Jochen Rückert, spelled on most releases as Jochen Rueckert (born 13 May 1975 in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Germany) is a German jazz drummer. He is a naturalized American citizen and has resided in New York City since 1997. The brother of pianist Thomas Rückert, he began to practice drums at the age of six. He can be heard on over 120 albums and worked or recorded with musicians and bands such as the

Marc Copland Marc Copland (, ; born May 27, 1948, as Marc Cohen) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Copland became part of the jazz scene in Philadelphia in the early 1960s as a saxophonist, and later moved to New York City, where he experimented wi ...

Trio,

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& Root 70, the

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new quartet, the Mark Turner Band, the

Melissa Aldana Melissa Aldana (born 3 December 1988) is a Chilean tenor saxophone player, who performs both as a soloist and with her band Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio. Life and career Early life and training Aldana was born in Santiago, Chile. She began playi ...

trio, the Sam Yahel trio, John Abercrombie, Ignaz Dinné,

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side pr ...

, Matt Penman,

Kenny Werner Kenny Werner (born November 19, 1951) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and author. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 19, 1951, and then growing up in Oceanside, Long Island, Werner began playing and performing at a young ...

Till Brönner Till Brönner (; born 6 May 1971 in Viersen, West Germany) is a German jazz trumpeter, Flugelhorn, flügelhorn player, singer, composer, producer and photographer. History From 1989–1991, Brönner was a member of the Peter Herbolzheimer Rhyt ...

Joachim Kühn Joachim Kurt Kühn (born 15 March 1944) is a German jazz pianist. Biography Kühn was born in Leipzig, Germany. He was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition, with Arthur Schmidt-E ...

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John McNeil John McNeil (February 14, 1813 – June 8, 1891) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for his role in the Palmyra massacre and other acts of alleged brutality, as well as his participation in the Bat ...

, Anke Helfrich,

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, the NDR, WDR and Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos Big Bands,

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and Los Guachos as well as

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. Rueckert started leading his own Quartet, playing his original music, with Mark Turner,

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and Matt Penman in 2011. The band has been touring about twice a year since inception and sometimes includes substitutions like

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, Orlando LeFleming and Joseph Martin. Rueckert also programs and releases electronic music under the moniker ''Wolff Parkinson White''. Rueckert also started releasing a series of ebooks chronicling every hotel room he's stayed at with a self-timer photograph and short stories about some of the more annoying aspects of life as a touring musician, called ''Read The Rueckert''. In 1996, he won the Blue Note Jazzsearch with the co -lead trio "Dreiklang" and the

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in Leverkusen with the Anke Helfrich trio. In 1998, he released his debut album ''Introduction'' (with

Hayden Chisholm Hayden Chisholm (born 27 May 1975) is a saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist from New Zealand. He performs jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music. Life and career Chisholm was raised in New Plymouth, New Zealand, by parents ...

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, Chris Potter, Matt Penman and

Johannes Weidenmüller Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Ye ...

). In 2000, he received the North Rhine-Westphalian Award for Music. In 2011, he released his first album with original compositions, ''Somewhere, Meeting Nobody''. In 2014, he released ''We Make The Rules''. In 2016, he released ''Charm Offensive''.

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