Nils Wogram, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nils Wogram

German jazz trombonist

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1972

Place of Birth: Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany

Profession: bandleader, university teacher, jazz musician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Nils Wogram

  • Nils Wogram (born November 7, 1972 in Braunschweig, Germany) is a jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader.
  • He counts as one of the most important jazz musicians in Europe.
  • He began classical study at the age of fifteen.
  • He was a member in the National German Youth Big Band, participated in classical competitions and formed his own bands at the age of 16.
  • In 1992 he received a scholarship for the New School of New York City and stayed until 1994.
  • During this time he released his debut album "New York Conversations" (1994) with his own Nils Wogram Quintett.
  • Since then he has released more than 20 albums as a bandleader.
  • In 1999 he graduated from Cologne University.
  • In 2010 he started his own record label nwog-records.
  • Nils Wogram's bands play exclusively his own music, and other ensembles commission pieces by him.
  • He currently lives in Zürich and teaches at the conservatory in Lucerne in Switzerland. Besides his own Bands (see working bands) Nils Wogram was involved with other band projects.
  • From 1994 to 2006 he played in the German Jazz Quintet Underkarl of double bass player Sebastian Gramss and was a member of the German Jazz-Rap Band Jazzkantine for several years.
  • Nils Wogram played with Kenny Werner, Rudi Mahall, Eugene Chadbourne and today plays with the Aki Takase Quintet. Nils Wogram's music is highly rooted in the jazz tradition.
  • Nevertheless, he tries to find new ways to expand this language by using chordal, formal, melodic and rhythmic material originally coming from other musical genres than jazz.
  • Nils is a big fan of real bands with a unique ensemble sound.
  • Most of his ensembles have existed for a long time.
  • He believes that the best music in history was played by working bands.
  • In that sense, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis are his role models as a band leader.

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