Artist description Her voice is light as the late afternoon sun, innocent as a child, sensual as silk. His horn speaks in mellow tones that rise and fall like a warm summer wind. The beauty of this music is intrinsic to its melodic nature. Each improvisation becomes a new song in and of its own.

Music Style Smooth jazz, influenced by Latin-American music and the American song-standard

Musical Influences Louis Armstrong, Clifford Brown, Chet Baker, Miles Davis and Stan Getz

Artist History Who inspired us to play jazz? Ellen: It was the piano that brought me to jazz. The first time I can remember really wanting to play jazz was when I heard a jazz pianist named Ann Collins playing a concert at our local state university in Macomb, Illinois, USA. The tune was My Funny Valentine and I thought to myself,“I sure wish I could play like that.“I was ten years old and a promising young classical pianist at the time. It took me another ten years and meeting my future husband, Bernd, before I completely devoted myself to playing jazz. Bernd: My father heard Louis Armstrong live while he was a prisoner of war in USA during the second world war. He liked Armstrong´s music and bought a few records upon his return to Germany. I loved to listen to them as a boy. I received a trumpet on my 14th birthday and began to play.

Group Members Bernd & Ellen Marquart

Instruments piano, trumpet, flugelhorn, bass, drums, saxophone, guitar and percussion

Albums People Time, Christmas Songs and Love Songs

Location Wernau, .. - Germany

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