Annette Neuffer

Annette Neuffer (born January 15, 1966 in Munich ) is a German jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , vocals ).

Live and act

Neuffer didn't start playing the trumpet until he was 18. Just three years later she began studying music at the Graz University of Music , majoring in jazz trumpet . Two years later she moved to the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts , where she completed her diploma under Claus Stötter in 1996 .

As a trumpeter she worked a. a. with Sarah Morrow Allstars In Paris, Benny Golson , Hal Singer , Mike Carr , Benny Waters , Jimmy Woode and Horst Jankowski . In 1994 Annette Neuffer was invited by the Sunday Night Orchestra as a singer for a project with Al Porcino as director. In 1995 she brought Porcino into his own big band , of which she was a singer for eleven years.

Since 2001 she has released four albums with her own quintet. She is also increasingly active as a composer or lyricist. She has also performed with the Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion, Alexander's Swingtime Band and Pete York .

Lexical entries

• Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .

Discographic notes

• Al Porcino Big Band Live at Nachtcafé (Organic Music 1999)
• Come Dance with Me ( yvp music 2001, with Claus Koch , Bernhard Pichl , Rudi Engel , Hendrik Smock )
• The Art of Chet (yvp music 2004, with Claus Koch, Bernhard Pichl, Rudi Engel, Jens Düppe )
• Easy to Love (yvp music 2005, with Claus Koch, Bernhard Pichl, Rudi Engel, Jens Düppe)
• Swing till Sunrise (2011, with Claus Koch, Claus Raible , Giorgos Antoniou , Steve Brown )

Web links

• Web presence with press briefings and interviews
• Recommendation (Al Porcino)
• Composing, improvising, hearing and smelling - Interview in Die Welt (2014)