Franz Koglmann

Franz Koglmann
Background information
Born	(1947-05-22) 22 May 1947 (age 74) Mödling, Austria
Genres	Avant-garde jazz Chamber jazz Third Stream
Occupation(s)	Composer Trumpet player
Instruments	Trumpet Flugelhorn
Associated acts	Paul Bley Andrea Centazzo Yitzhak Yedid

Franz Koglmann (born 22 May 1947)^[1] is an Austrian jazz composer. He performs on both the trumpet and flugelhorn in a variety of contexts, most often within avant-garde jazz and third stream contexts.^[1] An award-winning composer, Koglmann has performed or recorded with a variety of musicians, including Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, Bill Dixon, , Andrea Centazzo, Theo Jörgensmann, Wolfgang Reisinger, Enrico Rava, Yitzhak Yedid, Ran Blake, John Lindberg and many others.^[2] 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".^[3]

Discography[]

As leader[]

• Franz Koglmann (1973). Flaps. Pipe.
• Franz Koglmann (1984). Schlaf Schlemmer, Schlaf Magritte. hatART.
• Franz Koglmann (1986). Ich. hatART.
• Franz Koglmann (1990). Orte Der Geometrie. hatART.
• Franz Koglmann Pipetet (1990). The Use of Memory. hatART.
• Franz Koglmann (1990). A White Line. hatART.
• L'Heure Bleue (hatART, 1991)
• Franz Koglmann (1995). Cantos I-IV. hatHUT.
• Franz Koglmann (1997). O Moon My Pin-Up. hatOLOGY.
• Franz Koglmann (1999). Make Believe. Between the Lines.
• Franz Koglmann & Monoblue Quartet (2000). An Affair with Strauss. Between the Lines.
• Franz Koglmann (2001). Don't Play, Just Be. Between the Lines.
• Franz Koglmann (2001). Venus In Transit. Between the Lines.
• Franz Koglmann (2003). Fear Death By Water. Between the Lines.
• Franz Koglmann (2007) Nocturnal Walks

As collaborator[]

• Steve Lacy: Itinerary (hat ART, 1991)
• Paul Bley: 12 (+6) In a Row (HatART, 1990, [1995])
• Paul Bley: Annette (HatART, 1993)
• Ton Art (1995). Mal Vu Mal Dit. hatHUT.
• Lee Konitz: We Thought About Duke (HatART, 1994)
• Ton Art (1995). Zu. hatHUT.
• Michel Wintsch (1999). Michel Wintsch & Road Movie. Between the Lines.
• Tony Coe; Roger Kellaway (2000). British-American Blue. EFA.
• Enrico Rava (2000). Duo En Noir. Between the Lines.
• Oskar Aichinger (2000). Elements of Poetry. Between the Lines.
• Rajesh Mehta (2000). Reconfigurations. Between the Lines.
• Andrea Centazzo; Lol Coxhill; Franz Koglmann (2000). Situations. Robi Droli/Newtone.
• (2000). Tin Drum Stories. Between the Lines.
• John Lindberg Ensemble (2000). A Tree Frog Tonality. Between the Lines.
• (2001). B-A-C-H: A Chromatic Universe. Between the Lines.
• François Houle (2001). Cryptology. Between the Lines.
• Gebhard Ullmann (2001). Essencia. Between the Lines.
• Icebreaker (2001). Extraction. Between the Lines.
• James Emery (2001). Luminous Cycles. Between the Lines.
• Bill Dixon (2001). Opium. Between the Lines.
• Oskar Aichinger (2001). To Touch a Distant Soul. Between the Lines.
• Michael Moore (2002). Air Street. Between the Lines.
• Andrea Centazzo (2002). Live with the Mitteleuropa Orchestra. Felmay.
• (2002). Songs to Anything That Moves. Between the Lines.
• Gerry Hemingway (2002). Songs. Between the Lines.
• John Lindberg Quintet (2002). Two By Five. Between the Lines.
• (2003). Histoire. Between the Lines.
• Andreas Willers (2003). In The North. EFA.
• Yitzhak Yedid (2003). Myth of the Cave. Between the Lines.
• John Lindberg (2003). Ruminations Upon Ives and Gottschalk. Between the Lines.
• Oskar Aichinger (2003). Synapsis. Between the Lines.
• Hannes Enzlberger (2003). Tango 1-8. Between the Lines.
• James Emery (2003). Transformations. Between the Lines.
• Peter Herbert (2003). You're My Thrill. Between the Lines.
• Andreas Willers (2005). Montauk. Between the Lines.
• Yitzhak Yedid (2005). Passions and Prayers. Between the Lines.

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