Kugelmann, Nils Stormy Beauty
1-LP Holland
Jazz
Berlin might well be considered widely as the creative hub of the German jazz scene, but in the deep south of the country there is another city where talented and promising musicians are finding new pathways in jazz. Among these, for example, are the Jazzrausch Bigband, vocalist Alma Naidu and guitarist Philipp Schiepek. They all hail from Munich. Bassist Nils Kugelmann, born in 1996, is another new talent from the Bavarian capital. His ACT debut "Stormy Beauty" makes it clear why, already at a young age, he is considered among the top German bass-players.
As the album title implies, Nils Kugelmann's music concerns itself with some of the most important things which music can express: beauty, excitement and passion. There can be very few emerging musicians able to portray these emotions and states quite so convincingly, captivatingly and creatively as Kugelmann. He is an artist of quality and genuine promise, as successes such as the European Burghausen Young Jazz Prize 2023 at the Burghausen Jazz Week and the BMW Young Artist Jazz Award 2022 attest. Kugelmann has also recently won the renowned European Burghausen Young Jazz Prize 2023 at the Burghausen Jazz Week. His trio played pieces from the "Stormy Beauty" project, and part of the prize was to share the same programme with guitar legend and festival headliner Lee Ritenour, at the festival’s opening night gala concert.