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André Nendza (born 1 November 1968 in Hemer) is a German jazz musician. He plays double bass and electric bass.

1 Life and work 2 Awards and honours 3 Discographical notes 4 Weblinks

Life and work

After a preparatory year at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Nendza completed his studies at the jazz department of the Cologne University of Music (diploma in 1997).

As a jazz musician, he works both with his own projects and as a sideman. Since 2007 he has been co-owner of the label Jazzsick Records.

Nendza has worked with musicians such as Dave Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Charlie Mariano, Rob van den Broeck, Alex Acuña, Stefan Bauer, Philipp van Endert, Paolo Fresu, Philip Catherine, Mike Walker, Angelika Niescier, Céline Rudolph, Dave Pike, Olaf Kübler, Thomas Heberer, Ramesh Shotham, Tom van der Geld, Rick Margitza

As head of the jazz pre-study programme at the Open Jazz House School in Cologne, Nendza also works as a teacher. In addition, Nendza is a permanent member of the jazzemble workshop teaching team at the Remscheid Academy.

Between 2007 and 2011, Nendza was also an author for the Jazzthing magazine blog.

Awards and honours

In 1997, Nendza received the Rhineland Sparkasse Cultural Foundation Culture Prize (sponsorship award). In 2012, he was honoured as "Bassist of the Year, National" with the ECHO Jazz award for the album Rooms Restored. In 2014, Tria Lingvo received the New German Jazz Award.

Discographical notes

André Nendza Septet: Songs from a Red Notebook (ANA Records, 1998, with Stephan Meinberg, Henning Berg, George Tjong-Ayong, Oliver Leicht, Martin Speight, Christoph Hillmann)

André Nendza Quartet: The Invention of Rooms (Crecycle. Music, 2000, with Christoph Hillmann, Hendrik Soll, Claudius Valk) André Nendza Septet: Into the Gap (Crecycle. Music, 2002, with Stephan Meinberg, Thomas Loup, Martin Schäfer, George Tjong-Ayong, Martin Speight, Christoph Hillmann)

André Nendza's A.Tronic feat. Céline Rudolph & David Liebman: Lichtblau (Crecycle. Music, 2002, with Stephan Meinberg, Oliver Leicht, Christoph Hillmann)

André Nendza Quartet feat. Thomas Heberer: Wild Open Rooms (Crecycle. Music, 2004)

André Nendza's A.Tronic: Spectacles (JazzSick Records, 2008, with Dave Liebman, Oliver Leicht, Stephan Meinberg, Ralph Beerkircher and Markus Segschneider, Christoph Hillmann as well as Sven Decker, Céline Rudolph and Inga Lühning, among others)

Angelika Niescier & André Nendza: The Poetry of Rhythm (Jazzsick, 2010)

A.Tronic: Tangible (Jazzsick, 2015, with Franziska Loos, Andreas Wahl, Markus Segschneider, Ulf Stricker)

Inga Lühning & André Nendza: Hodgepodge Vol. I (Jazzsick, 2018)

Inga Lühning & André Nendza: Hodgepodge Vol. II (Jazzsick, 2020)

On Canvas I (Jazzsick, 2021, with Angelika Niescier, Matthias Bergmann, Martin Sasse, Niklas Walter)

Weblinks

www.andre-nendza.de