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Andreas Hertel

Born: 1964

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. ...