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Marc Brenken
In 2006 his debut CD "Eight Short Stories" was released. Marc composed the music for this album.
2009 a trio album, "It Could Happen to You", followed, featuring Alex Morsey on double-bass and Marcus Rieck on drums. The album was recorded at the renowned "Fattoria Musica" in Osnabruck, Germany.
In 2012 he released his third album: "Starting Our Journey" with the Marc Brenken - Jean-Yves Braun Quartet, featuring original compositons of guitarist Jean-Yves Braun and of his own.
Concert tours have taken him a. o. to Romania, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Lebanon and Mongolia. Furthermore he is also featured on CD releases of the Literaturkommission für Westfalen (jazz & poetry projects - "Live auf dem Kulturgut").
Awards
2010 the Marc Brenken Trio was semi-finalist of the "Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis" (New German Jazz Award), Mannheim. In December 2011 the Marc Brenken - Christian Kappe Quartet was voted the winner of the "First Jazz Prize Ruhr" by the audience at domicil, Dortmund.
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Take Five With Marc Brenken
by AAJ Staff
Meet Marc Brenken:Marc Brenken (born June 17th, 1973) started to play piano at the age of eight and has constantly been developing his own musical language since his studies at the Folkwang Academy of music in Essen, Germany.
In 2006 his debut cd eight short stories (with his quartet featuring trumpeter Christian Kappe) was released. Marc composed the music for this album.
Now, in 2009, a new trio album, It Could Happen to You, is released, featuring Alex ...
read moreMarc Brenken Trio Release "It Could Happen to You"
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Michael Ricci
Marc Brenken – piano, composition Alex Morsey – double-bass Marcus Rieck – drums
Marc Brenken’s musical world is rife with suprise. In his new album It Could Happen to You;, together with bassist Alexander Morsey and drummer Marcus Rieck, the pianist tells everyday stories that are all but mundane: With ants in his pants he bashes the listener “Raus ausm Bett” [out of his bed], just to join us on a bicycle ride through ...
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"true jazz, rooted in the tradition without quoting it unconsidered (...) an exciting musical journey that offers quite a few discoveries" (Jazzpodium)
"fabulous piano magic" (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung)
Primary Instrument
Piano
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
ear training, improvising, composing, learning to play any tune by heart, harmony / voicings, phrasing, expression, creativity
Clinic/Workshop Information
listening to each other in a band, practicing group improvisation, finding new ways to arrange standards and other compositions
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Music
Durch den Regen fahren (Riding Through the Rain)
From: It Could Happen to YouBy Marc Brenken