The facts and figures of the career of Till Bronner are impressive: A Prize of the German Record Critics already for debut 20 years ago, various echo Trophies and Jazz Awards, Grammy nomination, since the breakthrough with “Blue Eyed Soul “(2002) regular placement in the album charts, talented photographer to boot.
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Now the man just 45, is considered best German jazz trumpeter is received by US President Barack Obama to make music at the White house – and would like to continue his winning streak
What could work better than songs that were once “the Voice” singing -. the great Frank Sinatra. That does Till Bronner on his new album “The Good Life”, as one would expect from him, stylish, charming, casual – and for some almost too effortlessly
Its bright, cheerful voice sounds in. the many decades old songs like “Come Dance With Me” or “In the Wee Small hours of the Morning” Although quite different from that of the often so melancholy baritone crooner Sinatra. But because waive the arrangements with piano, bass, drums and guitar on modernism altogether and put a fluffy carpet of sound for Brönner smart song and its sensual trumpets sound, the 13 tracks are from the well-kept bar-jazz of the 50s and 60s not so far removed
Bronner came on Sinatra in the search for an overarching theme for his new record -. after the film music of “the movie album” (2014) and the Samba Jazz of “Rio” (2008) should again a recurring theme here. The repertoire of the 1998 deceased jazz ballad singer was “a bottomless pit”, who lives in Berlin and Los Angeles native Rhinelander says in an interview with the German Press Agency. His producer Ruud Jacobs brought him eventually to the idea of getting some games to try on these legendary songs.
“But I did not want to sing so much actually. Jacobs is a good judge, he gave me quickly taken fear, “says Bronner. Finally, they had not even popular songs such as “New York New York” was added, which are closely linked to the old masters – “but songs that many still do not necessarily know of Sinatra”. Besides for Bronner unusually numerous vocal pieces are on “The Good Life” an instrumental Gershwin classics ( “I Loves You, Porgy”) and two original songs heard. They fit seamlessly into a tasteful smooth jazz album a.
That Bronner is an artist who not only has success with critics and jazz purists in view, has often been reproached to him. The harshest was the headwind, as was nearly 40-year-old in 2010 together with Sarah Connor juror of the talent show “X Factor” at that time. The additional celebrity is but passed so quickly as they came, says the sympathetic ironic musician. Yet while some jazz connoisseurs remained the fear hanging that Bronner could unterfordern permanently with his weakness for Popular
The father of an infant son keeps winking against:. “For my red album of 2012, there was praise from all directions – but that was my worst selling album I’m sure the right people trust me, once more to make such an album with high risk -.. because I course itself also zutraue me ” In addition is a symbiosis of pop and jazz for him no harm “. Singer-songwriters such as Joni Mitchell closes the Jazz with a long and jazz is no longer the music that breaks laws,” he says in dpa . interview
Bronner defended so relaxed its crossover quote: “If today a jazz musician feels in my generation under pressure to turn everything upside down, then he has a big problem and. actually for 20 years – the new John Coltrane has simply not been born. ” Him doing this development “as a musician loose”. she was healthier, given the drug problems of many jazz geniuses of the past forever. And the invitation of Obama as “Jazz Day 2016″ in April – the only German among so many world stars – are Till Bronner right
Tourneedaten Till Bronner in November / December: 1:11.. Zurich – Kongresshaus, 06:11. Dortmund – Konzerthaus, 08:11. Darmstadt – Staatstheater, 11:11. Erfurt – Alte Oper, 13:11. Magdeburg – Opera, 14:11. Hamburg Laeiszhalle, 20.11. Bielefeld – City Hall, 29.11. Ravensburg – Konzerthaus, 30.11. Cologne – Philharmonie, 03:12. Baden-Baden – Festspielhaus, 04:12. Leipzig – Gewandhaus
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