Jochen Rueckert
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Jochen Rückert (born May 13, 1975 in Cologne, Germany) is a German jazz drummer. He has American citizenship and a permanent residence in New York City . The brother of pianist Thomas Rückert, he began to practice drums at the age of six.[1] In 1996, he won the Blue Note Jazzsearch and the European Jazz Competition in Leverkusen with his trio.[2] In 1998, he released his debut album Introduction (with Hayden Chisholm, Ben Monder, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chris Potter and Johannes Weidenmüller).[3] In 2000, he received the North Rhine-Westphalian Award for Music . Since then he has worked on about 80 albums and has appeared in television and radio productions from the NDR, WDR, SWF and BR. He toured through Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.[1]
Rueckert has worked with musicians and bands such as Marc Copland Trio , Nils Wogram & Root 70, the Kurt Rosenwinkel Group, the Mark Turner Band , John Abercrombie, Ignaz Dinné, Pat Metheny, Matt Penman, Simona Premazzi and Kenny Werner, Allan Praskin, Dave Liebman, Till Brönner, Joachim Kühn, Rudi Mahall and Anke Helfrich.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Jochen Rückert". Pirout.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Biography Anke Helfrich" (PDF). Anke-helfrich.de/pdf. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Introduction". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2017.