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| Ineke van Doorn (voice,
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Ineke (Utrecht, NL) has been described as 'the adventurer among the Dutch jazz singers'. With her own trio 'Vandoorn', which she leads with guitarist Marc van Vugt, she has released 5 cd's with mainly original songs for which she writes the lyrics. The trio has performed a.o. in Canada, New York, Paris, Japan and Indonesia and she has recorded with a.o. Andy Sheppard, Robin Eubanks and Kenny Wheeler. In 2001 she won an Edison Jazz Award ('Dutch Grammy') for 'Love is a Golden Glue'. In 2002 Vandoorn took part in a project with the Dutch Metropole Orchestra directed by Vince Mendoza. Ineke sings and plays piano in the jazz chamber orchestra 'Marc van Vugt's Big Bizar Habit' with whom she released 3 cd's. She also has a duo with pianist Jeroen van Vliet. |
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Julia Hülsmann (piano)
Born in Bonn in '68, Julia has lived in Berlin since '91, where she studied jazzpiano at the HDK music college with Walter Norris and Aki Takase. Her debut CD was released in 2000, featuring her own trio which was founded in '97 and has a repertoire of original compositions (Hülsmann/Muellbauer/Winch "Trio" BIT ). The CD "Scattering poems"(de Julia Hülsmann Trio with Rebekka Bakken, 2003, ACT 9405-2), featured settings of E.E.Cummings' poems, and reached 2nd place in the German Jazzcharts. The next CD will be released in February 2004 by ACT (Julia Hülsmann Trio met Anna Lauvergnac). Julia can also be heard as sidewoman in other bands, eg. Bajazzo with Pascal von Wroblewski, the Judy Niemack Band, Meike Goosmann Quintet and the Rolf von Nordenskjöld Big Band... |
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Ulla Oster (Cologne) Acoustic and electric doublebass
* 1956. A graduate of the Musikhoschschule Köln, Ulla has been playing in variety of bands since 1980, as well as leading her own projects "Beyond Janis" and "Abaptations". She has appeared in several festivals (Moers, Viersen, Vilshofen, Grenoble, Antwerpen, St.Petersburg a.o) and composed music for film and the theatre, including "Die Schamlosen" (ZDF). Since 1994 she has become more involved with electronic music, in a duo with Wollie Kaiser and with the band "Timeghost". |
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Caroline Bigge (Berlin) Drums/percussion.
*1975.Studied first in Essen, before completing her study at the Arnhem conservatorium from 1994 to 2000 with Joop van Erven and Rene Creemers. Present activities include: as theatermusician (Neuköllner Oper Berlin), as bandmember of "venusbrass", as cabaret- accompanist (Schiffer/ Beckmann, WDR "Unterhaltung am Wochenende"), as instructor during drummermeetings (Paderborn/ Salzgitter with Chester Thompson and Adam Nussbaum), and bandworkshops (Rock sie, Frauenmusikbüro Hessen), as endorser for Yamaha, Paiste and beyerdynamic. |
| Hermine Schneider (Utrecht).
Studied trumpet at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. She plays in a wide variety of bands, such as ìPerfume de Salsaî, ìBrassed offî and in the theatre music-groups ìTimbilaî, ìDogtroepî and the theatre group Acto, ìinstituto Arte Dramaticaî in Portugal. Hermine also composes for film, theatre and bands in a wide variety of styles and has recently made her first film ëWaterproofí, a composition for image and sound. There is also a live concert to accompany the film: ëWaterproof Liveí. |
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| Steffi Deckers (Saarbrücken)
*1976. By 1996 Steffi was playing in the Deutsche Bläserphilharmonie (until 2002) and went on to study Orchestermusik in Saarbrücken 2000-2003. Professors included Ralf "Mosch" Himmler and Georg Ruby . In 2001 she played lead-trumpet in the Saarland Landesjugendjazzorchester. In the same year she was also lead in the Saar-Lor-Lux-Bigband with Carla Bley and Steve Swallow. Steffi has appeared with many funk- and jazzbands, ao with Bill Ramsey and Ro Gebhardt. Ongoing projects: "Salsabor" (Lux.) and the brass ensemble "Velvet Brass" |
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| Sabine Ercklentz (Berlin).
*1967, studied trumpet and popular music at the Hanns Eisler conservatory in Berlin. She also plays regularly with the salsa orchestra "Burundanga", the jazz sextet "Shoot the moon" and the jazz quartet "Sofamarone". She is also experimenting with extended techniques, combining trumpet with live-electronics in a duo with Andrea Neumann, writing compositions in the crossover area between tone and sound. |
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| Gisela Meßollen (Berlin)
*1964. Studied at the R. Schumann College in Düsseldorf, has been living in Berlin since '93. Gisela plays with the salsa band "Orquesta Burundanga", for Musicals and in the danceband "Escapade", specialising in music from the 30's and 40's. She also teaches a lot, and still manages to find time for her 2 children.. |
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Teddy Steen (Utrecht) Trombone
Studied jazz & Latin music at the Conservatories in Hilversum and Amsterdam, graduating in 1995. Teachers included trombonists Bart van Lier, Jiggs Whigham, Steve Turre and Dan Reagan. In 1996 she received a scholarship for studying trombone, composing and arranging in New York. As well as gigging regularly with many jazz and latin bands and running a booking agency "Teddy's Tune", she leads her own bands Alice in Dixieland and Azucaraba. CD's: Alice in Dixieland "Alice & Friends" and Azucaraba "Camino por Andar" |
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Petra Krumphuber (Berlin) Trombone.
*1977. Studied jazz-trombone at the Bruckner Conservatorium in Linz, following workshops and classes with ao Hal Crook, Steve Turre, George Lewis, Han Bennink and Dave Douglas. Since1999 working free-lance in Berlin, playing in a wide variety of styles: jazz, salsa, klezmer, big band, theatre-music with the Berliner Ensemble and Musicals ("Pinkelstadt", "Cabaret"). Plays at the moment with Mi Solar (Salsa) Heavy Tuba (Tuba jazz), Brass de Luxe (20's Brass Band), Trioism (Jazztrio: gt-as-tb). Since autumn 2005 Petra pet-project is her own quintet (tb, cl, gt, bs, dm) with whom she plays her own music. She also works as educator/instructor for "Klingenden Mobils" |
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Anke Lucks ( Berlin) Trombone
*1974. Studied at the "Hanns Eisler" School of Music in Berlin with Jiggs Whigham, after doing stints at the School for Music and Theatre Rhythmik (studying piano and Neue Musik) with Darlen Bakke and Eurhythmics and Jazz at the Longy School of Music in Boston (USA). Projects: Braxton 12tett, theatre music with "Balagan", reggae with "Balla Kante", "brass-deluxe" and her own compositions and arrangements with "gleichwiederda". Anke on MySpace. |
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Janni Struzyk (Berlin) Tuba
* 1970. Studied in Berlin (HfM Hanns-Eisler) and Weimar (HfM Franz Liszt). Has played with many orchestras, including years as a soloist with the Brandenburg Philharmonic Potsdam. Since 1999 she is soloist with the orchestra of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl, where Wagner's "Ring" cycle will be performed in summer '03. Also in demand for studio work- mainly film music for cinema and TV. Since 2000 Janni has played more contemporary and experimental music, notably with the Ensemble Dezibell, the Horn-Tuba-Quintett Berlin, and the Duo pinx.- with percussionist Friedemann Werzlau and often DJ Hamil. She is also active as composer and producer of theatre music- a recent project was "Elizaveta Bam" by Daniil Charms in Berlin. |
| Meike Goosmann (Berlin)
Soprano and alto saxes, clarinet.
* 1966. An active player in the Berlin jazz-scene, Meike studied jazz and pop at the "Hanns-Eisler" conservatoire in Berlin with a.o Volker Schlott, Gebhard Ullmann and Jiggs Whigham. She has appeared in concert and on international tours with a.o Gerhard Schöne, Anne Clark, Trio Choral Concert, Carlos Bica. As bandleader of the Meike Goosmann Quintett (Debut CD January 2007) she also appears as composer. Meike on MySpace. |
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| Corinna Danzer (Frankfurt)
Alto saxophone, flute.
* 1962. Completed her studies at the Amsterdan School of Arts in 1991 after which she moved to Frankfurt/Main, where she received a Frankfurter Jazz-Arbeitsstipendium in the same year. Has played with i.a Emil Mangelsdorf, Manfred Bründl, Vitold Rek, Marcus Becker, Adrian Mears and Norbert Scholly. Recorded for radio and TV with the Hessischen Rundfunk Big Band with Toots Thielemans, Benny Golson, Kenny Burrell, Ernie Watts and Ingrid Jensen. Together with the guitarist Martin Lejeune she has founded the Corinna Danzer/Martin Lejeune quartet, their most recent CD is "Jazzmädchenreport - Teil 1" (Konnex Records, Berlin) |
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| Marie-Christine
Schröck. (Dortmund)Tenor, soprano and alto saxes, flute and clarinet.
*1972. Studied jazzsax at the Arnhems Conservatorium with Stefan Pfeiffer and Jörg Kaufmann. Since then she has played with many bands in a huge variety of styles: from modern jazz, funk and soul to salsa, worldmuziek and free impro. She also teaches in several (music-) schools. Present projects: the salsaband "Jazminas", "Duo Taranta Babu" (worldmusic with the dutch accordeonist Mariska Nijhoff, the "Guido Schlösser Trio" and her own jazztrio playing her own compositions: "Schröck", with Sven Vilhelmsson (b) and Martin Thissen (dr). Marie also has several soloprojects on both sax and clarinet, and is even setting up a sax-quartet ..... |
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| Christine Hörmann (Cologne) Baritonesaxophone, Flute.
* 1959. Studied flute in Oldenburg and Hilversum. Teaches in music schools, instructor at the University of Oldenburg. A founder member of Germany's first all-women jazz-orchestra "Reichlich Weiblich". Plays in various big-bands with i.a Sigi Busch, Tom Vandergeld, Uli Beckerhoff and under the leadership of Jiggs Whigham. Also for the musicals "Starlight Express" and "Grease". |
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| Silke Eberhard. (Berlin)
Alto sax, clarinet/bassclarinet.
*1972. Has worked with Aki Takase, Ulrich Gumpert, David Liebman, Terri Lyne Carrington, Annie Whitehead and Johannes Bauer, with notable appearances during the Berlin Jazz Festival 2000 and in the New York Knitting Factory. CD: "ElevatorMusic" ArtPur 006/2001. In 2004 she will be guest professor at the University of Bogotá in Colombia. Recent projects: A quartet with Niko Meinhold (p), Jan Roder (b), Sebastian Merk (dr): the quartet "B3 selection" with Uli Gumpert (hammond B3): trio "GET" with Michael Gross (p) and Jacob Thein (dr) Theaterproductions at the "Volksbühne". Silke on MySpace. |
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Eva Kruse (Berlin) Bass
*1978 Born in Hamburg, Eva studied bass in Berlin with Sigi Busch, Jerry Granelli and David Friedman, and in Göteborg (Sweden) with Anders Jormin. She has played with the quartet "Firomanum" a.o at festivals in Breslau 2000, Getxo/ Spanien 2001 and JazzBaltica 2002. The CD "Firomanum" (schönerhören) was released in 2003. She also plays with the "Arne Jansen Trio", with whom she recorded the CD "My Tree" on the Berlin label "Traumton Records" (release 2006) At present she is playing with the successful trio "[em]" with Michael Wollny and Eric Schaefer. Their first CD "Call It [em]" was released in January 2005 (ACT). Eva can also be heard on the CD Young Friends "The Great German Songbook"(ACT), on DanGer The Danish/ German Jazzsextet feat. Eythor Gunnarsson "City Crusin´" (music mecca music) and Ensemble Nord/Syd "Live" (jam tonic records Flensburg). |
| Annemarie Roelofs (Frankfurt) Trombone, basstrombone.
*1955, Amsterdam. Studied trombone and violin at the conservatorium in Amsterdam, where she also played with Henry Cow, Guus Janssen 7-tet and Maggie Nichols. She has been working in the German theatre since1979, and from 1984 with Cornelia Niemann in de cabaret-duo "Niemann and Roelofs". Besides a series of solo-performances Annemarie has several bands: "The Waste Watchers" with Johannes Krämer and Dirk Marwedel, the "Triple A"trombone trio with Annie Whitehead and Abbie Conant, and the duo Plenar/Roelofs with the pianist Elvira Plenar. |
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Laia Genc (Cologne) Piano.
*1978. Has been living in Cologne since 2000, where she studied at the School of Music with Hubert Nuss and John Taylor. In 2004 she won the "Biberacher Jazzpreise" with her trio: the first CD with "Liaison Tonique" appeared on the JazzHausMusik label in 2005, after which she won prizes in Milan and Paris. In the "PyromanDuo" with clarinetist Annette Maye she combine traditional music with free Improvisation. Their first CD "Handle With Care" appeared in 2006 and they won first prize in the Italian competition TIM (Torneo Internationale Della Musica). On top of her own projects Laia plays with a variety of other bands, ao with trumpeter Terrence Ngassa. Laia on MySpace. |
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Aimée Povel (NL) drums
*1975. Studied jazz-drums with Eric Ineke at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (NL) where she graduated cum laude in 2000 and with Joe LaBarbera (Bill Evans trio) in Los Angeles in 1999. Aimée has worked with Dave Liebman, Natasza Kurek, Wolfert Brederode, Gulli Gudmundsson, Susanne Abbuehl, Florian Zenker, Esmée Olthuis and Frans Elzen. Her own bands include "Yeast" which plays improvisational and contemporary music. The group "Nimbus", in which she shares the drum-chair with Eric Ineke, was nominated for an Edison Award in 2003 CDs: Alice in Dixieland: "In the land of Oobladee" (Munich Records, 2004) Nimbus, featuring Dave Liebman: "Festina Lente" (Buzz Records, 2003) and "Far Enough" (Buzz Records,2000) Meilof: "Meilof" (2001) |
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Caroline Thon (Cologne) Saxophone.
*1966. Studied composition and saxophone in Cologne and at the Berklee College of Music (USA) Has toured in Germany, Austria, the USA and Russia (a.o supported by the Goethe Institute). Has taken part in TV and radio-productions for the WDR, VOX and Deutschlandfunk. Has played with Keith Copeland, Lee Konitz and Angelika Niescier. Won 1st prize in August 2000 in the composition competition in Helmond/ NL, and 1st prize in the band competition "Concours de Céramique" in Maastricht/NL with the band Five Spotz. |
| Viola Engelbrecht (Frankfurt/M) Trombone.
Studied music-pedagogy at the Goethe University and choirleading at the Conservatorium in Frankfurt. After three years of teaching (including courses at the Frankfurt Musikwerkstatt (School for Jazz, Rock & Pop) she was finally bitten by the bug and went on to study instrumental jazz-pedagogy and trombone at the Gutenberg University in Mainz. Since then she has been working as a free-lance trombonist, ensemble-singer and workshop-leader. Viola arranges and composes for her A cappella jazz-group "VokaLiesen". She also leads two choirs, writes and publishes popular choir-music. |
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Ina Gölzenleuchter (Essen) Trombone.
The Swedish/German Ina began her trombone-studies at the Amsterdam School for the Arts with Ben van Dijk and Erik van Lier, going on to Hamburg and Essen. After a stint with the Deutsch-Skandinavischen Jugendphilharmonie, she continues to free-lance in television shows (for the WDR and RTL) and modern opera. Co-founder of the duo "Posaune und Tanz" with Dagmar Stollberg, and the duo "Svenska Folksvisor" with Adrian Niegot, which features elements from traditional Swedish music and literature. More recent is her interest in Neue Musik: in 2005 she performed during the international festival for Neuer Musik in Zagreb. Other activities include playing with the Badischen Staatskapelle Karlsruhe and the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra. |
| Angelika Niescier (Cologne)
Soprano and alto saxes.
Described as "an extraordinary saxophonist" by the usually conservative German magazine "Jazzpodium", Angelika won the Dusseldorf music prize and since appeared with several jazz ensembles: with Henning Berg, Hans Lüdemann, Hartmut Kracht, Wolfgang Engstfeld/Peter Weiss, Frank Sichmann, Tom Lorenz and Andy Lumpp (to name but a few..). She is also active in the electronic Avantgarde, she writes theatre music, gives performances with litterateurs and visual artists and manages her own quartet "Angelika Niescier-sublim". She talks a lot, too. CDs: Stephan Meinberg-Vitamine: Horizontal (jazzhausmusik); Angelika Niescier/ André Nendza : Holzlinenspiel (crecycle music) |
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| Susanne Riemer (Cologne)
Trumpet
* 1972. Studied trumpet at the Folkwang Hochschule für Musik in Essen with Uli Beckerhoff. Member of Bujazzo, the Cologne Jazz Orchestra and the salsa Band Jazmines. Played in the Schloss Theatre in Moers in the production of "Leonie und Lena", and is the musical director for the WDR production of "Misfits und Vorwandschaft". CD's: "Philosophie nach neun" "Under my skin" with The Susanne Riemer Quartet. New Morning Records. |
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Nancy Gildner (Wiesbaden) Trumpet
After working in Canada for several years as principal trumpet with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, performing and recording with names like the Toronto Symphony, the National Ballet of Canada and the Canadian Opera Company and teaching at the Lakehead University, Nancy moved to Germany in 1995. Since then she has played solo trumpet in many musicals, toured and recorded with Frankfurt's Ensemble Modern, appearing in the Salzburg, Turin and Frankfurt festivals. At present a member of the popular salon music group "Rosa Klassik", performing regularly in Europe and Canada. |
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Helen Barsby (Berlin).
*1970. Graduated with a Bachelor in Music degree from the Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand), and continued her studies in Detmold, Frankfurt (Germany), and in The Hague (Netherlands) where she specialised in baroque trumpet. At home in many different genres she has performed in orchestras (Les Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, in theatres (Göttingen, Detmold, Wiesbaden, Musical Theatre Stuttgart (Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, Cats)), in chamber music with her quartet 'Brass Unlimited' (CD wb 2001), and since 2002 with 'Women in Brass' an all-female brass sextet (CD 'Brass Moments' 2005): www.womeninbrass.com. As a baroque trumpeter she has appeared with ensembles such as La Stagione, Collegium Vocale Ghent, Concerto Farinelli, Freiburg Barockorchester. A recent graduate of the B.K.S Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training in Amsterdam, she also teaches Yoga. |
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Annette Maye *1974 (Clarinet,
Bass clarinet)
After completing her degree in History, Musicology & Slavic studies she went on to study jazz-clarinet at the Conservatoires of Cologne and Paris. Won the SWR Worldmusic Prize in 1998 with her Oriental Jazz-Ensemble "FisFüz". Since then Annette has worked with many ensembles (PyromanDuo, Schäl Sick Brass Band, James Choice Orchestra) and has toured extensively, making appearances on international radio & TV. Her latest project "Doyna" with guitarist Martin Schulte combines the soul of Klezmer with modern jazz. Annette on MySpace. |
| Regina Pastuszyk (Aachen) Clarinet, bassclarinet, contrabassclarinet.
* 1960. Classical study at the Musikhochschule Aachen, specialisations in contemporary music, Neue Musik and Performance. Member of the clarinet-quartet "C14" with Theo Jörgensmann, Eckhart Koltermann and Denis Colin. Collaborations with Pinguin Moschner, Maggi Nichols, Günter "Baby" Sommer, Misha Mengelberg and Barry Guy; Duo "Bass, Blech & Bellaphonie" with the bassist Barbara Buchholz. 1995 Awarded a "Silbernen Amadeus" in the music competition "Musik Kreativ". |