Nico Brina

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Nico Brina (born September 29, 1969 in Biel ) is a Swiss boogie woogie , blues and rock'n'roll pianist and singer.

Life

Nico Brina gave the first concert in 1984 with the rock'n'roll band "Jive Boys". A single "She's my Rock'n'Roll girl", an album "Jive Boys" and various television appearances document this time. In 1990 the band broke up. In the same year the pianist and singer went into business for himself and has been earning his living as a professional musician ever since. From 1990 to 1993, in addition to his solo appearances, he was a pianist in the country band "Buddy Dee and the Ghostriders", the blues band "Claudia Stevanon Band" and as a drummer in the rockabilly band The Fishnet Stockings . Since 1993 his solo career has dominated, which he has as a solo pianist, in a duo with drummer (1993-2000 "Thomas Driver" / 2000 until today "Charlie Weibel" and "Tobias Schramm" - in the Dominican Republic with drummer "Sly De Moya" and in Singapore with drummer "Patrick Fernando") and in a trio with drummer and guitarist "Pete Borel". In 2001 he founded the show "Tap and Boogie" together with the tap dancer "Lukas Weiss", which is still presented today. As further special guests, Nico Brina's show will also be presented with the multiple Swiss, European and world champions in boogie-woogie dancing "Sonja Emch Secchi & Francesco Secchi" aka "Sonja & Franky".

In August 2007 Nico Brina performed at the “Festival International de Boogie Woogie de La Roquebrou” in France.

The 66th birthday of Udo Jürgens from the television station were ZDF nine boogie woogie pianists from around the world invited for a special Act. Brina took part in this performance.

After more than 35 years on stage and with more than 3000 concerts worldwide, Nico Brina is one of the most sought-after boogie woogie, blues and rock'n'roll pianists and singers in Europe and has already been dubbed the "King of Boogie" by the press .

Brina played together with the pianists Anke Angel Prevoo, Ladyva , Jojo Carpender, Jean Pierre Bertrand, Axel Zwingenberger , Christoph Steinbach, Silvan Zingg , Matthew Lee, Lluis Coloma, Raymond Fein , David Ruosch, Henning Pertiet , Ben Toury, Jacky " Ueli Schmutz ", Martijn Schok, Eeco Rijken Rapp and Chris Conz .

In 1995 he was awarded the Swiss Show Prize, the small Prix ​​Walo, in the "Special Act" category.

In 1996 he made the entry in the Guinness Book of Records with the fastest boogie woogie "Nico's Highspeed Boogie" and in 2014 his album "Flight 6024" was nominated for the German Record Critics' Prize . His musical recipe is the fusion of Boogie Woogie, Blues and Rock'n'Roll - or as he himself writes on his homepage: Boogie Woogie Power - Blues Feeling - Rock'n'Roll Show.

Discography

  • Just A Little Bit (1993)
  • Blues'n'Boogie (1994)
  • Jump To The Boogie (1996)
  • Dialect Boogie (1997)
  • Let's boogie! (1999 - blue martin records)
  • Tap And Boogie (2001)
  • Born To Be A Boogieman (2003 - brina music)
  • King of Boogie (2008 - dcmci records)
  • 25 Years Live On Stage 1984-2009 (2009 - brina music)
  • Who Cares, Just Boogie (2010 - brina music)
  • The Blues Will Help You Survive (2012 - brina music)
  • Flight 6024 (2013 - stormy monday records)
  • That's My Way - 30 years the jubilee sessions (2015 - stormy monday records)
  • The B'day Session (2016 - stormy monday records)
  • 25/8 - 25 Hours 8 Days A Week (2016 - stormy monday records)
  • Boogieful (2018 - stormy monday records)
  • Boogie Me Up (2019 - stormy monday records)

Awards

  • 1995 - Prix ​​Walo in the category "Special Act"
  • 1996 - Entry in the Guinness Book of Records with the fastest boogie woogie
  • 2014 - Nomination of the album "Flight 6024" Prize of the German Record Critics
  • 2018 - No. 1 in the Norwegian "Blues Charts" with the original composition "Barrel of Monkeys"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV appearance on Swiss television YouTube link. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ Website of the festival 2007 Archived documentation of the participation in the festival. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ Website from BLUES NEWS magazine Journalistic coverage of the 35th stage anniversary. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ Public mention as King of Boogie.Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  5. ↑ Guinness Book of Records 96: The Swiss pianist Nico Brina played the fastest Boogie Woogie on June 28, 1994 in 1:10 min., While the left hand managed 608 strokes / min in the 1/8 Boogie Woogie Feeling in: Art, Media, entertainment 1996 edition, page 205
personal data
SURNAME Brina, Nico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pianist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 29th September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Biel , Switzerland