Westwind Olivia Trummer Trio

• 1 Es geht los 06:22
• 2 Westwind 07:36
• 3 ICE 06:57
• 4 Sternklar war die Nacht 07:15
• 5 Mit Mozaertlichkeit 08:55
• 6 Dein Brief 06:44
• 7 Windgetragen 06:21
• 8 Tagtraum 08:06
• Total Runtime 58:16

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Olivia Trummer confirms with her second album her great talent. All songs are her own compositions and original material. Their music has matured and virtuosity, but without sacrificing quality and catchiness. Olivia Trummer remains true to her style refreshing lightness. For this purpose, undoubtedly contributes to the new lineup of the trio: In addition to Joel Locher on always-warm and woody double bass virtuoso emerged Bodek Janke, with its variety of sounds on drums and percussion, the music in a new light. As a special guest for this second album she has the young Matthias Schriefl on trumpet and flugelhorn invited. Schriefl underlines the quality of her original compositions with his trumpet, which will appeal to jazz fans of the older generation. Olivia Trummer at the piano proves size by always leaving room for their congenial players and the moments when she steps into the spotlight, to the full development of their phonetic poetry uses.

This quartet understands this excellent, the quiet tracks 'Daydream' and 'Starry Night was' as exciting as the scene to put in far more playful and lively 'ICE'. With the title track, 'Westwind' is reminiscent of the modern jazz of the 60s.

As a special guest for this second album she has the young Matthias Schriefl on trumpet and flugelhorn invited. Olivia Trummer Schriefl interprets compositions with distinctive originality.

Olivia Trummer, Piano
Matthias Schriefl, Trumpet, Flügelhorn
Joel Locher, Bass


Award German Vinyl 3/2008
Stereoplay CD of the Monat March

Olivia Trummer (* 1985 in Stuttgart) is a German pianist, vocalist and composer. She is known for her unusual musical versatility,performing a repertoire out of original compositions and songs, classical piano music, improvisation and jazz. Therefor, she has been invited to perform at top-class concert halls like the Carnegie Hall (NYC), Schloss Elmau (Germany) or at the 'Schlossfestspiele' festival in Ludwigsburg (Germany). In the press she is celebrated as a sensational musical talent: 'The future belongs to Olivia Trummer' (Jazzpodium, 2010), 'Doubtlessly, Olivia Trummer has the potential to become a star' (Mannheimer Morgen, 2010), 'Young, gifted & deutsch' (jazzthing 2006).

Olivia Trummer has been awarded with many prizes as a classical pianist as well as a jazz pianist: She is a five-time national prize-winner at 'Jugend musiziert', scholar of the Art Foundation of Baden-Württemberg 2010, winner of the Bruno-Frey-music award 2010, 2nd prize winner of the International Piano Competition Palma D'Oro/Italy 2008, scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service just to name a few.

Olivia has received invitations to play at jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia) and abroad (New York City, Saudi-Arabia). Moreover, she was featured by the German Television (ARD) in December 2010 playing and singing her own arrangements of German advent songs with her jazz trio and two choirs.

She has been studying classical piano as well as jazz piano at the University of Music in Stuttgart where she graduated both 'with distinction'. Additionally, she spent an intense and exciting year of studying Jazz Piano at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

As a bandleader, she has released three CDs and one LP with original compositions and songs throughout. Her second Album 'Westwind' has been awarded with the German Record Critics' Award (Quarterly Critics' Choice 3/2008). Her discography as a bandleader includes 'Nach Norden' (2006), 'Westwind' (2008) and 'Nobody knows' (2010) and will be extended with another album in October 2011: 'Poesiealbum'.

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