Axel Jungbluth
Axel Jungbluth (* 1944 ) is a German jazz musician ( piano , arrangement , composition ) and textbook author.
Jungbluth completed a music teacher - and composition studies at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Düsseldorf. He then wrote compositions and arrangements for radio orchestras and record productions and was involved in recording a jazz fair for the first time in 1965 as a pianist . By 1973 he completed postgraduate studies in jazz composition and arrangement at Berklee College of Music in Boston with Gary Burton and Herb Pomeroy . He briefly taught ensemble conducting, theory and piano at Berklee College . Back in Europe he taught theory, composition, arrangement, improvisation and jazz piano at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern before teaching at the Cologne University of Music and Dance (and its “offshoot” in Wuppertal).
Jungbluth published several textbooks on the harmony theory of jazz at Verlag Schott , in particular his jazz harmony theory ( theoretical basics and practical application or functional harmony and modality ; 1981, new edition 2001) and jazz harmonization practice. Instructions for Harmonizing (1989). He also wrote compositions for teaching such as Play Swing and Play Bossa Nova (each for five guitars and rhythm section ad libitum).
Web links
- Author biography (Schott)
- Axel Jungbluth at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ E. Dieter Fränzel : sounds like whoopataal. Wuppertal in the world of jazz. Published by Jazz AGe Wuppertal. Klartext, Essen 2006, pp. 162f., 296
- ^ Edition Schott. Volumes 7443, 7442, 6911 and 7589. Schott, Mainz.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jungbluth, Axel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jungblut, Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician and textbook author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |