Ingmar Heller

Ingmar Heller 2017 at Jazz im Palmengarten in Frankfurt

Ingmar Heller (* 1967 ) is a German jazz bassist.

Live and act

Heller first played drums and piano before turning to bass in 1984. From 1986 he studied at the Cologne University of Music and from 1994 to 1995 at the Vermont Jazz Center in the USA. Since his studies he worked as a freelance musician.

In 1994 he performed with Clark Terry at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival . He toured with Peter Herbolzheimer and Johnny Griffin , accompanied Charlie Mariano , Ilona Haberkamp and Kenny Wheeler and recorded albums with Rolf Kühn , John Abercrombie , Hazy Osterwald and Hildegard Knef . Other musical partners were Arthur Blythe , Michael Brecker , Bob Brookmeyer , Ingrid Jensen , Tony Lakatos , Gerry Mulligan , John Taylor and his brother Paul Heller . In 2004 his discography included more than forty albums.

Heller has been a member of the NDR Bigband since October 2009 .

Prizes and awards

In 1994, Heller won first prize at the Biberach jazz competition and at Jugend jazzt .

Discographic notes

• American Songbook Vol. 2 ( Olaf Polziehn Trio feat. Harry Allen )
• Smile with Günter Bollmann
• Little Songs with Paul Heller
• Period with Peter Bolte
• Sophisticated Swing ( Engelbert Wrobel feat. Dan Barret )
• Gonna Go Fishin ' with Jenny Evans
• Duke Ellington's Sound of Love with Silvia Droste
• American Songbook (Olaf Polziehn Trio)
• Lilacs and Laughter with Florian Ross
• 17 millimeters with Hildegard Knef
• Delicado with Engelbert Wrobel, Hazy Osterwald
• Trio with Peter Bolte
• Together with Engelbert Wrobel, Hazy Osterwald
• Weave ( Achim Kaufmann Trio)
• Kaleidoscope with Paul Heller
• My Secret Love with Till Brönner
• A Heart Full of Swing with Silvia Droste
• Movin 'On with Wolfgang Haffner
• Hymn to Gorbo ( Hubert Nuss Quintet)

Web links

Commons : Ingmar Heller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ingmar Heller at Allmusic (English)
• Ingmar Heller at Discogs (English)