Available album:
Forbidden Blue

Artist / Name:
Color Box (Robert Siemens)

Birthday:
01. 03. 1953

Residence:
Tittmoning / Germany

Instruments:
Saxophones, piano

Musicians:
Volker Gieseck (piano, keyboards)
Patrick Scales (bass)
Elmar Schmidt (drums)
Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn)

Important steps along the way:
My sax teachers Bobby Stern, Tony Lakatos, Jürgen Seefelder, Johannes Enders. Berklee-College of Music in Boston, Workshops with Jamey Aebersold, David Baker, Bobby Watson, David Libman.
My activity as saxophone player and composer in various bands: Color Box, Cappuccino Jazz Band, Big Band Burghausen and in a saxophone quartett.

Musical influences:
Charly Parker, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, but also Soul and Rock: Wilton Felder, Michael Brecker, a.o.

Hobbies:
Garden, cats, dog. More than a hobby: my family and two kids

Personal motto for life:
I want to contribute something positive to our world. That's why I work for the protection of the environment and in research of alternative ways of childrens education. With my creativity I would like to contribute on the highest possible artistic level.

Discography:
COLOR BOX: Forbidden Blue
BIG BAND BURGHAUSEN: Goodbye to a Friend
CAPPUCCINO JAZZBAND: Weiß der Geier