Roman Wasserfuhr

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Roman Wasserfuhr in Idstein , 2009
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Landed in Brooklyn (with Julian Wasserfuhr )
  DE 84 03.03.2017 (1 week)

Roman Wasserfuhr (born February 24, 1985 in Hückeswagen ) is a German jazz pianist and arranger .

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Wasserfuhr's musical inclinations became apparent at the age of three. After initial instructions from his father, a music teacher, he received classical lessons in piano and percussion at the age of seven. His preference for jazz soon became apparent, which he was able to practice in the school's own big band with his younger brother Julian , who played the trumpet . Guided by the pianist Matthias Bröde , he continued to develop his talent. At the side of his brother he won several national and international competitions. He received a scholarship during a summer course at Berklee College of Music . Roman Wasserfuhr studied jazz piano with Hubert Nuss and jazz composition / arrangement with Frank Reinshagen at the Cologne University of Music ; he graduated with distinction.

In September 2005 the Munich jazz label ACT became aware of the brothers; In April 2006 it released its first CD Remember Chet in the Young German Jazz series . Further CD productions and appearances at jazz festivals at home and abroad followed.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote about the debut CD:

“There are no homages to jazz legends, but what the 18-year-old trumpeter Julian Wasserfuhr and his three-year-old brother Roman at the piano present as the fifth contribution in the ACT series" Young German Jazz "almost pulls your shoes off: Indeed Remember Chet sounds like Chet Baker has risen again, with this magically light and at the same time melancholy tone. "

In 2013, Julian and Roman Wasserfuhr, together with the DJs Blank & Jones, received the German Jazz Award in Gold from the Federal Association of the Music Industry because of the sales figures for their CD Relax Jazzed 1 .

At the Leverkusen Jazz Days 2017

Publications

  • Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr Quartet Remember Chet (2006)
  • Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr Upgraded in Gothenburg (2009)
  • Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr Gravity (2011)
  • Bertil Mark Insight Outside (2011)
  • Blank & Jones Relax Jazzed (2012)
  • Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr Running (2013)
  • Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr Landed in Brooklyn (2017)
  • Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr with Jörg Brinkmann Relaxin 'in Ireland (2018)

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SURNAME Wasserfuhr, Roman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wasserfuhr, Roman Erwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz pianist and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Hückeswagen