Till Brönner

Till Brönner is a German jazz trumpeter, flügelhorn player, singer, composer, producer, and photographer. Born on May 6, 1971, in Viersen, West Germany, he went on to build a multifaceted career in music and the arts.

From 1989 to 1991, Brönner was a member of the Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass. At twenty years old, he became the solo trumpeter of the RIAS Big Band Berlin, performing under directors Horst Jankowski and later Jiggs Whigham.

Brönner released his debut album, Generations of Jazz, in 1993 alongside Ray Brown and Jeff Hamilton. He later made his vocal debut with the 1998 Verve release, Love.

His 2004 album, That Summer, reached No. 16 on the German pop chart, establishing him as the bestselling jazz musician in Germany's history. His subsequent projects were produced by Larry Klein, including the 2006 album Oceana, which featured guest vocalists Carla Bruni, Madeleine Peyroux, and Luciana Souza. In 2009, he released Rio, a tribute to bossa nova and Brazilian music that featured artists such as Kurt Elling, Melody Gardot, Sergio Mendes, Milton Nascimento, and Luciana Souza.

In addition to his studio albums, Brönner has composed music for film and documentaries. He wrote the score for Jazz Seen, a documentary focusing on photographer William Claxton, as well as the soundtrack for Höllentour, a movie about the Tour de France bicycle race.

Brönner recorded The Movie Album in Los Angeles with producer Chuck Loeb in 2014, featuring cover versions of film songs spanning from old classics to contemporary tracks. In 2016, he made his Sony Masterworks debut with The Good Life, a swinging collection of standards and original tracks produced by Ruud Jacobs. In 2018, he collaborated with German bassist Dieter Ilg on the duo album Nightfall, his second release with Sony, which earned him a platinum record.