Grünen

wurde 1962 in Aachen geboren und wuchs in einem musikalischen Elternhaus auf. Er begann sich ab seinem fünfzehnten Lebensjahr autodidaktisch mit dem Klavierspiel zu beschäftigen; in die Zeit fielen auch erste Kompositionsversuche. Später studierte er in Dortmund und Köln; es folgten Studien bei Dave Holland, Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis und Steve Coleman in Banff (Kanada) und bei Steve Lacy in Paris. Von 1984 bis 1996 lebte Achim Kaufmann in Köln, von 1996 bis 2009 in Amsterdam und seit Ende 2009 in Berlin. In seiner Amsterdamer Zeit begann er, vor allem mit eigenen Gruppen zu arbeiten: double exposure und gueuledeloup quartet mit Michael Moore, John Hollenbeck und John Schröder bzw Henning Sieverts trio kamosc mit Michael Moore und Dylan van der Schyff; Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode (improvisierte Kammermusik) trio kyrill mit Jim Black und Valdi Kolli Weitere wichtige Projekte waren Borderline: an audiodrama (Text von Gabriele Guenther) und Faserungen – Frays and Breaks für das kanadische Kammerensemble Standing Wave. .. Discographie/Erscheinungsjahr weave (jazz4ever) – Trio mit Jochen Rückert, Ingmar Heller 1998 double exposure (Leo Records) – Moore, Schröder, Hollenbeck 2000 gueuledeloup (Red Toucan) – Moore, Sieverts, Hollenbeck 2002 kwast (Konnex) – Achim Kaufmann/Frank Gratkowski/Wilbert de Joode 2003 knives (Leo Records) – solo piano 2004 unearth (nuscope) – Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode 2005 kamosc (Red Toucan) – Michael Moore, Dylan van der Schyff, Wolter Wierbos 2006 palaë (Leo Records) – Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode 2007 kyrill (Pirouet) – Jim Black, Valdi Kolli 2008 starmelodics (nuscope) – Mark Dresser, Harris Eisenstadt 2008 grünen (Clean Feed) – Christian Lillinger, Robert Landfermann erscheint 2010 .. Achim Kaufmann ist auch zu hören auf CDs von Dylan van der Schyff, Maartje ten Hoorn (Playstation 6), Joost Buis (Astronotes), Henning Sieverts (Symmetry), Manfred Bründl (Silent Bass, BassLab), Peter Bolte, Paul Heller, Bob Brookmeyer, Yuri Honing, Wolfgang Engstfeld und anderen. Ausserdem spielte er zusammen mit Thomas Heberer, Han Bennink, Paul Lovens, Tobias Delius, Mark Helias, Johannes Bauer, Simon Nabatov, Steve Swallow, Chris Speed, Al Foster, Adam Nussbaum, Matthias Schubert, George Lewis, Tomász Stanko, Lê Quan Ninh, Gerry Hemingway, Okkyung Lee, Lori Freedman, Peggy Lee (cello), Ab Baars, Hasse Poulsen, David Stackenäs, Paul Rutherford, Clayton Thomas, Gino Robair, Tristan Honsinger, Nils Wogram, Hayden Chisholm, Bill Elgart, Gerd Dudek und zahlreichen anderen.

ROBERT LANDFERMANN bass

was born 1982 in Oberwinter near Bonn. At the age of 7 he began playing classical guitar moved to e-bass and finally to the doublebass. Soon he made various musical experiences. Now he studies Jazz-doublebass in Cologne with Dieter Manderscheid, got lessons on various masterclasses with Mark Dresser, Mike Richmond, Ingmar Heller, Martin Wind, Gunnar Plümer, John Hollenbeck, Peter Herbolzheimer, Hiram Bullock, Phil Woods, John Ruocco a.o. and played along with a great number of international Jazzmusicians like Charlie Mariano, Markus Stockhausen, Joachim Kühn, Simon Nabatov, Rudi Mahall, John Taylor, Claudio Puntin, Axel Dörner, Jiggs Wigham, John Schröder, Rhani Krija, Paul Heller... Concerttours took him to about 30 countries on all the five continents; he played on several well-known Jazzfestivals: North-Sea-festival, JazzNow Sydney, Moers Jazzfestival, Duketown festival s'Hertogenbosch, JazzNoJazz Zürich, Casa del Jazz Rom, Salzau Jazz-Baltica, Jazzfestival Burghausen, Leverkusener Jazztage, Jazzrallye Düsseldorf, Traumzeit Festival, Gnaua festival Essauira u.a. As a member of the german jazzscene he released a number of recordings on Lables like: ACT, Enja, DoubleMoon, Frantic Loops Records, CMO, Traumton, Blue Concept... In 2008 he was chosen as the german member of the EBU European Jazz Orchestra.

CHRISTIAN LILLINGER drums

Born on April 21st 1984 in Lübben, he started playing drums at the age of 13 and was tutored by Günther “Baby” Sommer in Dresden from 2000 to 2004. From 2001 to 2003 he was a member of “Bujazzo” under the direction of Peter Herbholzheimer. In 2000 he won the International Improvisation Contest in Leipzig. Since 2002 he’s been collaborating intensively with HYPERACTIVE KID. In 2008 he formed his own band GRUND, which in September 2009 on the label Clean appeared. 2009 co-founder of the band GRÜNEN, which appears in September 2010 on the Clean Feed label. 2010 Concerts and cooperation in the band by John Tchicai with Christopher Dell and Jonas Westergaard, which appears in December 2010 on the label Jazzerkstatt. He performed in concerts and at festivals in Italy (Vincenza Jazzfestival), Poland, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark (Copenhagen Jazzfestival), Netherlands, (Doek Festival), Portugal, Croatia, Belgium, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary and France (Jazzfestival Reims), Philippines. He played with a.o. Joachim Kühn, Gerd Dudek, Mederic Collingnon, Claudio Puntin, Gunther Hampel, Rudi Mahall, John Schröder, Christopher Dell, Jonas Westergaard, Daniel Erdmann, Hendrik Walsdorff, Gebhard Uhllmann, Ernst Ludwig Petrowski, Urs Leimgruber, Günther “Baby” Sommer, Achim Kaufmann, Manfred Schoof, Claudio Puntin, Simon Nabatov, Tobias Delius, Frank Gratkowski, Axel Dörner, Barre Phillips, Alexander von Schlippenbach, David Liebmann, Leo Smith, John Tchicai, Wilbert De Joode.Moreover, he also works as a soloist and is a member of a.o. the Joachim Kühn Trio, Rolf Kühn TriO, Gschößls 4er Gruppe und G9, E und U Mann, Ember, Duo Sommer and Duo Lillinger, Schmittmenge Meier, Wanja Slavin Quartet and Sextet, Die Anreicherung , Henrik Walsdorff Trio and Ronny Graupes Spoom. Lillinger is living in Berlin since 2003 working as a musician and composer.