Till Brönner (born 6 May 1971 in

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, West Germany) is a

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, trumpeter, flügelhorn player, singer, composer, producer and photographer.

History

From 1989–1991, Brönner was a member of the

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and later Jiggs Whigham. Brönner recorded his debut album, ''Generations of Jazz'' (1993) with Ray Brown and Jeff Hamilton. His vocal debut was on ''Love'' (

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, 1998). His album ''That Summer'' (2004) landed on the German pop chart at No. 16 and made him the bestselling jazz musician in Germany's history.

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produced his next two albums. ''Oceana'' (2006) featured appearances by vocalists

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, and

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. ''Rio'' (2009) was a tribute to

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and Brazilian music with appearances by

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, and Luciana Souza. Brönner wrote the score for ''Jazz Seen'', a documentary about photographer William Claxton, and composed the soundtrack for ''Höllentour'', a movie about the Tour de France bicycle race. In 2014, he released ''The Movie Album'', which contained cover versions of songs from old movies to the present, recorded in Los Angeles and produced by jazz guitarist and producer

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. 2016 He released his Sony Masterworks debut "The Good Life", a swinging album of standards and originals, produced by Dutch producer legend Ruud Jacobs. In 2018, he teamed-up with german Bassist Dieter Ilg for his second Sony release "Nightfall", a duo album which won him a platinum record in this category.

Discography

* ''Generations of Jazz'' (Minor Music, 1994) * ''German Songs'' (Minor Music, 1996) * ''My Secret Love'' (Minor Music, 1996) * ''Midnight'' (Universal Classics & Jazz, 1997) * ''Love'' (

, 1999) * ''Chattin' with Chet'' (Verve, 2000) * ''Blue Eyed Soul'' (Universal/Verve, 2002) * ''Jazz Seen'' ( A&M, 2002) * ''That Summer'' (Verve, 2004) * ''Oceana'' (EmArcy, 2006) * ''The Christmas Album'' (Universal/Verve, 2007) * ''Rio'' (Universal Classics & Jazz, 2009) * ''At the End of the Day'' (Bam Bam, 2010) * ''Till Bronner'' (Bam Bam, 2013) * ''The Movie Album'' (Verve, 2014) * ''Canyon Songs'' (MPS/Naxos, 2015) * ''The Good Life'' (

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, 2016) * ''Nightfall'' (Sony Masterworks, 2018) (with Dieter Ilg) * ''On Vacation'' (Sony Music Entertainment, 2020) (with Bob James) * ''Christmas'' (Sony Music Entertainment, 2021)

References

External links

Official website
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