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Till Brönner Born May 6 1971 In Viersen Is A German Jazz Musician Trumpet Player Singer Composer Arranger And Producer. Brönner Has A Unique Jazz Approach Influenced By Bebop And Fusion Jazz But Also Modern Pop Music Movie Soundtracks And Country Music. His Trumpet Playing Is Primarily Inspired By The Listening Experiences Of Freddie Hubbard And Chet Baker. Till Was Raised In Rome And Received Classical Trumpet Education At The Jesuit Boarding School Aloisiuskolleg Followed By A Study Of The Jazz Trumpet At The Music Academy In Cologne. * 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 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 A Lot Of Musicians Of International Fame Such As 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 Song Writer 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 Concert Tour With The Soul Singer Joy 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 By Larry Klein Former Producer Of Joni Mitchell Leonard Cohen And Peter Gabriel . Guest Stars On "Oceana" Are Madeleine Peyroux Luciana Souza And The Singing Top Model Carla Bruni. In July He Played At The Famous Jazz Festival In Montreux Switzerland . He Has A Guest Appearance On Madeleine Peyroux's Album "Half The Perfect World" And Vienna 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 Singer Thomas Quasthoff Featuring Pianist Alan Broadbent And Drummer Peter Erskine. The Album Wins The "Echo Award" Equivalent To The Grammy 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 Sergio Mendes Milton Nascimento & 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 & 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
1999 Love
2000 Chattin' With Chet A Tribute To Chet Baker 2001 Jazz Seen
2002 Blue Eyed Soul
2004 That Summer
2005 O.S.T. „Hoellentour“
2005 A Night In Berlin Live-DVD 2006 Oceana
2007 The Christmas Album
2008 Rio
2009 Midnight read less