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Benedikt Jahnel

Benedikt Jahnel (28.05.1980) (piano/composition)

Benedikt grew up in Geretsried near Munich Germany. 2000: Move to Berlin Germany. 2005: Diploma at the University for the Arts in Berlin. 2005: Move to New York USA. 2007: Masters of Art degree at City College New York 2007: Move back to Berlin

Some Teachers: John Taylor, Richie Beirach, John Patitucci, Garry Dial, Rob Madna, Kenny Werner, Samir Chatterjee, Jean-Michel Pilc, David DelTredici, David Friedman, Peter Weniger, Hubert Nuss ...

Awards: 2000 “International Jazz-Competition Usti Nad Laben” (CZ): 1. Preis, Beste Band 2001 “Internationaler Jazzpreis Biberach”: 1. Preis, Beste Band 2001 “New Generation”, Internationaler Jazzpreis Straubing: 1. Preis, Beste Band 2002 “Jugend Jazzt”, Bayern: 1. Preis, Beste Band 2002 “Jugend Jazzt”, Deutschland: 1. Preis, Beste Band 2003 “Jazz Award Tübingen“: 1. Preis, Beste Band 2004 “Möbus Award”, Berlin: 1. Preis, Beste Band 2006 “Brunswick Award for Composition“, New York: 1. Preis

Scholarships: 2004 „Kommandantenhaus auf dem Dilsberg“, dreimonatiges Künstlerstipendium 2005 Jahresstipendium des DAAD für New York 2006 Jahresstipendium des DAAD für New York

Benedikt has toured in more than 25 different countries:

Awards

list of scholarships, awards and competitions 2003 “Young Jazz Award Tübingen”: 1. Price for best band (max.bab) 2002 “Jugend Jazzt”, Bayern: 1. Price for best band (max.bab) 2002 “Jugend Jazzt”, Deutschland : 1. Price for best band (max.bab) 2001 “Internationaler Jazzpreis Biberach”: 1. Price for best band (max.bab) 2000 “International Jazz-Competition Usti Nad Laben” (Tschechien): 1. Price for best band (max.bab) 2001 “New Generation”, Internationaler Jazzpreis Straubing: 1. Price for best band (cyminology) 2004 “Möbus Award”, Berlin: 1. Price for best band (cyminology) 2006 “Brunswick Award for Composition“, New York: 1. Price 2004 composition & arrangement for Pophorn Bigband (Finnland) (conducted by V. Halkosalmet) 2004 composition & arrangement for Jazzquartett and Stringorchestra (conducted by B. Jahnel) 2003 composition & arrangement for Metropol Orchestra (Holland) (conducted by John Clayton) 2004 “Three Month Artist-Scholarship” sponsored by the city of Heidelberg (Germany) 2005 recieved a scholarship for the US by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the year 2005/2006 2006 recieved a scholarship for the US by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the year 2006/2007


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Album Review

Benedikt Jahnel Trio: The Invariant

Read "The Invariant" reviewed by David Rocheleau-Houle


The Invariant is the third album from the Benedikt Jahnel Trio and its second album on ECM Records. The Invariant follows Modular Concepts, released in 2008 on Material Records, and Equilibrium, released in 2012 on ECM. The trio remains intact with German pianist Benedikt Jahnel, Spanish double bassist Antonio Miguel, and Canadian drummer Owen Howard. Two features of the The Invariant are striking and shape the entire album. The first is the quality of the musical conservation the ...

Album Review

Benedikt Jahnel Trio: The Invariant

Read "The Invariant" reviewed by Niccolò Lucarelli


Il jazz di scuola europea si caratterizza per una maggior vicinanza alla musica classica e per certe atmosfere placide e riflessive, dove la melodia sembra attaccarsi alla pelle dell'ascoltatore come vento del deserto, e aprire una finestra sull'indagine della propria interiorità. Non fa eccezione The Invariant, ultima fatica del pianista tedesco Benedikt Jahnel, autore degli otto brani eseguiti in trio con il contrabbassista Antonio Miguel e il batterista Owen Howard; l'apparente scarnità della formazione è invece il punto di partenza ...

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Benedikt Jahnel Trio: The Invariant

Read "The Invariant" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Sometimes there's no substitute for experience, as demonstrated by this trio as it celebrates its tenth anniversary as a working unit. Last heard on Equilibrium (ECM, 2012), it's an international group that met through a series of lucky coincidences: Berlin-based pianist/composer Benedikt Jahnel is joined by Spanish bassist Antonio Miguel and Canadian drummer Owen Howard. Jahnel has also appeared on ECM as a member of Cyminology, a jazz group with culturally and ethnically diverse influences which primarily performs with Persian ...

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Benedikt Jahnel Trio: The Invariant

Read "The Invariant" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


The Invariant, as in a “constant," is a fitting title for Benedikt Jahnel Trio who have recorded as a unit since their debut Modular Concepts (Material label, 2008) and later moving on to the ECM label with Equilibrium (2012). Jahnel, a musician and mathematician in Berlin, has a deep appreciation for complex similarities between the two disciplines and he reveals an ability to peel away the superficial elements to tinker with the inner workings of the music.Canadian native--now ...

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Benedikt Jahnel: Equilibrium

Read "Equilibrium" reviewed by John Kelman


He may be better known internationally to ECM fans for his participation in the pan-cultural Cyminology, but German pianist Benedikt Jahnel has been devoting just as much attention to his multinational trio featuring Spanish bassist Antonio Miguel and American drummer Owen Howard. Releasing the trio's debut in 2008 on Viennese guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel's Material Records imprint, Jahnel's work with Max.Bab has rendered superficial comparisons to Esbjörn Svensson, but if the world is looking for someone to pick up the mantle ...

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Benedikt Jahnel Trio in New York

Benedikt Jahnel Trio in New York

Source: Michael Ricci

Benedikt Jahnels Modular Concepts shines with crystal clarity and pure unsentimental emotion, from the first tone the music presents itself in such a natural way that one never questions but simply enjoys and follows along with it.

Jahnel is a virtuoso whose harmonies and rhythmically ingenious playing radiate both intensity and transparency. First and foremost he mediates, (via this first trio recording) as a musical architect with a sharp focus on proportions.

The modular building of his compositions gives the ...

Benedikt Jahnel’s ‘Modular Concepts’ shines with crystal clarity and pure unsentimental emotion, from the first tone the music presents itself I such a natural way that one never questions but simply enjoys and follows along with it. Jahnel is a virtuoso whose harmonies and rhythmically ingenious play radiate both intensity and transparency. First and foremost he mediates, (via this first trio recording) as a musical architect with a sharp focus on proportions. The modular building of his compositions gives the album an overall color and unifies the content. It deals with long movements, carefully defined by the composer that develop from heir basic components, which then combine … and recombine. Two outstanding musicians, who he met during his studies in Berlin and New York, accompany Jahnel on this recording: drummer Owen Howard and bass player Antonio Miguel. Together they form a piano trio that travels in new ways far beyond clichés into a luminous space of musical freedom. (Wolfgang Muthspiel) Juli 2008

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Invariant

ECM Records
2017

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Equilibrium

JazzMa Records
2013

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Equilibrium

ECM Records
2012

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Saburi

JazzMa Records
2011

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Modular Concepts

Art Flo Productions
2009

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As Ney

ECM Records
2009

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