Nico Brandenburg
Nico Brandenburg (born November 19, 1970 in Düsseldorf ) is a German jazz musician ( electric bass , double bass ) who is also active in the field of world music .
Live and act
Brandenburg studied electric bass at the Arnhem University of the Arts from 1993 to 1998 and then completed the jazz double bass course at Folkwang University with John Goldsby .
In 1999/2000 he was the bass player for the music quiz "Do you have tones" ( VOX , 72 broadcasts). Since 2001 he has been working as a freelance musician in Düsseldorf. With the Persian singer Noshaafarin he was on a European tour; he also performed with the Kurdish singer Ciwan Haco . For seven years he was a member of the group of flamenco guitarist Rafael Cortés. He worked with the WDR Big Band Cologne , with Lena Meyer-Landrut (Germany tour), Udo Lindenberg , Bob Mintzer , Axel Fischbacher , Tom Lorenz and Joscho Stephan . Brandenburg currently belongs to the Sebastian Gahler Trio, Luis, the Mathias Höderath Trio, the Tom Gaebel Band and the Düsseldorf jazz ensemble. He is also a member of the band IndigoJazzlounge around Gahler and Inga Lühning , which released the album New Bar Standards on JazzSick in 2014 .
Brandenburg has been teaching double bass / electric bass at the Institute for Music and Media at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf since 2010 .
Web links
- Short portrait (jazz ensemble Düsseldorf)
- Entry (Institute for Music and Media)
- Nico Brandenburg at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandenburg, Nico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz and world musician (electric bass, double bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |