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Matthias Broede Vita (PDF)


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Study of piano at the University of Music [Musikhochschule] in Karlsruhe, with Prof. Gunter Hauer // Together with the WERNER-PUSCH-SEXTETT, prizewinner at the Jazz Festival in San Sebastian, Spain //


Part-time instructor for jazz piano at the University of Duisburg //
Concerts, live recordings and studio productions with Axel Fischbacher, Wolfgang Engstfeld and the Modern String Quartet //
Formation of the first quartet of his own, JAZZHARMONICA (with Tom Lorenz, Hartmut Kracht, Kurt Bilker), as well as a live recording for WDR // Longstanding member of the Norbert Gottschalk Band // Member of the band of Brazilian singer Rosani Reis //


Formation of the EUROPEAN FACES quintet with Wolfgang Engstfeld (sax), Christoph Eidens (vibes), Volker Heinze (bass), Felix Astor (drums) // With this ensemble, numerous appearances throughout Germany, including at the Jazztage in Leverkusen // guest harmonica soloist on various CD productions // concerts with the SDR-Big Band and Bill Ramsey // regular guest at JAZZ-ATTACK in Krefeld //


Creation of the MATTHIAS BROEDE CHAMBER TRIO with Ralph Beerkircher (Guitar) and Volker Heinze (Bass); the group performed concerts in Germany, Holland and Ireland (Goethe-Institut) // with studio productions for Bayerischer Rundfunk and Westdeutscher Rundfunk // concerts in Belgium with the MICHEL HERR TRIO and the NEW LOOK TRIO of bassist Roger van Haverbeke // concerts in various clubs in Berlin with the MATTHIAS BROEDE-MAURICE DE MARTIN QUARTET, with new membership // concerts and studio recordings of the MATTHIAS-BROEDE-GROUP with Paul Heller (tenor sax) // concerts and studio recordings with the newly established band BIG-4-SWING, with Joachim Schoenecker (guitar), Peter Weiss (drums) and Volker Heinze //

Quotations about the music of Matthias Broede:

"Matthias knows what he's after as a player and a composer and deserves a lot of attention. ... I'm impressed and also pleased." Toots Thielemans