Nils Wogram

Touch or impress - that is the question here. And it's the only question that is based on "Things We Like To Hear", the fifth album of Nils Wograms trio Nostalgia. Trombonist Nils Wogram, drummer Dejan Tersi? and organist Arno Krijger make it easy for the listener. With a binding dub melody, they start relaxed into an album whose the lightness they have adopted in the following eight songs. Wogram has shown often enough that he knows how to implement complex ideas, but now he's taking a new path. He lets himself fall into the music, enjoys the moment, feels comfortable with what he is doing, without losing sight of his surroundings.

Aki Takase releases the second album with her commanding band, Japanic. On Forte, the leading figure of European improvisational jazz once again demonstrates her energetic, radiating nature, joined by her distinguished bandmates – Daniel Erdmann, Dag Magnus Narvesen, Carlos Bica and DJ Illvibe –, and two guest artists, Alexander von Schlippenbach and Nils Wogram.

A lustrous double album showcasing just why Jasper Blom is one of the Netherlands' most prominent, forward-thinking saxophonist-composers in contemporary jazz. 'Polyphony' documents two sold-out live concerts from his quartet at Amsterdam's BIMHUIS in collaboration with two special solo artists - trumpeter Bert Joris and trombonist Nils Wogram.

The opening piece "I believe in you" makes it clear that the arrangement also includes a good portion of jazz rock. And that starts with the first bar, with and without strong brass section. As it rumbles and gargles it, there goes in the truest sense of the word from the post office. There you can hear hisses and sizzles; a broad sound geyser seems to be discharging. Sonores penetrates the ear of the listener and also the sound of classic cars of the skies, thanks to Nils Wogram. However, the trombone played by Wogram, with all its turbulences, also dissolves from the existing sound melee and unites with the keyboard in a "nebulous sound flow". And then, yes, then one hears a wild roar, as if a discharge, which is replaced by soft, but also overturning sound waves. In addition to Nils Wogram, Sven Decker with his tenor saxophone is very much involved in these. He brings us a ball of sound that occupies the entire musical space.

A lustrous double album showcasing just why Jasper Blom is one of the Netherlands most prominent, forward-thinking saxophonist-composers in contemporary jazz. Polyphony documents two sold-out live concerts from his quartet at Amsterdams BIMHUIS in collaboration with two special solo artists - trumpeter Bert Joris and trombonist Nils Wogram.

One of Europe’s finest jazz guitarists, Zurich-based Max Frankl combines superb phrasing, clean articulation, fleet-fingered flowing lines and thoughtful, harmonically rich compositions on 72 Orchard Street, his eighth recording as a leader and most compelling to date.

Acclaimed bassist/cellist/composer Henning Sieverts once again unites Symmethree, a trio of elite international jazz musicians, in a beautifully balanced flight of musical exploration. Stereo extoled Symmethree’s first Pirouet CD as “…a mosaic of refined beauty”, Step Tempest marveled, “this music swings with a vengeance”.

Born in Germany and raised (among other places) in Windhoek (Namibia), piano player Anke Helfrich was bound for an international career. After jazz studies in Hilversum (Netherlands) and New York, she has performed in many countries such as Turkey, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, the United States, Lithuania, Malaysia and Switzerland. Inspired by jazz greats like Thelonious Monk, Les McCann or Herbie Hancock (and sometimes even called "the blond Monk"), Anke Helfrich makes good use of the groovy and powerful tradition of Afro-American jazz piano while developing her personal ideas and style. "When Anke Helfrich lays her hands on the keys", German Jazz Podium wrote, "the jazz fan knows what to expect: a tremendously swinging music with contemporary ingredients. Jazz that is pure fun."

Frederik Köster (dob 14.10.1977) graduated in music teaching in Detmold, further in jazz trumpet and jazz composition/arranging in Cologne.