Attila Zoller

Attila Cornelius Zoller (June 13, 1927 – January 25, 1998)

In the mid-1950s, Zoller moved to Germany and played with German musicians Jutta Hipp and Hans Koller.

In 1974, he started the Attila Zoller Jazz Clinics in Vermont, later named the Vermont Jazz Center, where he taught until 1998. He invented a bi-directional pickup, He performed with Tommy Flanagan and George Mraz in New York City three weeks before his death in 1998 in Townshend, Vermont. Message to Attila, tribute album, coordinated and produced by guitarist David Becker, featuring Zoller's compositions performed by guitarists John Abercrombie, Gene Bertoncini, Peter Bernstein, Pat Metheny, and Mike Stern

Discography As leader/co-leader The Horizon Beyond (Emarcy, 1965) Zoller Koller Solal with Hans Koller & Martial Solal (SABA, 1966) – rec. 1965 Katz & Maus (SABA, 1967) – rec. 1966 Zo-Ko-Ma with Lee Konitz & Albert Mangelsdorff (MPS, 1968) Gypsy Cry (Embryo, 1970) Dream Bells (Enja, 1976) Common Cause (Enja, 1979) Jim & I with Jimmy Raney (L+R, 1980) – rec. 1979 The K & K 3 in New York with Hans Koller & George Mraz (L+R, 1980) – rec. 1979 Conjunction (Inner City, 1981) – rec. 1979 Jim & I Live with Jimmy Raney (L+R, 1981) Memories of Pannonia (Enja, 1986) Overcome (Enja, 1988) – live rec. 1979 & 1986 Live Highlights '92 (Bhakti, 1992) – live When It's Time (Enja, 1995) – rec. 1994 Lasting Love (Acoustic Music, 1997) The Last Recordings (Enja, 2000) – rec. 1997–1998 Common Language with Helmut Kagerer (Acoustic Music, 2002) – rec. 1995 and live rec. 1997–1998 Jazz Soundtracks (Sonorama, 2013) – rec. 1962–1967

As sideman With Klaus Doldinger Doldinger in Sud Amerika (Philips, 1965) Jubilee (Atlantic, 1973)

With Don Friedman Dreams and Explorations (Riverside, 1965) Metamorphosis (Prestige, 1966)

With Hans Koller Exclusiv (SABA, 1963) Trinity (L+R, 1979)

With Albert Mangelsdorff Albert Mangelsdorff and His Friends (MPS, 1977) Mainhattan Modern Lost Jazz Files (Sonorama, 2015) The Jazz Sextet (Moosicus, 2017)

With Herbie Mann Herbie Mann Live at Newport (Atlantic, 1963) My Kinda Groove (Atlantic, 1965) Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966) Impressions of the Middle East (Atlantic, 1967) The Beat Goes On (Atlantic, 1967)

With Oscar Pettiford The Oscar Pettiford Quartet (Ex Libris, 1958) The Legendary Oscar Pettiford (Black Lion, 1975)

With others Gary Crosby, Gary Crosby (World Pacific, 1957) Lajos Dudas, Monte Carlo (Rayna, 1981) Lee Konitz & Don Friedman & Attila Zoller, Thingin (hat ART, 1996) Emil Mangelsdorff, Meditation (L+R, 1994) Dave Pike, Manhattan Latin (Decca, 1964) Shirley Scott, Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966) Tony Scott, Tony Scott (Verve, 1968) Cal Tjader, Soul Burst (Verve, 1966) Michal Urbaniak, We'll Remember Komeda (MPS/BASF, 1973)