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[my-e-Magazine] 9 [Biography of Harmonicists] 9 Biography of Jens Bunge |
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Jens Bunge "We must welcome Jens Bunge to the growing ranks of chromatic harmonica players in jazz.(...) Jens has a round tone and technique, supported by musicianship. Good luck, the road is not easy but you've got the conviction and the equipment." Toots Thielemans
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Jens Bunge was born
on September 24, 1963, in Germany. At the age of 18, he
began to teach himself to play the chromatic harmonica. Influenced by
the recordings of Toots Thielemans, he soon found his passion for
jazz. In the mid 80s,
while studying theology at the University of Heidelberg (Bunge is an
ordained Protestant minister!), he began to perform with local big
bands and jazz groups. The following years
saw him as a guest soloist with the Thilo Berg Big Band featuring Ack
van Rooyen and Barbara Dennerlein (www.barbaradennerlein.com),
with Art Farmer, Bill
Ramsey and the German Jazz Orchestra BuJazzO (http://www.bujazzo.de/),
conducted by Peter
Herbolzheimer. Being an untiring
globetrotter, Jens Bunge has been playing his harmonica on all five
continents: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Montreal, Honolulu, Rio
de Janeiro, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Cape Town are
just a few of the locations where he appeared as a featured guest
(Picture Gallery). At the European Harp
Festival 1996 and the World Harmonica Festivals 1997 and 2001 in
Trossingen, he conducted the workshop "jazz on the chromatic
harmonica". He performed at the
gala concerts and was a jury member of the harmonica competitions at
the 3rd Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival in Seoul/Korea (2000) and the
4th Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival in Atsugi/Japan (2002). He is –
alternating with Jamey Aebersold - a regular writer for the jazz
column of the international magazine "The
Harmonica Educator". By now, Jens Bunge has recorded six CDs under his own name, and appears as a guest on recordings of Ralf Gauck, Peter Lehel, Chantal (http://www.chantal.de/de/html/entrance/) and many others.
Jens Bunge plays mainly a golden HOHNER “Super 64 Chromonica” and a “64 Chromonica” which has been optimized by Bill Romel, Las Vegas. BANDS Jens Bunge currently performs with the following bands: Jens Bunge & Uli Wagner harmonica & acoustic guitar
Founded
in 1996, this duo performs mostly at readings, exhibitions, talk
shows... Their repertoire spans:
On request, the duo may be expanded to a complete jazz trio or quartet (including bass and drums). On request, the duo may be completed to a full jazz quartet. Since 2002 Jens Bunge has been performing with the instrumental group Chantal (www.chantal.de), playing the harmonica in their extremely successful program „Beatles Strictly Instrumental“. Highlights of this co-operation were the live-recordings in the renowned “Cavern Club” in Liverpool as well as the recording of a CD at Abbey Road Studios in London.
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When I first heard Jens Bunge play in a jazz club, in 1993, I thought to myself:" That guy has something of Chet Baker!" These melodies, full of emotion, and the floating sound immediately caught my attention. Nowadays, I
enjoy the intuitive understanding between us on stage, and that he is
still able to surprise me with something new. A congenial partner for a
musical "Pas de Deux". I first noticed Uli Wagner at a concert in the early 1990s, when - in addition to the bossa nova - he also played jazz standards on the acoustic guitar, instead of on the electric guitar commonly used for this. After eight years of playing
together, I am still impressed with his sensitive, rhythmically and
harmonically variable way of accompanying, as well as with his skills as a
composer. |
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The strength of this
duo is their sensitivity in handling different moods. The music
creates atmosphere, deepens or contrasts emotions, is sometimes
peppy-frolicsome, sometimes meditative-dreamy. Therefore it serves as
an ideal frame and support for spoken words, such as readings of
poetry, art exhibitions, receptions or even church services. 
