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Jens Böckamp

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About Me

Jens Böckamp (born in 1986) already enjojed a classical education on the clarinet when he began to play the saxophone at the age of 14. He got lessons from Klaus Jakobi, Paul Heller, Peter Weniger, John Ruocco and Phil Woods, was a prize winner of “Jugend Jazzt NRW 2003”, “Bergischer Jazzlöwe” and finalist of the “International YAMAHA SaxContest 2003”. After being a young student of Wolfgang Engstfeld he started his studies with Claudius Valk and Claudio Puntin at the “Hochschule für Musik Köln” in 2005. In the same year he became a member of the “Youth Jazz Orchestra NRW”, where he played untill 2007. During his still young career, he already had the chance to work with Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Paquito d´Rivera, Peter Herbolzheimer, Hiram Bullock, DeeDee Bridgewater, Katja Riemann, [re:jazz], Tom Gäbel, Ed Patyka, Oktoposse, Manfred Schoof, Eva Mayerhofer, Nicolas Simion and played concerts in France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Greece and Estonia.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 12/3/2006
Band Members: JENS BÖCKAMP QUINTETT: Jens Böckamp (ts) Menzel Mutzke (flgh), Sebastian Sternal (p), Jakob Kühnemann (b), Silvio Morger (dr) MAXIME BENDER "COLOGNE"-GROUP +2: Maxime Bender (ts), Jens Böckamp (as,cl), Riaz Khabirpour (guit), Sebastian Sternal (p), Robert Landfermann (b), Silvio Morger (dr) RIAZ KHABIRPOUR GROUP: Riaz Khabirpour (guit), Jens Böckamp (ts,cl), Matthias Nowak (b), Jonas Burgwinkel (dr) C.I.E.: Frederik Köster (tp, flgh), Jens Böckamp (ts), Klaus Heidenreich (tb), Tobias Hoffmann (guit), Benjamin Schäfer (p), Sebastian Klose (b), Jonas Burgwinkel (dr) WEMBER QUINTETT: Tobias Wember (tb), Jens Böckamp (ts/ss), Tobias Hoffmann (guit), Robert Landfermann (b), Ralf Gessler (dr) ANDREWJETSKI: Max Andrzejewski (dr), Riaz Khabirpour (guit), Pablo Held(p), Jens Böckamp (ts,cl), Markus Braun (b) TIMO-TRIO: Timo Ehrler (dr), Jens Böckamp (ts,cl), Jakob Kühnemann (b) LATINJAZZMAFIA: Tobias Janssen (guit), Jens Böckamp (as,ss), Andreas Reinhard (b), Markus Ostfeld (dr), Benedikt Hesse (dr)
Influences: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Claude Debussy, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Tom Harrell, Paul Heller, Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Parker, Chris Potter, Maurice Ravel, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Ben Webster, Kenny Wheeler, Lester Young and many more........
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