Christian Broecking

Christian Broecking (born June 5, 1957) is a German sociologist and musicologist, music critic, columnist, writer, editor, producer and author perhaps best known for his jazz criticism and his book The Marsalis-Factor.

Biography

Christian Broecking was born in Flensburg. He studied sociology and musicology at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.^[1] He holds a Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) from Technische Universität Berlin. His 2011 dissertation was titled "The Marsalis-Nexus: Studies in the Societal Relevance of Afro-American Jazz, 1992-2007".^[2] Broecking served as the founding program director for Berlin jazz radio from 1994 to 1998.^[1] His books “The Marsalis-factor” (Der Marsalis Faktor, 1995),^[3] “Respect!” (Respekt!, 2004),^[4] “Black Codes” (Black Codes, 2005)^[5] and “We are here to save lives” (Jeder Ton eine Rettungsstation, 2007)^[6] were highly acclaimed. His published articles on music and cultural studies have appeared in scholarly journals and edited volumes, he holds columns in several daily newspapers in Germany and serves as a staff writer for the online music section of Die Zeit. He is doing radio features on jazz and African American culture for German public radio since 1995, currently he is teaching musicology at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universtät Frankfurt, Winterthurer Institut für aktuelle Musik, Berlin Institute of Technology and Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Broecking is the founder and publisher of the Broecking Verlag.

Bibliography

• Christian Broecking, Der Marsalis-Faktor. Oreos, Waakirchen-Schaftlach 1995, ISBN 3-923657-48-X
• Christian Broecking, Respekt!. Verbrecher, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-935843-38-0
• Christian Broecking, Black Codes. Verbrecher, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-935843-60-7
• Christian Broecking, Jeder Ton eine Rettungsstation. Verbrecher, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935843-85-0
• Christian Broecking, Ornette Coleman - Klang der Freiheit. Creative People Books / Broecking Verlag Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-938763-13-1
• Christian Broecking, Herbie Hancock - Interviews. Creative People Books / Broecking Verlag Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-938763-12-4
• Christian Broecking, Sonny Rollins - Improvisation und Protest. Creative People Books / Broecking Verlag Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-938763-29-2

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik / Jury: Christian Broecking". http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/jury/154. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 
2. ^ "The Marsalis-Nexus: Studies in the Societal Relevance of Afro-American Jazz, 1992-2007". http://opus.kobv.de/tuberlin/volltexte/2011/3194/. Retrieved 2011-08-21. 
3. ^ "Book review in Berliner Zeitung/ Der Marsalis Faktor". http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1995/1206/kultur/0032/index.html. Retrieved 1995-12-06. 
4. ^ "Book review in Die Zeit / Respekt!". http://www.zeit.de/2004/28/SACHBUCH. Retrieved 2004-07-01. 
5. ^ "Book review / Black Codes". http://www.verbrecherverlag.de/buch/113. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 
6. ^ "Book review / Jeder Ton eine Rettungsstation". http://www.verbrecherverlag.de/buch/197. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 

External links

• Bio in Jury des Preises der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik
• Weekly Podcast with Musicians´ Original Voices
• Broecking Verlag Berlin
• Books on Jazz from Broecking Verlag Berlin
• „Jazz in the Global Imagination: Music, Journalism and Culture“

• Christian Broecking in the German National Library catalogue (German)

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