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Arne Jansen
Arne Jansen (born 26 November 1975) is a German jazz guitarist. Biography As a teenager Jansen picked up the guitar, inspired by Jimi Hendrix and the Dire Straits. The great storytellers of pop, such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell also belonged to his early sources of inspiration just like the Beatles and Pink Floyd, who he discovered in his parents' record collection. At the age of 17 he discovered the music of Pat Metheny and John Scofield, which opened up new horizons for him. Then Jansen studied jazz guitar at the Berlin University of the Arts (1996-2001), with Jeanfrancois Prins, David Friedman, , and . He has also studied guitar with Pat Metheny, Mick Goodrick, John Abercrombie, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Philip Catherine. From 1998-2000 Mhe was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Germany, conducted by Peter Herbolzheimer, and was on concert tours with numerous ensembles through the US, Japan, Argentina, Scandinavia, Turkey, Russia, the Ukraine and south-east E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiel
Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland peninsula on the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea, Kiel has become one of Germany's major maritime centres, known for a variety of international sailing events, including the annual Kiel Week, which is the biggest sailing event in the world. Kiel is also known for the Kiel mutiny, Kiel Mutiny, when sailors refused to board their vessels in protest against Germany's further participation in World War I, resulting in the abdication of the Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Kaiser and the formation of the Weimar Republic. The Olympic sailing competitions of the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 and the 1972 Summer Olympics#Venues, 1972 Summer Olympics were held in the Bay of Kiel. Kiel has also been one of the traditional homes of the German Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2014. Events January * 16 – The 9th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 16 – 19). * 22 – The 3rd Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 22 – 26). February * 5 – The 16th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 5 – 9). * 28 – The 10th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (February 28 – March 2). March April * 11 – The 41st Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 11 – 13). * 12 ** Sigbjørn Apeland was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2014. ** Mats Eilertsen performed the commissioned work ''Rubicon'' for Vossajazz 2014. * 23 – The 20th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 23 – 27). * 25 – The 3rd Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (April 25 – May 1). * 30 – The International Jazz Day. May * 22 – The 42nd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 22 – 31) June * 26 ** The 34th Montreal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Helbock
David Helbock (born 28 January 1984 in Koblach) is an Austrian jazz musician. Music education Helbock began playing piano at the age of six. After several years of lessons at the music school Feldkirch with Nora Calvo Smith and at the jazz seminar Dornbirn with Paul Winter, he switched to the music high school in Feldkirch in 1998. During school he began to study piano with Ferenc Bognar at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory, where he completed his classical concert diploma in 2005. Since 2000, Helbock has also taken lessons with the New York jazz pianist Peter Madsen, with whom he also played in the band ''Mistura'' and in his ensemble ''CIA'' (Collective of Improvising Artists). Activities With his different musical projects, like the "David Helbock Trio", "David Helbock's Random/Control" and also as a solo artist, Helbock toured all over the planet. In 2012, Helbock released ''Purple'', an album on which he only covers songs by Prince, such as ''1999'', ''Alphabet St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Herbolzheimer
Peter Alexandru Herbolzheimer (31 December 1935 – 27 March 2010) was a Romanian-German jazz trombonist and bandleader. Biography Herbolzheimer was born to a Romanian mother and a German father in Bucharest, Romania. His family emigrated in 1951 from Communist Romania to West Germany. In 1953, he moved to the United States, where he enrolled in Highland Park high school in Michigan, graduating in 1954. He was a member of choral groups and orchestra and played guitar in bands in Detroit. In 1957, he returned to Germany and began playing valve trombone in "open mike" groups. He returned to Michigan, but his visa was denied. For one year he studied at the Nuremberg Conservatory. In the 1960s, he played with the Nuremberg radio dance orchestra and with Bert Kämpfert's orchestra. In 1968, he became a member of the pit orchestra of Hamburg theater (Deutsches Schauspielhaus) directed by Hans Koller. In 1969, he formed the Rhythm Combination and Brass big band for which he wrote mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1999. Events January March * 26 – The 26th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 26 – 28). May * 13 – The 27th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 13 – 29). * 21 – The 28th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 21 – 24). June * 30 – The 35th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (June 30 – July 3). July * 1 – The 20th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 11). * 2 – The 9th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10). * 3 – The 33rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18). * 10 ** The 24th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10 – 12). ** The 34th Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 19). * 11 – The 52nd Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 11 – 18). * 12 – The 39th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 12 – 17). * 21 – The 34 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1987. Events April * 10 – The 14th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10 – 12). May * 20 – The 15th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – June 3). June * 5 – The 16th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 5 – 8). * 26 – The 8th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 26 – July 6). July * 2 – The 21st Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 2 – 19). * 10 – The 12th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 10 – 12). August * 21 – The 4th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 21 – 23). September * 15 – The 30th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17). Album releases *Henry Threadgill: '' Easily Slip Into Another World'' *Anthony Davis: ''Undine'' * Steve Lacy: ''Momentum'' *John Zorn: ''Spillane'' *Sun Ra Arkestra: '' Reflections in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Kruse
Eva Kruse (born 16 October 1978) is a German jazz musician (upright bass, bass guitar) and composer. Biography Kruse was raised in Brunsbek in Schleswig-Holstein. In her childhood and youth, she received eleven years of classical piano lessons and at the age of fourteen, at the suggestion of a teacher, began to learn the bass guitar. She played in the school big band and the ''Bargteheider Vorstadtkrokodilen''. After she was admitted to the Landesjugend-Jazz-Orchester Schleswig-Holstein at the age of 18, she decided to switch to upright bass. In 1998 Kruse moved to Berlin, to study at the Universität der Künste with Sigi Busch, Jerry Granelli and David Friedman with the double bass as the main instrument "Jazz / Improvisation". Her technical playing on double bass she refined in 2000 during a semester abroad in Gothenburg wit Anders Jormin. She also took courses with John Taylor, who encouraged her to write her own compositions for various occupations. Her musical role mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting jazz events in the year 2016. Albums released January February March April May June July August September October November December Unknown date # A * ''Quiet Revolution'' (Newvelle) by Ben Allison solo piano (vinyl LP). D * ''Return'' (Newvelle) by Jack DeJohnette solo piano (vinyl LP). F * ''Strength and Sanity'' (Newvelle) by Don Friedman Piano Trio (vinyl LP). K * ''Meantime'' (Newvelle) by Frank Kimbrough (vinyl LP). P * ''Some Other Time'' (Newvelle) by Noah Preminger (vinyl LP). Deaths January * 3 – Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (born 1932). * 4 – Long John Hunter, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1931). * 6 – Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban trumpeter(born 1928). * 7 – Alan Haven, English organist (born 1935). * 16 – Hubert Giraud, French composer and lyricist (born 1920). * 31 – Janusz Muniak, Polish saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer (born 1941). Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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