Jakob Bänsch

The award-winning German trumpeter and composer Jakob Bänsch is one of the fast rising stars in the European Jazz scene, already being compared to a young Wynton Marsalis. ‚Powerfully and confidently following the footsteps of the masters in his field’ (Süddeutsche Zeitung) he just released his debut album ‚Opening‘ which got awarded with a German Jazz Prize 2024. Growing up in southern Germany as the son of classical musicians, he started playing piano and trumpet at an early age, playing in several orchestras and being immersed in classical music before he discovered Jazz at the age of 12. Now, being equally proficient in both classical and jazz, he has played in the most renowned jazz venues all over Germany with his quartet and worked together with international jazz greats such as Nathan East, Nils Landgren, Bob Mintzer, Wolfgang Haffner, Billy Hart, Emil Mangelsdorff and the WDR Big-Band. At his young age he has already been a member of the German National Jazz Orchestra (Bundesjazzorchester) and the Elbphilharmonie Jazz Academy and has recently been awarded with the soloist prize at the Munich Jazz Award. On his debut album he introduces his original music, a combination of lyrical melodies, virtuoso jazz, spherical soundscapes and symphonic and classical elements.