Eva Kruse
| Eva Kruse | |
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Kruse at a concert by [em] (Würzburger Hafensommer, 8. August 2010).
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| Background information | |
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16 October 1978 Hamburg, West Germany |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Upright bass, bass guitar |
| Labels | ACT |
| Associated acts | Firomanum, [em], Nils Landgren, Arne Jansen, Niels Klein |
| Website | evakruse |
Eva Kruse (born 16 October 1978 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German jazz musician (upright bass, bass guitar) and composer.
Kruse was raised in Brunsbek in Schleswig-Holstein. In her childhood and youth, she received eleven years of classical piano lessons and at the age of fourteen, at the suggestion of a teacher, began to learn the bass guitar. She played in the school big band and the Bargteheider Vorstadtkrokodilen. After she was admitted to the Landesjugend-Jazz-Orchester Schleswig-Holstein at the age of 18, she decided to switch to upright bass. In 1998 Kruse moved to Berlin, to study at the Universität der Künste with Sigi Busch, Jerry Granelli and David Friedman with the double bass as the main instrument "Jazz / Improvisation". Her technical playing on double bass she refined in 2000 during a semester abroad in Gothenburg wit Anders Jormin. She also took courses with John Taylor, who encouraged her to write her own compositions for various occupations. Her musical role models on the double bass include Dave Holland, Gary Peacock and Anders Jormin.
During her studies Kruse played smaller tours with the April Light Orchestra and the Tied & Tickled Trio from Weilheim and from 1998 to 2000 under Peter Herbolzheimer in BuJazzO. While at BuJazzO and studying in Berlin, she met pianist Michael Wollny and drummer Eric Schaefer. They played together since 2002 and founded the trio [em]; This was followed by concert tours, festival appearances and the release of a total of four CDs. In 2009 they were awarded the BMW Welt Jazz Award, in 2011 the New German Jazz Award.
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