-teacher at Drummers Focus München
Last update: 25.03.2025
NEXT GIG /CONCERT:
15.05.2025 Jazz Trio G-K-M / bauexpert-Bruneck
(Stefano Galli, piano, Stephan Koler, drums, Davide Mariz, acoustic-bass)
SOME REVIEWS/MEMORIES:
23.03.25 Recording Session w/ 4SIGN for upcoming CD…
Thanks Dominik Told for playing bass on our original music and doing the whole recording-production! GREAT WORK!!
Sybille Kofler, vocals, flute, bariton-sax
Robert Tribus, trumpet, flugelhorn
Hubi Weiss, guitar
Stephan Koler, drums
Dominik Told, bass/recording-production
01.02.25 picking up my new 12″ x 5″ AK-snare drum from Adrian Kirchler!
Thanks Adrian for this excellent snare drum, now I own 3 different AK-snare drums!!
24.01.25 /with Jazz TRIO GKM (Galli, Koler, Mariz) at a private event in a cool, fine hotel…I played my special dw-drum-set, I got from Peter Erskine, after he changed from dw to Tama!
(Excellent set, I did not change anything, still using Peter´s Remo-heads! Peter played this set the whole Italy Tour with Rita Marcotulli and Palle Danielsson in 2014!)
31.12.24 /with 4SIGN Quartett / private New Years Eve concert in a fine hotel!
24.12.24 / with ELLIS THROUGH THE BARRICADES – Merano-x-mas market!
21.12.24 / private x-mas event with 4SIGN…
(Sybille Kofler/vocals, flute, sax, Hubi Weiss/guitar, loops, Robert Tribus/flugelhorn, trumpet,Stephan Koler/drums)
07.12.24 / excellent concert with ELLIS THROUGH THE BARRICADES at Hotel Therme Merano…(Elisa Venturin/vocals, Marco Buzzoni/vocals, guitar, Pier Brigo/bass, Stephan Koler/drums!
09.11.24 Playing a great concert with PRISMA CHOIR Merano
(Prisma-Band: Karin Mayerl/piano, Alexander Mayr/violin, Hubi Weiss/bass, Stephan Koler/drums – choir direction: Hubert Brugger)
11. – 12.10.24 …wonderful to see my drumming mentor, friend and teacher PETER ERSKINE at Maontova-Jazz…Peter played with Darek Oles, Bob Mintzer and Alan Pasqua…great hang with the guys!
04.10.24
Jazz-Trio playing at „bau-expert-business-event“ Brixen…
with Stefano Galli (piano) and Mirko Giocondo (double-bass)
07.09.24
Playing Jazz-Standards in a fine Hotel with MICHL LÖSCH (piano) and DAVIDE MARIZ (double bass)
06.09.24
with my musician-friend – the great double-bass-player Dieter Ilg – having a great pizza-dinner and talking a lot about music and more…
08.08.24
4SIGN in concert: Castle Kastelbell, wonderful place, full house and we played well, mainly original music written by Hubi Weiss and Robert Tribus…
03.08.24
Playing a private birthday with G-K-M-Jazz Trio
(Davide Mariz/bass, Stefano Galli/piano, Stephan Koler drums)
30.07.24
A great music evening with ELLIS THROUGH THE BARRICADES at Merano-Shopping-Evening! I really like to play with Elisa Venturin (vocals), Marco Buzzoni (vocals/guitar), Pier Brigo (bass)
29.07.24
my complete Endorser-Cymbals-Set up of Mehmet Istanbul Black Sea 1623!
Thanks to Mehmet Istanbul and Musik Wein!!
17.07.24
with Italian Drummer-Legend Roberto Gatto after the concert of „Roberto Gatto Quartet at Meranojazz 2024!
Playing in church with Edith and Christian Gampenrieder and seeing my youth-friend Walter Gampenrieder, who is a catholic missionary in Cancun/Mexico!
05.07.24
with 4SIGN Quartett / Gardens of Trauttmansdorff in July 2024!
04.07.24
„Thursday-Shopping Evening“ in Lana w/4SIGN Quartett
16.06.24
Nice talk with drummer MAX TRABUCCO at „Lana Meets Jazz“ 2024. He is an extraordinary drummer!
11.06.24
Playing with Jazz Trio ADG (Antonio Del Giudice, Davide Mariz, Stephan Koler) at „Vigilius Mountain Ressort“…Wine Event: Vernatsch Cup 2024!
26.05.24
with ELLIS THROUGH THE BARRICADES /Bozen/Bolzano/Gerichtsplatz!
Elisa Venturin (vocals), Marco Buzzoni (guitar, vocals), Pier Brigo (bass), Stephan Koler (drums)
25.05.24
So wonderful to see my first -jazz-brush mentor JOEY BARON after 37 years in Treviso, where he played with Fred Hersch and Drew Gress! Joey was my drum teacher in1987 at International Music Seminars in Montpellier/France!
21.05.24
TRIO + DOM-CHOIR Bozen conducted by Tobias Chizzali, playing the Gopsel Mass (Robert Ray)
Davide Mariz (bass), Stephan Koler (drums), Marco Facchin (piano)
20.04.24
New Band: ELLIS through the BARRICADES… Hotel Therme Merano!
Ellis Venturin (vocals), Marco Buzzoni (guitar, vocals), Pier Brigo (bass), Stephan Koler (drums)
05.03.24
Meeting and hearing play with Ethan Iverson Trio at Carambolage/Bolzano a wonderful drummer: KUSH ABADAY from New York City!
16.02.24
New Band-project with two young fantastic musicians…
TRIO CROSSROADS
Funky, Blues, Pop tunes played with jazzy-attitude…Imagine playing Hendrix with brushes …first gig at „My Arbor“ Hotel in St. Andrä/Brixen was really awsome…started as „emergency solution“, ending in a new band-project! Cool!
Francesco Bianchi / voice, guitar
Antonio Del Giudice / piano, hammond
Stephan Koler /drums
31.12.23
New Years Eve with 4SIGN-Quartett at Bio-Hotel-Theiner-Gargazon!
11.12.23
Busy weekend…Trio-gigs at Hotel Arbor/Brixen with GKM-Trio (Stefano Galli, Stephan Koler, Davide Mariz) and Trio event with ADG-Trio (Antonio Del Giudice Trio) at Christmas-Market-St. Jakob (BZ)…very cool and funny events!!
29.11.23
Excellent private brush-lesson with STEFANO „BRUSHMAN“ BAGNOLI…Drum-Center BZ
14.09.23
Sitting behind Steve Gadd´s drumset at Teatro Ristori (VR)
with Ellade Bandini (one of Italys best Jazz-drummer) and my drum-buddy Rino Cavalli at Steve
Gadd´s concert at Teatro Ristori – Verona
25.08.23 – 27.08.23
with DAVE & THE DIXIES…Gypsy Jazz live in Germany: Polling (D), Murnau (D)
Christian Baur (sax), Andrea Capelluto (guit), Davide Mariz (bass), Stephan Koler (drums)
20.08.23
with 4SIGN-QUARTET playing a fine Matinée at Gaukler-Meeting Prissian/Fahlburg
06.08.23
Happy to see and hear playing my mentor, teacher and friend PETER ERSKINE at Jazz Festival in Riva del Garda with George Garzone, Alan Pasqua, Darek Oles…
04.08.23
with ADG-Jazz-Trio at Hotel La Perla/Corvara
Antonio Del Giudice – piano
Davide Mariz – acoustic bass
Stephan Koler – drums
22.07.23
with excellent band ELIS AND THE STEPHENS at Hotel Therme-Merano…
ELISA VENTURIN – vocals
STEFANO GALLI – piano
STEFANO LICIO – guitar
STEPHAN KOLER – drums
12.06.2023
Project „Meilensteine“ / 3 choirs singing milestones-music (Pop and Rock)
The Band: Julian Wiedenhofer (bass), Stephan Koler (drums), Didi Oberrauch (piano), Nico Lintner (guitar)…cunducting: Sandra Auer!
27.05.2023
Project „TO HOPE“ / Dave Brubeck´s Jazz Mass, performed at the Cathedral of Bolzano by DOM-CHOIR Bozen and The Quartet (Arnold Mitterer (p), Silvio Gabardi (b), Hans Tutzer (sax), Stephan Koler(drums) and Mathias Unterhofer (vibraphone and timpani) Conductor: Tobias Chizzali.
25.05.2023
with RED WINE QUARTET, Mattarello (TN)… Valentin Gasser (sax), Stefano Galli (piano), Davide Mariz (ac-bass), Stephan Koler (drums)
11.05.2023
Playing for a good purpose at Germar´s home in Naturns for Verein Kinderherz (www.kinderherz.it)
with Evi Mair, Luise Lutt, Michele Giro, Andy Ladurner, Pilo Berton…Thanks Germar Schweitzer
for organizing this lovely event at your home!!
APRIL 2023
Some gigs with 4SIGN Quartet…Naturns, Kaltern, Lana
19.03.23
Corvara/Hotel La Perla with Jazz-Trio ADG (Antonio del Giudice,
Davide Mariz, Stephan Koler…
12.01.23
Corvara/Hotel La Perla – playing Jazz with Antonio Del Giudice-Trio
(Antonio Del Giudice/piano, Davide Mariz/a-bass, Stephan Koler/drums
05.12.2022
Bolzano/Bozen with my mentor, teacher and friend PETER ERSKINE after his great masterclass at
Drumcenter-Bz!
02.11.2022
Bassano del Grappa, with my first drum-mentor STEVE GADD! (James Taylor-concert)
29.10..2022
Bolzano/Waltherplatz (Apfel-Fest, Festa della Mela)
with EVI MAIR JAZZ QUINTET
Evi Mair (vocals), Michele Giro (piano), Fiorenzo Zeni (sax), Flavio Zanon (bass), Stephan Koler (drums)
01.10.22
Schloss Rametz / Merano / private event
with EVI MAIR JAZZ QUINTET
Evi Mair (vocals), Michele Giro (piano), Fiorenzo Zeni (sax), Flavio Zanon (bass), Stephan Koler (drums)
2017:
Playing some beautiful music with ECM-artist Karin Nakagawa and my bandmates Hans Tutzer and Christian Ebnicher.
