Nils Wogram

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Nils Wogram (* 7. November 1972 in Braunschweig ) is a German jazz - trombonist , bandleader and composer .

Live and act

Nils Wogram studied classical trombone (also piano and music theory) in Braunschweig, and from 1988 played in the state youth jazz orchestra of Lower Saxony. In 1990 he moved to the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra under Peter Herbolzheimer . From 1992 to 1994 Wogram studied trombone and composition at the New School in New York on a scholarship . His teachers included Reginald Workman , Maria Schneider , Buster Williams , Slide Hampton , Kenny Werner and Conrad Herwig . In 1994 his debut album New York Conversations (Mons Records) was released. Nils Wogram has now released 21 albums under his name. He has been running his own label nwog records since 2010.

In addition to his own bands (see also band projects), Nils Wogram was involved in various other band projects. From 1994 to 2006 he played in the jazz formation Underkarl of the double bass player Sebastian Gramss and for several years belonged to the award-winning Braunschweig band Jazzkantine , on whose 10th album "Ultrahocherhitzt" (ET 2013) he is again a guest musician alongside Joo Kraus. Nils Wogram played with Kenny Werner , Rudi Mahall , Eugene Chadbourne and to this day again and again with the Aki Takase Quintet.

Nils Wogram lives in Zurich and has been teaching jazz studies at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland since 2004 . Before that he was a lecturer in trombone and composition at the Hanover University of Music .

Musical philosophy

Nils Wogram, Jazzfest Berlin 2012 (c) Jana Heinlein

Nils Wogram's music is deeply rooted in the tradition of jazz. Nevertheless, he tries to expand this language by using musical materials that do not come from jazz. This includes other forms of rhythm, shape, and melodic and harmonic material. Nils Wogram is a fan of “real bands” with their own ensemble sound. Most of its formations have existed for many years. Nils Wogram believes that the best music is played by permanent bands / ensembles. As a band leader, his great role models are Duke Ellington and Miles Davis.

Band projects

Awards

Presentation of the Albert Mangelsdorff Prize to Nils Wogram by the chairwoman of the UDJ , Julia Hülsmann

In 1989 and 1991 Nils Wogram won the solo trombone prize in the “Jugend musiziert” competition. In 1998 he received the sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . Among other things, he is the recipient of the SWR Jazz Prize , the Composition Prize in the Julius Hemphill Competition, the GEMA Jazz Composition Prize and the BMW Jazz Award. In 2011 he was awarded the ECHO Jazz National Instrumentalist of the Year (Brass) for his album “Listen to your woman”, which he recorded with Root 70 ; with the ensemble he won the BMW World Jazz Award in the same year . In 2013 he received the renowned Albert Mangelsdorff Prize (German Jazz Prize), which is awarded every two years to outstanding personalities on the German jazz scene. In 2014 Nils Wogram is a Werkjahres scholarship holder from the city of Zurich .

Discography (selection)

  • 1994 Nils Wogram Quintet, New York Conversations
  • 1996 Nils Wogram Quartet, Roundtrip ( Enja )
  • 1998 Nils Wogram Quartet, Speedlife (enja)
  • 1999 Nils Wogram and Simon Nabatov, As we don't know it ( Konnex Records )
  • 2000 Nils Wogram and Conny Bauer , Serious Fun (cimp)
  • 2001 Nils Wogram Sextet / Octet, Odd and Awkward (enja)
  • 2001 Nils Wogram Quartet, Root 70 (with Hayden Chisholm, Matt Penman, Jochen Rückert) (2nd floor)
  • 2002 Xavier Garcia - Gianni Gebbia - Nils Wogram, pronto!
  • 2002 Nils Wogram and Simon Nabatov, Starting A Story ( Act Records )
  • 2003 Nils Wogram Root 70, Getting Rooted (enja)
  • 2003 Nils Wogram Quartet, Construction Field ( Altrisuoni )
  • 2004 Nils Wogram Nostalgia Trio, Daddy's Bones ( Intuition Records )
  • 2005 Nils Wogram Septet, Swing Moral
  • 2005 Nils Wogram and Simon Nabatov, The Move ( Between the Lines )
  • 2006 Nils Wogram Root 70, driving pleasure (intuition)
  • 2007 Nils Wogram and the NDR Bigband, Portrait of a Band (enja)
  • 2007 Nils Wogram and Simon Nabatov, Jazz Limbo (leo records)
  • 2008 Nils Wogram Nostalgia Trio, Affinity (intuition)
  • 2008 Nils Wogram Root 70, On 52nd 1/4 Street (Intuition)
  • 2009 Nils Wogram's Lush, Pretty Good News (unit records)
  • 2010 Nils Wogram Root 70, Listen to Your Woman (nwog)
  • 2011 Nils Wogram and Simon Nabatov, Moods and Modes (nwog)
  • 2011 Nils Wogram Nostalgia Trio, storm and penetration (nwog)
  • 2012 Nils Wogram Septet, complete soul (nwog)
  • 2013 Nils Wogram Root 70 with Strings, riomar (nwog)
  • 2017 Nils Wogram Root 70, Luxury Habits (nwog)
  • 2018 Nils Wogram Vertigo Trombone Quartet, The Good Life (nwog)
  • 2019 Nils Wogram Nostalgia Trio, Things We Like to Hear (nwog)

literature

Web links

Commons : Nils Wogram  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Stock With cornucopia into the ground. The trombonist Nils Wogram receives a retrospective from Jazzfest Berlin - an encounter on the way , article from October 30, 2012, Die Zeit
  2. ↑ Nils Wogram: Ein Bandmanifest, pages 14-19, magazine of the Jazzfest Berlin 2012
  3. ↑ Finally a Braunschweiger ready for the Bundesliga, article from October 24, 2013, Die Welt
personal data
SURNAME Wogram, Nils
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz trombonist, band leader and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig , Germany