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Andreas Hertel

Andreas Hertel is a German jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and piano teacher. Since the early 90ies he has been active on the German jazz scene.
He published 10 CDs with mainly original compositions in solo, trio, and quintet settings and wrote about 200 jazz tunes, some big band arrangements, and theatre music. Two of his CDs received longlist nominations for a German Record Critic's Award ("Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik"): "Blue Bop" (Trio, 2022) and "Keepin' the Spirit" (2015), feat. guest stars Dusko Goykovich (tp/flh), Tony Lakatos (sax), "Lady Bass" Lindy Huppertsberg (b), Jens Biehl (dr). 
His Christmas song "It might be Christmas Every Day" won a "Global Music Award" (Silver Medal) in March 2024. 
His bands also do tribute programs to Toots Thielemans and Bill Evans (feat. Jens Bunge-harm), Miles, Coltrane, the great Jazz Ladies (feat. Anne Czichowsky-voc), Milt Jackson (feat. Matthias Strucken-vib), piano/saxophone/trumpet in jazz, Europe and jazz, a.o. ... 

Hertel studied jazz-piano (1993-97) in Mainz, Germany and visited workshops with Simon Nabatov and Kenny Werner, Herb Geller, Jiggs Whigham, Gustavo Bergalli, among others.

Played or recorded with: Tony Lakatos, Dusko Goykovich, Lindy Huppertsberg, Steffen Weber, Axel Schlosser, Anne Czichowsky, Matthias Strucken, Ingolf Burkhardt, Dizzy Krisch, Claus Koch, Jens Bunge, Johannes Schaedlich, Daniel Guggenheim, Jens Biehl, Martin Standke, Ralf Cetto, Tilmann Höhn, Thomas Bachmann, Alexander Beierbach, Simon Zimbardo, Dirik Schilgen, Olaf Schönborn, Martin Lejeune etc.

He wrote some music books for piano students (published by www.doblinger-musikverlag.at):
- "Let's Play Jazz" (jazz piano examples in different styles and instructions for lead sheet playing and improvisation, intermediate. Blues, swing, bop, ballad, soul jazz, bossa, modal jazz)
- "Easy Going" (easy pop)
- "The Grooving Piano" (Rock piano, intermediate)

In 2009, some compositions of Andreas were printed in a new German jazz realbook.

_DISCOGRAPHY:
"BLUE BOP": Andreas Hertel Trio, 2022 / / / / / 
"SUN ON THE WAY": Andreas Hertel Quintet, 2021 / / / / / 
"CONTEMPLATION": Andreas Hertel solo & with Dialog string quartet, 2020 / / / / / 
"IT MIGHT BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY": Andreas Hertel featuring Silvia Willecke and Dialog Quartett (string quartet, piano, female singer), maxi single CD, 2019 / / / / / 
"KEEPIN' THE SPIRIT": Andreas Hertel Trio feat. Dusko Goykovich + Tony Lakatos, 2015 / / / / / 
"ONLY TRUST YOUR HEART": piano solo, 2015 (standards) / / / / / 
"RHYTHM OF MY SOUL": Trio "Groove Jazz Fanatics", 2013 / / / / / 
"MY KIND OF BEAUTY": Andreas Hertel Quintet, 2008 / / / / / 
"SWING JAZZ": "Tea for Three" Swing Trio, 2008 (standards) / / / / / 
"WABI SABI": Quartet, 2003 / / / / / 
"COMPOSER'S VOICE": Quartet, 2000 / / / / / 

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PRESSE über Andreas Hertel Trio und CD "Keepin' THe Spirit"

„Jazz im Kino: Andreas Hertel Trio begeistert in den Burglichtspielen“

„Mit einer wahren Traumbesetzung startete (...) die Reihe „Jazz im Kino“ (...). Pianist, Komponist und Bandleiter Andreas Hertel gab mit seinem Trio den vollen Einblick in die reiche Fülle seiner Inspirationen und Ideen, kombiniert mit einer musikalischen Ausnahmebegabung. (...)

Den Saxofonisten Tony Lakatos vorzustellen, hieße Blue Notes nach New York zu tragen (...)

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Blue Bop

LAIKA Records
2022

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Sun On The Way

LAIKA Records
2021

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Contemplation

LAIKA Records
2020

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Keepin' the Spirit

LAIKA Records
2015

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Sun on the Way

From: Sun On The Way
By Andreas Hertel

Blue Bop

From: Blue Bop
By Andreas Hertel

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