Max Andrzejewski
Max Andrzejewski (* 1986 ) is a German jazz - drummer and composer .
Live and act
Andrzejewski initially studied at the Cologne University of Music before moving to Berlin in 2009, where he completed his studies with John Hollenbeck at the Berlin Jazz Institute .
Andrzejewski founded his band Hütte in the summer of 2011 in order to let the distinct language of his fellow musicians Johannes Schleiermacher , Tobias Hoffmann and Andreas Lang unfold there. According to Hans-Jürgen Schaal , the result is a formation with a very large “conceptual variety - from free jazz gestures to rock and punk elements - and with most points of contact with pop culture : electric guitar , singing , catchiness. "
He belonged to the trio Kim3 (with Kim Efert and Peter Ehwald ) and the Berlin Improvisers Orchestra . He also appears in the rock duo PRANKE with the Icelandic guitarist Daniel Bodvarsson, belongs to the trio Long Winding Road of the guitarist Kalle Kalima and is a member of the band Expressway Sketches with Tobias Hoffmann. Furthermore he played u. a. with Charles Gayle , Henrik Walsdorff , Jan Roder , Greg Cohen , Philipp Gropper , Antonis Anissegos , Ronny Graupe , Antonio Borghini, Matthias Müller , Andreas Schmidt and Gerhard Gschlößl . He can still be heard on albums by Bellbird and Anna Webber .
Andrzejewski is also active as a composer and performer in the theater and dance sector. B., for example, he works with the director Ersan Mondtag . He realized compositions for pieces such as Tyrannis (Staatstheater Kassel), Schnee (Thalia Theater Hamburg), Iphigenie (Schauspiel Frankfurt), Schere Faust Papier (Thalia Theater Hamburg).
Prizes and awards
Andrzejewski won the Convento Jazz Prize in 2010 with the band Ebene0 . His band Hütte received the New German Jazz Prize in 2013 ; he was also honored as the best soloist in the competition. The play "Tyrannis" (directed by Ersan Mondtag ) with Andrzejewski's formative compositions was invited to the 2016 Theatertreffen Berlin .
Discographic notes
- Expressway Sketches ( JazzHausMusik ; 2010, with Tobias Hoffmann, Benjamin Schaefer )
- Level zero: wandering instinct (with Christoph Möckel , Lucas Leidinger , Stefan Berger)
- Hut ( Unit Records ; 2011)
- Max Andrzejewski's hut and choir ( Traumton Records , 2014, with Johannes Schleiermacher, Tobias Hoffmann, Andreas Lang and Tobias Christl , Friederike Merz , Sarah Whitteron, Zola Mennenöh and Laura Winkler )
- Absolutely Sweet Marie ( Matthias Müller tr, Max Andrzejewski dr, Alexander Beierbach ts, Steffen Faul t) Roads, Doves and Other Stuff: The Music of Bob Dylan , Tiger Moon, 2014
- Max Andrzejewski's Hütte and The Homegrown Organic Gospel Choir ( WhyPlayJazz 2017 with Johannes Schleiermacher, Tobias Hoffmann, Andreas Lang and as a choir Winnie Brückner, Tobias Christl, Marie Daniels , Lea W. Frey , Marcus Gartschok, Erik Leuthäuser , Zola Mennenöh, Friederike Merz, Stephen Moult, Dora Osterloh , Lena Sundermeyer, Laura Winkler)
- Max Andrzejewskis Hütte Plays the Music of Robert Wyatt (WhyPlayJazz 2019 with Johannes Schleiermacher, Tobias Hoffmann, Andreas Lang, Cansu Tanrıkulu and Jörg Hochapfel)
- Expressway Sketches Surfin 'the Day - Lovin' the Night (Klaeng; 2019, with Tobias Hoffmann, Benjamin Schaefer, Lukas Kranzelbinder and Johannes Schleiermacher)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jazz wins: The New German Jazz Prize 2013 goes to Max Andrzejewski and his “hut” , Neue Musikzeitung
- ↑ Jazz album of the week (NDR)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Andrzejewski, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (drums, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1986 |