Oscar Kliewe

Oscar-Sebastian Kliewe was born in 1979 in Cologne Germany. At the age of six he got first trumpet lessons. Just two years later he played a few concerts in england with a bigband. 1990 he changed to another bigband in Gummersbach Germany where he stayed the following six years. After making first experiences with the band "Incurable", he did a lot of composing work and founded the band "Mind Fulla Funk". 1997 he came to the band "Junky Jewels" and developed his Jazz skills on the trumpet. Furthermore did he try to combinate Jazz with electronic music and modern sounds. Sinds this time he does also composing and producing work. He studied Jazz and Pop music at the Conservatory Arnhem Netherlands where he graduated with Master. While studiing he visited workshops, masterclasses and lessons from Dave Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Ak van Rooyen, Angelo Verploegen, Klaus Osterloh, Jan Wessels, Ruud Bruels, Angelo Verploegen and many more. He already played with Gitte Henning, Kenny Wheeler, Hans Kwakkernaat, Heiner Wiberny, Henk Haverhoek, Wim de Vries, Cosmo Klein and a lot of other nice and talented musicians. Actually he is a member, producer and or leader of the Bands:O.K.E.B., Brass Action Heroes, Firefunkers, Barcode, The Smu, Pelemele, Cosmo Klein Liveclubbing, Boogie Express