| 1954 | born in Halle/Saale GDR |
| 1963 | began playing trombone |
| 1971-1977 | attended music school in East-Berlin |
| since 1972 | member of Manfred Schulze Bläser Quintett |
| 1972-77 | played dance music with College Formation, Manfred Schulze Formation, Klaus Lenz Big Band |
| 1978 | compulsory military service (marching band) |
| since 1979 | freelance improvising musician • lives in Berlin • leader of several workshop bands |
| 1979/80 | member of Andreas Altenfelder Quintett |
| 1980 | played first tour with saxophonist Peter Brötzmann |
| 1981 | formed DOPPELMOPPEL with brother Konrad Bauer, Uwe Kropinski and Helmut Joe Sachse |
| 1986 | began working regularly with pianist Fred Van Hove (trio with singer Annick Nozati 1987-2000) |
| 1987-00 | SLAWTERHAUS with Dietmar Diesner, Jon Rose, Peter Hollinger |
| 1987 | began cooperation with composer Helmut Zapf & Georg Katzer |
| since 1988 | duo concerts with brother Konrad Bauer (BAUER BAUER) |
| 1988/89 | joined “THE MAN IN THE ELEVATOR ” H.Goebbels and H. Müller |
| since 1990 | performed with German poet Uwe Kolbe |
| 1992 | formed “THE TRADITION TRIO” with Alan Silva and Roger Turner |
| 1994-96 | member of “KLICK – CLIQUE” improvising dance and music ensemble with Dietmar Diesner, Sascha Wals, Franz Poelstra, David Zambrano, Mark Tompkins |
| 1997 | joined FOURinONE with Martin Blume, Luc Houtkamp, Dieter Manderscheid |
| 2002 | collaboration with Chinese guzheng player Xu Feng Xia (duo and trio with Martin Blume) |
| 2004 | formed FUTCH with Thomas Lehn and Jon Rose first concerts with Clayton Thomas and Tony Buck first concerts with Ampio (Max E.Keller, Dietrich Petzold) |
| since 2005 | formed BAUER 4 with Konrad Bauer, Matthias Bauer, Louis Rastig | member of Peter Brötzmann Chicage Tentet |
| since 2007 | Trio “Sydney Graz Berlin” with Elisabeth Harnik & Clayton Thomas |
| 2008 | Founding member iTi (with Ken Vandermark, Paal Nielssen-Love, Thomas Lehn) |
| 2009 | joined Joe McPhee Brass Ass | member of SOL12 | became member of GRID MESH |
| seit 2010 | “Bouge” with Isabelle Duthoit and Luc Ex |
| 2014 | new Quartet with Lotte Anker, John Edwards & Paul Lovens |
| 2016 | died at 6th May in Berlin |
Johannes Bauer performed with: Derek Baily Company, Globe Unity Orchestra, Uli Gumpert Workshop Band, Grubenklang Orchester, Jazz Orchester der DDR, Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra, Fred Van Hove ‘t Nonett, Peter Brötzmann Alarm Orchestra / März Combo, Butch Morris Berlin Skyscrapers, Cecil Taylor European Orchestra, György Szabados Makuz Orchester, London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Alan Silva Celestrial Communication Orchestra, Ken Vandermarks Territory Band 4, Barry Guy New Orchestra, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet u.a.
