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Trumpeters · b. 1947

Franz Koglmann

Austrian jazz trumpeter and composer

Born: 22 May 1947
Vienna
Country: Austria
Discography: 18 albums

Biography

Franz Koglmann is a jazz musician who plays trumpet. Franz Koglmann was born on 22 May 1947 in Vienna. The music is usually filed under jazz. The discography here lists 18 albums, from “Flaps” (1973) to “G(ood)luck” (2015). Honours include City of Vienna Prize for Music (2001).

Franz Koglmann (born 22 May 1947) is an Austrian jazz composer. He performs on both the trumpet and flugelhorn in most often in avant-garde jazz and third stream. Koglmann has performed or recorded with Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, Bill Dixon, Georg Gräwe, Andrea Centazzo, Theo Jörgensmann, Wolfgang Reisinger, Enrico Rava, Yitzhak Yedid, Ran Blake, and John Lindberg; together with the bassist Peter Herbert he has often musically accompanied works of the Austrian artist Heidi Harsieber. When the Romanian town of Sibiu commissioned Koglmann to write a piece, he brought together bits from Haydn's 27th symphony with a tape recording of Sibiu native Emil Cioran philosophisizing. In 2003, he received the highest Austrian jazz award, the Hans Koller Prize, in the category Album of the Year.

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