Updating jazz by fusing it with modern forms of R&B, pop and hip-hop is what
established trumpeter Till Brönner as the most famous German jazz musician of
his generation.
Born in Viersen in what was then West Germany in 1971, he first fell in love
with jazz after discovering the music of Charlie Parker in his early teens. He
went on to study jazz trumpet in Cologne and first started playing
professionally with pianist Horst Jankowski in his RIAS orchestra and went on to
release his debut solo album 'Generations of Jazz' in 1994, updating bebop music
with guest appearances by...