Sigi Schwab

Guitarist and composer Sigfried "Sigi" Schwab was born on August 5, 1940 in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Schwab has played guitar in a wide variety of musical styles that include jazz, pop, rock, R&B, and baroque. Moreover, Sigi has not only played guitar with the German bands Et Cetera and Embryo, but also has played with percussionist Ramesh Shotham as well as has performed on an enormous volume of recordings for both film and television. Schwab contributed to the scores of several movies directed by legendary Spanish maverick filmmaker Jesús Franco in the early 1970's. Sigi played with Dutch flutist and composer Chris Hinze at the 5th North Sea Jazz Festival in 1980. In addition, Schwab has also published several books about various guitar playing styles.