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Matthias Bätzel
Matthias was born 1966 in Weimar/Germany. From 1983 till 1989 he studied the piano and the violin at the college of music "Franz Liszt" in Weimar. Since 1984 we was involved in the jazz scene where he started his professional career as a soloist and also as a member of various jazz, soul and rock bands.
 
From 1990 till 1993 he even could get the job as a lecturer in jazz piano at the college where he himself had learnt.
 
In the past years Matthias discovered his love for the Hammond organ, and started to devote himself to this instrument. Consequently he concentrated on the cooperation with bands who liked the organ to take part. The first successful cooperation was between 1994 and 1997 with "Grooveyard". In 1998, Matthias decided to found a trio of his own and found with Helmut Kagerer (guitar) and Michael Keul (drums) two equal partners. Since then, this trio developed to one of Europe's leading organ trio.
 
Matthias has played concerts in Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Austria and Sweden. Famous names as Houston Person, Red Holloway, Dusko Goykovich, Torsten Zwingenberger, Carla Bley and Till Brönner are among those with whom Matthias played together.
contact: matthiasbaetzel@freenet.de
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Discography
Open Sunroof
Blackbird Records BD41012
recorded October 1993 in Berlin/Germany
Torsten Zwingenberger, drums, percussion
Fiete Felsch, saxes
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ, piano
Kalli Gerhards, bass
Helmar Marczinski, tenor sax
Giorgiu Crobu, guitar
Passing Stranger
Polydor 517 924-2
Bobo, vocals
Lars Rudolph, trumpet
Frank Heise, guitar
Nikko Weidemann, guitar
Matthias Bätzel, organ, piano
Axel Schäfer, bass
Andi Mc Guinness, drums
Strong Winds
w/o order no
recorded January 1994 in Hamburg/Germany
distributed by jazz pro Lübeck/Germany
Fiete Felsch, saxes, flute
Ingolf Burckhardt, trumpet, flugelhorn
Matthias Pogoda, guitar
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ
Alexander Bätzel, drums
With Hands And Feet
w/o order no
recorded April/May 1995 in Monster/Holland
Jörg Seidel, guitar, vocals
Frank Delle, sax
Florian Poser, vibes
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ
Alexander Bätzel, drums
Paulo Cardoso, bass
Michael Kersting, drums
Hommage
Edition Collage 492-2
recorded December 1995 in Hannover/Germany
Organ Jazztrio:
Martin Weiss, violin
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ
Alexander Bätzel, drums
Jörg Seidel, guitar
Featuring Red Holloway
jhm records 3607
recorded November 1995 in Monster/Holland
Grooveyard:
Red Holloway, sax
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ
Michael Arlt, guitar
Michael Keul, drums
Basic Instinct
Organic Music 9701
recorded 1997 in München/Germany
Grooveyard:
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ
Michael Arlt, guitar
Michael Keul, drums
Red Holloway, tenor sax
Houston Person, tenor sax
Roman Schwaller, tenor sax
Cross Purpose
RUF 1030
recorded July/August 1997 + May 1998 in Gloucester/England
Spooky Tooth
Luther Grosvenor, guitars, vocals
Mike Harrison, vocals
Greg Ridley, guitar, vocals
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ, grand piano
Dave Moore, Hammond organ, piano
Movin' Up
Organic Music 9709
recorded May 1999 in München/Germany
Stanley Blume, alto and soprano saxes
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond B-3 organ
Ecki Gleim, guitar
Axel Bätzel, drums
Ingolf Burkhardt, trumpet, flugelhorn
A Night Of Blues & Ballads
JHM Records 3614
recorded 1999 in Weimar/Germany
Red Holloway, tenor and alto saxes
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ
Helmut Kagerer, guitar
Michael Keul, drums
Green Dumplings
JHM Records 3618
recorded January 2000 in Weimar/Germany
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ
Helmut Kagerer, guitar
Michael Keul, drums
Manfred Krug: Live with Fanny
WB 0927 43037-2
recorded September 2001 live in Germany
Manfred Krug, vocals
Fanny Krug, vocals
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ, piano
Andreas Bicking, tenor sax, Hammond organ
Henning Protzmann, bass
Wolfgang Schneider, drums
Monk's Mood
JHM Records 3628
recorded November 2001 in Worboden/Switzerland
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ
Helmut Kagerer, guitar
Michael Keul, drums
Der Weihnachtskrug
Warner 5050466-2049-2
recorded 2002 in Berlin/Germany
Manfred Krug, vocals
Matthias Bätzel, piano, Hammond B-3
Jean "Toots" Tielemans, harmonica
Helmut Kagerer, guitar
Udo Weidemüller, guitar
Peter Klinke, bass
Wolfgang Schneider, drums
Topo Gioia, percussion
Fiete Felsch, alto sax, flutes
Andreas Bicking, tenor sax
Ingolf Burkhardt, trumpet, flugelhorn
Jon Welch, trombone
Ulla van Daelen, harp
Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, c/ Andreas Bicking
A-Live At The A-Trane
Konnex KCD 5113
recorded July 2000 live at the A-Trane in Berlin/Germany
Mack Goldsbury, sax, piccolo flute
Herb Robertson, trumpet
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond B-3 organ
Ernst Bier, drums
Live At The A-Trane
Konnex KCD 5174
recorded July 2005 live at the A-Trane in Berlin/Germany
Sonny Fortune, alto sax, flute, percussion
Karl Schloz, guitar
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond B-3 organ
Ernst Bier, drums
Straight & Curved
Typeg Records 0108
recorded September 2007 in Birkholz/Germany
Michael Arnold, sax
Matthias Bätzel, Hammond B-3 organ
Werner Neumann, guitar
Heiko Jung, drums

 
Videos
At The WDR With Manfred Krug 2003
recorded 2003 at the WDR/Germany
Matthias Bätzel, organ
Manfred Krug, vocals

 
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