Anne Hartkamp (born 1964) is a German jazz singer, songwriter, composer and educator. She has also performed under the pseudonym of Magnolia for a time. Hartkamp, who grew up between

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and

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, first studied classical singing in

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before switching to German and musicology at the University of Bonn. There she approached jazz autodidactically and then studied jazz singing at the

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(Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) with Deborah Brown, Humphrey Campbell and Erik van Lier. After her studies she moved to Cologne. In the early 1990s she co-founded the a cappella quartet Harem 4, with whom she gave numerous concerts in Germany and abroad. Under the pseudonym Magnolia she also gave solo concerts and worked with Gunter Hampel from 1997, but occasionally also with

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and

Perry Robinson Perry Morris Robinson (September 17, 1938 – December 2, 2018) was an American jazz clarinetist and composer. He was the son of composer Earl Robinson. Early life and education Robinson was born and grew up in New York City. He attended the Len ...

. After the break-up of Harem 4 in 2001, she concentrated on German-language songs (with her own lyrics) and founded the band hartkamp. With her quintet, she also explored jazz standards. From 2005 Hartkamp played in the duo Magnolia with guitarist Philipp van Endert, with whom she released the albums "Humpty's Amazing Boogie Pencil" in 2006 and "Wait a Second" in 2012." In a duo with Thomas Rückert, she explored the work of pianist

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on the 2013 album ''Dear Bill'', which includes a vocal of " How My Heart Sings".

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stated that the album had " a lot of sincere feeling" while JazzThing remarked on the "silence, depth and emotionality" and "expressive pieces of music that are touching throughout". She has also worked with the

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of Cologne, Thomas Heberer, Lajos Dudas,

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and

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. In 2016 she released ''Songs & Dances'' on Double Moon Records with Thomas Rückert, André Nendza and Oliver Rehmann. Hartkamp teaches jazz singing at the

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References

External links

Official website
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartkamp, Anne German jazz singers German women jazz singers 1964 births Living people Jazz educators German music educators German women music educators