- Till Brönner
Till Brönner (born
May 6 1971 inViersen ) is a Germanjazz musician , trumpet player, singer, composer, arranger and producer. He has a unique jazz approach influenced bybebop andfusion jazz , but also modernpop music , movie soundtracks (especially old German movies),country music and even Germanpop song s. His trumpet playing is primarily inspired by the listening experiences ofFreddie Hubbard andChet Baker . His most influential teachers wereBobby Shew and the internationally renowned chop docMalte Burba .Till was raised in
Rome and received classical trumpet education at theJesuit boarding schoolAloisiuskolleg followed by a study of the jazz trumpet at the music academy inCologne under professorsJiggs Whigham andJon Eardley .History
*1989 - 1991: Member of the
Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass.
*1991 - 1998: At the age of only 20 he became solo trumpet player of the renowned RIAS Big Band Berlin underHorst Jankowski and Jiggs Whigham.
*1993: First solo album "Generations of Jazz" (with Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton,Frank Chastenier andGregoire Peters ) which won several awards: "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik" and "Preis der Deutschen Plattenindustrie". Brönner worked with a lot of musicians of international fame such asDave Brubeck ,James Moody ,Monty Alexander ,Aki Takase ,Joachim Kühn ,Chaka Khan ,Natalie Cole ,Tony Bennett , Ray Brown,Johnny Griffin ,Ernie Watts ,Klaus Doldinger ,Nils Landgren ,Al Foster and others.
*1998: First album on Verve ("Love") with his first appearance as a jazz singer. Concert tours in Japan and a Gold Disc Award by the Japanese "Swing Journal".
*1999: Song writer and producer forHildegard Knef 's album "17 Milimeter".
*2001: Movie soundtrack for "Jazz Seen" (a movie about the jazz photographerWilliam Claxton ).
*2002: Featured on single "Don't Let 'Em" byRosie Gaines also featuringSnoop Dogg &Bootsy Collins .
*2003: Concert tour with the soul singerJoy Denalane .
*2005: The album "That Summer" reached rank 17 in the German pop charts. He's now the best selling German jazz artist of all times.Brönner also wrote the movie soundtrack for Pepe Danquart's "Höllentour" (English title: "Hell On Wheels"; a movie about the "Tour de France" bicycle race). The soundtrack was nominated for a German Movie Award in the category "Best Music Score".
*2006: Release of his most recent album "Oceana", recorded in Los Angeles and produced byLarry Klein (former producer ofJoni Mitchell ,Leonard Cohen andPeter Gabriel ). Guest stars on "Oceana" areMadeleine Peyroux ,Luciana Souza and the singing top modelCarla Bruni . In July he played at the famous Jazz Festival in Montreux (Switzerland). He has a guest appearance onMadeleine Peyroux's album "Half the Perfect World" andVienna Teng's current album "Dreaming through the noise"
*2007: He wins the "Echo Award " (equivalent to the Grammy Award) in Jazz Production (National and International). European concert tour with the band project REUNION, feat. Chuck Loeb, Eric Marienthal, Till Brönner, Jim Beard, Tim Lefebvre, Dennis Chambers and Michael Franks (special guest). In March 2007 he produced "The jazz album" for legendary classical singerThomas Quasthoff , featuring pianistAlan Broadbent and drummerPeter Erskine . The album wins the "Echo Award " (equivalent to theGrammy Award ) in the classical category and is nominated for a Grammy 2008.
*2008: release of his new album "RIO". Produced by Grammy winner Larry Klein in Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles, with featured guest vocalistsVanessa da Mata ,Kurt Elling ,Melody Gardot ,Annie Lennox ,Aimee Mann ,Sergio Mendes ,Milton Nascimento &Luciana Souza .Discography
* 1993 "Generations of Jazz"
* 1995 "My secret Love"
* 1996 "German Songs"
* 1997 "Midnight" (with Michael Brecker and Dennis Chambers)
* 1998 "Love"
* 2000 "Chattin with Chet (A Tribute to Chet Baker)"
* 2001 "Jazz Seen" (O.S.T.)
* 2002 "Blue Eyed Soul" (feat.Mark Murphy )
* 2004 "That Summer"
* 2004 "Höllentour"(O.S.T.)
* 2006 "Oceana" (feat.Carla Bruni ,Madeleine Peyroux ,Luciana Souza )
* 2007 "The Christmas Album" (feat.Curtis Stigers ,Yvonne Catterfeld ,Frank McComb ,Kim Sanders ,Don Grusin )
* 2008 "RIO" (feat.Vanessa da Mata ,Kurt Elling ,Melody Gardot ,Annie Lennox ,Aimee Mann ,Sergio Mendes ,Milton Nascimento &Luciana Souza )Live-DVD
* 2005 A Night In Berlin
External links
* [http://www.till-broenner.de/ official web site] (in English, German)
* [http://www.jazzecho.de/artist_bio_till_br%C3%B6nner_12709.jsp Biography and Discography] at [http://www.jazzecho.de JazzEcho] (all tracks asRealAudio ) (in German)
* [http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/b/broenner_till/ Till Brönner] atlaut.de (in German)
* [http://www.myspace.com/broennertill/ MySpace Till Brönner MySpace]
* [http://www.the-reunion-band.com REUNION website]
* [http://www.bambammusic.com Bam Bam Music / Management]
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