Walter Lang

was born 1961 in Germany. He studied piano and composition at Berklee School of Music in Boston and continued his studies at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. Along with drummer Gerwin Eisenhauer and bassist Sven Faller he founded TRIO ELF in 2005. They recorded 7 very succesful albums for the prestigous jazz Label Enja Records. His recent groups are, besides Trio ELF and the Walter Lang Trio, his world music project „World Percussion Ensemble“ and his duo „PWL" with the the charismatic jazz singer Philipp Weiss. Walter Lang has also played with Lee Konitz, Chico Freeman, Don Menza, Roy Hargrove, Shinya Fukumori, Trygve Seim, Paula Morelenbaum and many others.