Till Brönner

Till Brönner (born 6 May 1971 in Viersen, West Germany) is a jazz musician, trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger and producer.^[1]

His approach is influenced by bebop and fusion jazz, but also modern pop music, movie soundtracks (especially old German movies), country music and even German pop songs. His trumpet playing is primarily inspired by the listening experiences of Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie and Chet Baker. His most influential teachers were Bobby Shew and Malte Burba.

Till was raised in Rome and received classical trumpet education at the Jesuit boarding school Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn. During high school, he completed a one-year exchange program to the United States with the exchange organization ASSIST. He then studied the jazz trumpet at the music academy in Cologne under Jiggs Whigham and Jon Eardley.

History

• 1989–1991: Member of the Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass.
• 1991–1998: At the age of 20 he became solo trumpet player of the renowned RIAS Big Band Berlin under Horst Jankowski and Jiggs Whigham.
• 1993: First solo album Generations of Jazz (with Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Frank Chastenier and Gregoire Peters) which won several awards: Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and Preis der Deutschen Plattenindustrie. Brönner worked with Dave 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: Songwriter and producer for Hildegard Knef's album 17 Milimeter.
• 2001: Movie soundtrack for Jazz Seen (a movie about the jazz photographer William Claxton).
• 2002: Featured on single "Don't Let 'Em" by Rosie Gaines also featuring Snoop Dogg & Bootsy Collins.
• 2003: Tour with soul singer Joy Denalane.
• 2005: The album That Summer reached 17 in the German pop charts.
• 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: Releases album Oceana, produced by Larry Klein. Guest stars are Madeleine Peyroux, Luciana Souza and the singing top model Carla Bruni. In July he played at the Jazz Festival in Montreux (Switzerland). He has a guest appearance on Madeleine Peyroux's album Half the Perfect World and Vienna Teng's album Dreaming Through the Noise
• 2007: He wins the Echo 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. In March 2007 he produced The Jazz Album for singer Thomas Quasthoff, featuring pianist Alan Broadbent and drummer Peter Erskine. The album wins the Echo 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 vocalists Vanessa da Mata, Kurt Elling, Melody Gardot, Annie Lennox, Aimee Mann, Sérgio Mendes, Milton Nascimento and Luciana Souza.
• 2009: nominated for a Grammy in category 47 for "Best instrumental Jazz solo" along with Terence Blanchard, James Moody, Pat Metheny, Gary Burton, and Chick Corea for his solo on the track "Seven Steps to Heaven" on the album The Standard by vocal group Take 6.

Discography

• 1993 Generations of Jazz
• 1995 My Secret Love
• 1996 German Songs
• 1997 Midnight
• 1998 Love
• 2000 Chattin with Chet
• 2001 Jazz Seen
• 2002 Get Well Soon
• 2002 Blue Eyed Soul
• 2004 That Summer
• 2004 Höllentour
• 2006 Oceana
• 2007 The Christmas Album
• 2008 Rio
• 2009 Midnight
• 2010 At the End of the Day
• 2012 Till Brönner
• 2014 The Movie Album
• 2015 Best of the Verve Years
• 2016 The Good Life

DVD

• 2005 A Night in Berlin

References

External links

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