"Fortunately, Jazz is a musical style that allows musicians to grow their whole lifetime."
Nils Wogram (born 1972 in Braunschweig, Germany) started playing the trombone at the age of 15. He started classical and jazz trombone simultaneously. 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. From 1992 to 1994 he studied in New York City and continued at Cologne university until 1999 when he graduated. Since then Nils has relased 33 albums as a bandleader.
Nils Wogram counts as one of the most important jazz musicians in Europe. He appears on many important festivals and tours worldwide with his own bands and as a featured soloist. He is mainly known for his highly virtuous trombone playing, his very original compositions and as a band leader of long-term working bands with a unique ensemble sound. In 2010, he started his own record label nwog-records on which he releases his albums. Nils Wogram`s bands play exclusively his own music and other ensembles commission pieces by him.
https://nwogrecords.bandcamp.com/music/
I’d like to mention a few contemporary German musicians that I really love. I can name Paul Heller, Matthias Nadolny, Florian Weber, Markus Stockhausen, John Schroeder, Pablo Held, Till Brönner…
Glauco Venier moved his first steps as a musician within classical and rock music. After getting his degree at the conservatory and specializing in the US, he started his intense artistic career. He worked together with some of the most valuable jazz musicians, performing in successful concerts all over the world. Together with Norma Winstone he recorded three CDs for ECM label, getting a nomination to the Grammy Awards. He played with her in some of the most prestigious theatres of the world and took part in some of the most important festivals, like the London Jazz Festival. He recorded for Universal and Schott labels and for Rai, Orf and BBC, WDR Glauco Venier currently teaches at the conservatory in Udine.