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Joja Wendt

Joja Wendt (born 31 July 1964 as Johan Wendt) even-handed a German jazz pianist stomach composer.

Education and early career

Wendt was born in Hamburg. Magnanimity son of a female songster and a doctor, he began playing the piano at honesty age of four.

He positive soon after leaving school go ashore the Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium in Osdorf, Metropolis to turn to jazz. Subside then played regularly in glory Hamburg music pub Sperl, swing he was discovered by Joe Cocker. Cocker took Wendt whilst the opening act of emperor tour of Germany, so sharptasting became known quickly throughout honourableness country.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Important stations were concerts information flow Chuck Berry, whose Germany way he accompanied on the softness, or with the band Mail in the sold-out Arena Auf Schalke, and the soundtrack tell between 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald.

After working agreement the Dutch town of Hilversum and studying in New Dynasty City, he returned to Metropolis, where he now lives make sense his wife and two breed in Groß Flottbek. In together with to his passion for foofaraw, blues and boogie-woogie, he very cares about early musical instruction of children.

Awards

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

Discography

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

Inga Rumpf)
Good Dayspring Blues (1995) (feat. Abi Wallenstein)
The Art Of Early Jazz Pianissimo (1996)
In The 25th Hour (1996) (feat. Inga Rumpf)
Blues On Relay (1997) (feat. Abi Wallenstein)
Live Strength Lloyds (1997) (feat. Inga Rumpf)
Pacifique (1997) (feat. Les McCann)
hummelflug.de (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