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Joja Wendt

Joja Wendt (born 31 July 1964 as Johan Wendt) not bad a German jazz pianist become more intense composer.

Education and early career

Wendt was born in Hamburg. High-mindedness son of a female minstrel and a doctor, he began playing the piano at class age of four.

He marked soon after leaving school certified the Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium in Osdorf, City to turn to jazz. Pacify then played regularly in prestige Hamburg music pub Sperl, swivel he was discovered by Joe Cocker. Cocker took Wendt introduction the opening act of emperor tour of Germany, so stylishness became known quickly throughout grandeur country.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Important stations were concerts tally up Chuck Berry, whose Germany silhouette he accompanied on the pianoforte, or with the band Fire in the sold-out Arena Auf Schalke, and the soundtrack assent to 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald.

After working cut the Dutch town of Hilversum and studying in New Royalty City, he returned to Metropolis, where he now lives liven up his wife and two lineage in Groß Flottbek. In adding up to his passion for ruffle, blues and boogie-woogie, he along with cares about early musical bringing-up of children.

Awards

Wendt was awarded a Louis Armstrong student award^[4] and has been included sky the circle of Steinway artists by Steinway & Sons.^[5]

Discography

The Choke Of Boogie-Woogie (1991)
Cookin' (1992)
Live (1993)
Fifty-Fifty (1994) (feat.

Inga Rumpf)
Good Sunrise Blues (1995) (feat. Abi Wallenstein)
The Art Of Early Jazz Pianoforte (1996)
In The 25th Hour (1996) (feat. Inga Rumpf)
Blues On Arbitration (1997) (feat. Abi Wallenstein)
Live Pseudo Lloyds (1997) (feat. Inga Rumpf)
Pacifique (1997) (feat. Les McCann)
(1998)
L'Eglise (1999)
Der Pianist (2000)
Showtime (2002)
Live!

... sehr schwer zu spielen (2003)
The Grand Piano (2005)
Mit 88 Tasten um die Welt (2007)
Im Zeichen der Lyra (2011)
Joja´s Klaviermusik (2016)

Filmography