Dirk Seiler is a German drummer who works in the fields of jazz, fusion, and pop music.
Seiler began learning the recorder and clarinet as a child; from 1973, he took drum lessons with Bernd Steffen (Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz). From 1976, he played in dance bands, wind orchestras, and the Harro Steffen Big Band. From 1985 to 1993, he studied classical percussion at the Cologne University of Music and Performing Arts, and from 1989 to 1994, he also studied jazz percussion with Jeff Hamilton, Keith Copeland, and Peter Giger, among others. During this time, he was a member of the German Federal Jazz Orchestra (Bundesjazzorchester) under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer from 1989 to 1991 and contributed to his album Bujazzo Vol. II. He has also played with Randy Brecker, Slide Hampton, Jiggs Whigham, Ack van Rooyen, Silvia Droste, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra (Ghost Band), with various rock and blues bands, and as a session musician in musical, radio, and television productions, including with Ron Williams and the WDR magazine west.art. From the mid-1990s onward, he worked with the Frank Barani Big Band, Peter Koller, Eden West, and the Peter Autschbach Project, among others. With his pop band Kölner Seelen, he recorded the album Im Westen was Neues in 2011. Seiler lives in Montabaur, Westerwald.
Big Band, Orchestra
The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
The German Armed Forces Big Band
WDR Radio Orchestra
Willy Ketzer Big Band
Frank Barani Big Band
German Federal Jazz Orchestra
Cologne University of Music Big Band
Koblenz Philharmonic Orchestra
Bonn Beethoven Hall Orchestra
Ruhrgebeat Rock Orchestra
Rock, Pop, Soul
Cologne Souls
Weather Girls
Jennifer Rush
Peter Koller Band
Ten of the Best (Trumpets)
Fresh
Juke & the Blue Joint
Stevie Woods
Boney M.
Gitte
Ruhrgebeat Rock Orchestra
Musicals, Shows, Drama
Dirty Dancing (2012)
Man of La Mancha (2012)
The Three from the Gas Station (2011)
Hairspray (2010)
Wicked (2010)
We Will Rock You (since 2005)
The Phantom of the Opera (2005 – 2007)
Aida (2003-2005)
What a Feeling (2004-2005)
Elisabeth (2001-2003)
Jekyll & Hyde (2002-2004)
Saturday Night Fever (1999-2001)
Hair (2001-2002)
Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)
The Flower of Hawaii (1999-2000)
Joseph (1996-99)
Les Miserables (1996-1999)
Little Man, What Now (1998-1999)
West Side Story (1994)
The Threepenny Opera (1994-1995)
Tommy (1995-96)
Jazz, Latin, Fusion
Peter Autschbach Project
Allen Vizutti
Bob Lanese
Silvia Droste
Engelbert Wrobels Swing Society
Peter Herbolzheimer
Ron Williams
Slide Hampton
Jiggs Whigham
Television, Radio
We will rock you (Fan Mile Berlin 2010)
50 Years of WDR the Show (WDR Radio Orchestra)
Foolish Hit Parade (WDR, Wieland Reismann, Foolish Musicians)
Always Cologne Songs (WDR, Willy Ketzer Big Band, Paveier)
Sunday Stroll (DLF, Eden West)
Various radio productions with the WDR Radio Orchestra
Singers, Entertainers
Weather Girls
Jennifer Rush
Deborah Woodson
Gitte
Michael Holm
Peter Petrel
Cindy & Bert
Paveier
Bill Ramsey
Mary Roos
Ron White
Valerie Scott
Karin Pagmar
Fredy Pieper
Jerry Gold
Uwe Kröger
Pat & Paul
etc.
Gala Bands
Marvin Jones Band (Orchestra of the MS Deutschland, the Dream Ship)
Andy Simon Sextet
Aristocats
Thomas Arenz Combo
Mike Seleg Band
Tiffany Club
Orchestra Klaus Hallen
Feedback Dancing Band
