Till Brönner
Till Brönner (born 6 May 1971 in Viersen, West Germany) is a German jazz trumpet er, flügelhorn player, singer, composer, producer and photographer.
Till Brönner

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- Name
- Till Brönner
- Born
- 6 May 1971
- Birthplace
- Viersen, West Germany
- Occupation
- Musician, arranger, record producer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Fields
- jazz
- Education
- Aloisiuskolleg
- Honours
- Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia · Tie Man of the Year · Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders
- Languages
- German
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Till Brönner (born 6 May 1971 in Viersen, West Germany) is a German jazz trumpet er, flügelhorn player, singer, composer, producer and photographer.
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Biography
Biography
Till Brönner studied at Aloisiuskolleg. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz. Employment is recorded with Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. Distinctions recorded are Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Tie Man of the Year and Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Till Brönner • Born — 6 May 1971 • Birthplace — Viersen, West Germany • Genre — Jazz fusion, vocal jazz, pop • Occupation — Musician, arranger, record producer • Instrument — Trumpet, Flügelhorn • Years Active — 1991–present • Label — Verve • Website — https: tillbroenner.de/
History
History
From 1989–1991, Brönner was a member of the Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass. At the age of twenty, he became solo trumpeter of the RIAS Big Band Berlin under Horst Jankowski and later Jiggs Whigham. Brönner recorded his debut album, Generations of Jazz (1993) with Ray Brown and Jeff Hamilton. His vocal debut was on Love (Verve, 1998). His album That Summer (2004) landed on the German pop chart at No. 16 and made him the bestselling jazz musician in Germany's history. Larry Klein produced his next two albums. Oceana (2006) featured appearances by vocalists Carla Bruni, Madeleine Peyroux, and Luciana Souza. Rio (2009) was a tribute to bossa nova and Brazilian music with appearances by Kurt Elling, Melody Gardot, Sergio Mendes, Milton Nascimento, and Luciana Souza. Brönner wrote the score for Jazz Seen, a documentary about photographer William Claxton, and composed the soundtrack for Höllentour, a movie about the Tour de France bicycle race. In 2014, he released The Movie Album, which contained cover versions of songs from old movies to the present, recorded in Los Angeles and produced by jazz guitarist and producer Chuck Loeb. In 2016 he released his Sony Masterworks debut "The Good Life", a swinging album of standards and originals, produced by Dutch producer legend Ruud Jacobs. In 2018, he teamed-up with German bassist Dieter Ilg for his second Sony release "Nightfall", a duo album which won him a platinum record in this category.
Identity
Identity
Till Brönner is recorded as having received Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Tie Man of the Year and Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders. German trumpet player. Recognition and collections. Brönner received Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Tie Man of the Year and Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1971
Till Brönner born at Viersen.
Discography
• Generations of Jazz (Minor Music, 1994) • German Songs (Minor Music, 1995) • My Secret Love (Minor Music, 1996) • Midnight (Universal Classics & Jazz, 1996) • Love (Verve, 1998) • Chattin' with Chet (Verve, 2000) • Blue Eyed Soul (Universal/Verve, 2002) • Jazz Seen (A&M, 2002) • That Summer (Verve, 2004) • Oceana (EmArcy, 2006) • The Christmas Album (Universal/Verve, 2007) • Rio (Universal Classics & Jazz, 2008) • At the End of the Day (Bam Bam, 2010) • Till Bronner (Bam Bam, 2012) • The Movie Album (Verve, 2014) • The Good Life (Sony Masterworks, 2016) • Nightfall (Sony Masterworks, 2018) (with Dieter Ilg) • On Vacation (Sony Music Entertainment, 2020) (with Bob James) • Christmas (Sony Music Entertainment, 2021) • Italia (earMusic/Edel, 2025)
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1360224343, Midnight (Zusammenstellung, Till Brönner).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q386267: Till Brönner
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Till Brönner
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- 1.DPA. Musik: Till Brönner wird Professor in Dresden. Focus Online. 2009-03-26.
- 2.Till Brönner: Melting Pott (Katalog zur Ausstellung im Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, 2019), ISBN 978-3-86832-538-6.
- 3.Peter Kümmel: Das Fest. In: Die Zeit. Nr. 20/2016 (zeit.de [4. Mai 2016, abgerufen am 18. November 2019]).
- 4.(dpa). Ausstellung „Heimweh“. broststiftung.ruhr.
- 5.Till Brönner. Zur Lage. 2020-10-27.
- 6.Ulrich Habersetzer. Till Brönner zum Kultur-Lockdown: „Ich bin stinksauer“. BR-Klassik. 2020-11-02.
- 7.Till Brönner: Kritik an #allesdichtmachen hat erschreckendes Ausmaß angenommen. Berliner Zeitung. 2021-05-05.
- 8.Potsdamer Neue Nachrichten. „Musik ist ein Werkzeug, um sich zu besinnen“: Interview Till Brönner.
- 9.(dpa). „As Time Goes By“: Till Brönner spielt Filmmusik. Berliner Zeitung. 2014-09-29.
- 10.freundin.de: Brönner Bossa Nova. (Interview).
- 11.Till Brönner wird zum zweiten Mal Papa auf promiflash.de, abgerufen am 30. Juni 2021
- 12.Asmita Khullar. TILL BRÖNNER.
- 13.Villa Massimo Till Brönner. villamassimo.de.
- 14.. In: mister-ms.de, abgerufen am 18. November 2019.
- 15.Verleihung des Landesverdienstordens. 2019-05-14.
- 16.Sabrina Pfeiffer. Till Brönner – Ein Portrait. 2018.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1360224343, Midnight (Zusammenstellung, Till Brönner).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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