When it comes to jazz guitar playing in a mainstream style, the Oberberger (North Rhine-Westphalia), born in 1958, is at the forefront. His roots lie in his role models Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Joe Pass and Jim Hall. Plus a good dose of blues. Somewhere in the middle of these influences, Polte finds his recognizable style.
His band and concert activities began at the age of 16. He took lessons and workshops with Michael Borner, Michael Sagmeister and Paul Shigihara. Initially regarded as a regional insider tip, he slowly made his way into an international crowd of musicians, in particular many of the members of the Grammy-winning WDR Big Band and musicians from their circle.
Organisator
Polte has also made a name for himself as an organizer of events and festivals. Several arranged musical theme events can be traced back to his ideas and commitment, such as the concert series The Music of ... (including Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, George Gershwin), the Guitar Night Project (which acted as opener for the famous Great Guitars, among others) or the Christmas Jazz Trio.
Vita
Polte studied cultural management at the University of Hagen from 1996-1999.
His first own CD was Some of the songs I did in 1996, a compilation of many of his favorite songs, followed in 2000 by the CD Christmas Jazz with the Christmas Jazz Trio, for which Polte contributed the main part of the arrangements. The third CD followed with the ATP Jazz Trio with saxophone and two guitars in 2001, recorded, according to one of the best-known jazz guitar experts, in ...
Archtop Germany
About his new J17 Augusta he spontaneously said ...
“I have wanted to own a Sonntag archtop for a long time. When Stefan put this 17 Augusta in my hand, I knew immediately that this would be THE Sonntag for me. It immediately suited me completely.”