Germany-based Jazz Drummer Xaver Hellmeier

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Germany-based Jazz Drummer Xaver Hellmeier .. We got into his new 2023 CD Book’s Bossa and his life in music from his base in Munich. He  grew up in a musical household, learning piano at first and switching to the drums at age 11. After taking private lessons for a couple of years, he started to perform with the Bavarian Youth Jazz Orchestra and eventually enrolled in the jazz program of the university of performing arts in Munich. Two years later he relocated to Vienna and met his future mentor Joe Farnsworth. From there, he went to New York City to again study with Joe Farnsworth and eventually started to play with jazz greats such as Harold Mabern, Eric Alexander, Mike LeDonne & John Webber. We cover all of this and more .. Enjoy ..   For More Famous Interviews: Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgi6GpDDDrc_PgOzaERGbLQ Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-with-joe-dimino/id1660256991Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7j92QDS13LXgajPt80X2dh The Home of Famous Interviews: http://famousinterviewswithjoedimino.blogspot.com/ Contribute to Famous Interviews:    PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ER  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices