Till Brönner (tp) Johan Leijonhufvud (g) Jasper Soffers (p) Dieter Ilg (b) Roland Peil (perc) Martijn Vink (dr) Born in 1971 in Viersen, Germany and raised in Rome, Italy, Till Brönner experienced his outset with the help of Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker: Hearing Bebop for the first time, Charlie Parker; that set the whole thing off for me. I was 13 years old and it was an almost erotic sensation. I thought that it was indecent. The music was like a woman having a go at me. Till Brönner stems from a family of musicians; after a well-protected childhood, he enjoyed a classical education followed by a study of the jazz trumpet at Colognes Music Academy. After only three semesters he convinced the leader of Berlins RIAS-Big Band at an audition, taking his first hurdle at the age of 20. Only two years later, he raised more than one eyebrow with Generations of Jazz, being both a classic mainstream recording with Ray Brown on bass and Jeff Hamilton on drums and his debut as a bandleader. By the time he released German Songs, his third album of old German film songs, arranged for jazz quartet and classical orchestra, he was the talk of the trade. After recording a fusion album with Michael Brecker, Dennis Chambers, David Mann and Anthony Jackson he was signed by the legendary Verve label. Throughout his carrer he has worked with musical greats such as Dave Brubeck, James Moody, Monty Alexander, Aki Takase, Alan Bergman, Joachim Kühn, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett ...