Stephan Meinberg

Stephan Meinberg (* around 1969) is a German jazz trumpeter.

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Meinberg first studied classical trumpet with Hannes Läubin at the Lübeck University of Music and later jazz trumpet with Manfred Schoof at the Cologne University of Music . With an annual scholarship from the DAAD , he studied at the New School University in New York City a . a. at Reggie Workman .

He worked u. a. with the group Heelium (CD god damn 'it dave with Penrose Feast , John Carlson , Sabine Wortmann and Oliver Sonntag ), in Peter Herborn's band Large and the trio Groove Galaxi and with musicians such as Charlie Mariano , David Liebman , Gary Thomas , George Garzone , Robin Eubanks , Henning Berg , Carl Ludwig Hübsch and Matthias Schubert . He founded the Vitamine quintet (initially with Angelika Niescier , Heiko Kulenkampff , Sebastian Räther and Peter Kahlenborn , currently with Claudio Puntin , John Schröder , Sven Kerschek and Samuel Rohrer ), with which he recorded the CD horizontally . In 2003 he was a winner of the Jazzart Festival . He participated in radio and television productions and toured Russia, India and Scandinavia.

Meinberg lives with and works in Hamburg , but is still connected to the Cologne scene and plays in the James Choice Orchestra , for example .