Oliver Maas
Oliver Maas (born May 13, 1980 in Saarburg ) is a German jazz musician ( piano , composition ).
Live and act
Maas first received classical piano lessons from 1992 before learning jazz piano with Klaus Krisch. After workshops with John Taylor , Uli Beckerhoff , Julian Joseph , Uri Caine , Gunter Hampel and Leszek Możdżer , he studied jazz piano at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen with Thomas Hufschmidt and Peter Walter. From 2005 to 2010 he had a teaching position at the Saar University of Music .
Christof Thewes brought him into his big band project with reciter Alfred Gulden in 2002. With Markus Braun and Bernd Oezsevim he founded the trio Invisible Change , with which he released several albums. In 2010 he founded the Oliver Maas Trio together with drummer Patrick Hengst and bassist David Andres. He has also recorded with Wollie Kaiser , with the singer Kristina Fuchs and as Mop de Kop in a duo with the drummer Daniel Prätzlich.
Prizes and awards
With the bands Oma Heinz , Jörg Brinkmann Trio (CD HA! 2008) and Invisible Change , he won the JazzWerk Ruhr Prize in 2006, 2007 and 2009. The duo Mop de Kop received the St. Ingbert Jazz Prize in 2007. With Invisible Change he won the second prize at the Ruhr Jazz Prize 2011.
Discographic notes
- Invisible Change Nyctophobia ( JazzHausMusik 2008)
- Jörg Brinkmann Trio HA! ( ACT 2008 with Dirk-Peter Kölsch )
- Parallax The Second Room ( gligg records 2009/10; with Daniel Schmitz, Jan Oestreich, Christian Fischer)
- Oliver Maas Trio lying (NRW-Records 2010)
- Oliver Maas, Invisible Change Spring (WismART 2014)
- Maas Kracht Hengst + Renken Express ( Unit Records 2016)
Web links
- Web presence
- Oliver Maas at Discogs (English)
- Oliver Maas at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maas, Oliver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (piano, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarburg |