Franz Koglmann

Franz Koglmann
Background information
Born 22 May 1947
Mödling, Austria
Genres Avant-garde jazz
Chamber jazz
Third Stream
Occupation(s) Composer
Trumpet player
Instrument(s) Trumpet, flugelhorn

Franz Koglmann (born 22 May 1947) is an Austrian jazz composer. He performs on both the trumpet and flugelhorn in most often in avant-garde jazz and third stream. An award-winning composer, Koglmann has performed or recorded with Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, Bill Dixon, Georg Gräwe, Andrea Centazzo, Theo Jörgensmann, Wolfgang Reisinger, Enrico Rava, Yitzhak Yedid, Ran Blake, and John Lindberg; together with the bassist Peter Herbert he has often musically accompanied works of the Austrian artist Heidi Harsieber.

When the Romanian town of Sibiu commissioned Koglmann to write a piece, he brought together bits from Haydn's 27th symphony with a tape recording of Sibiu native Emil Cioran philosophisizing. In 2003, he received the highest Austrian jazz award, the Hans Koller Prize, in the category Album of the Year.

Discography

As leader

  • Franz Koglmann (1973). Flaps. Pipe.
  • Franz Koglmann (1977). Opium for Franz. Pipe.
  • Franz Koglmann (1984). Schlaf Schlemmer, Schlaf Magritte. hatART.
  • Franz Koglmann (1986). Ich. hatART.
  • Franz Koglmann (1990). Orte Der Geometrie. hatART.
  • Franz Koglmann Pipetet (1990). The Use of Memory. hatART.
  • Franz Koglmann (1990). A White Line. hatART.
  • L'Heure Bleue (hatART, 1991)
  • Franz Koglmann (1995). Cantos I-IV. hatHUT.
  • Franz Koglmann (1997). O Moon My Pin-Up. hatOLOGY.
  • Franz Koglmann (1999). Make Believe. Between the Lines.
  • Franz Koglmann & Monoblue Quartet (2000). An Affair with Strauss. Between the Lines.
  • Franz Koglmann (2001). Don't Play, Just Be. Between the Lines.
  • Franz Koglmann (2001). Venus In Transit. Between the Lines.
  • Franz Koglmann (2003). Fear Death By Water. Between the Lines.
  • Franz Koglmann (2007). Nocturnal Walks

As collaborator