Born in Freiburg in the Black Forest Area in a Franco-German Family with Swiss roots, German Jazz Guitarist (and Vocalist) Jean-Pierre "JP" Froehly
started to earn a first recognition as a senior member of "jAAzz", the
Jazz Band of the German Foreign Office uniting German Government
Officials and musicians of the Berlin Jazz Scene. During his time in
Ukraine, he realised his own projects and quickly became a constant
participant of the country's numerous jazz festivals - especially with
his trio including Pianist Alexey Bogolyubov
and Flutist Vladimir Zinkovsky with which he recorded one of his three
albums ("Trio in Chernivtsi"). Inspired by the outstanding work of the
late Hungarian-American Guitarist Attila Zoller and by a sound popular
in the German Jazz Scene in the 60's (such as promoted also by the
legendary German record label MPS), JP wants to make his own personal
contribution to music. His most recent recording project, destinated to
an international audience, "Four in Berlin", was realised in April 2009
with Don Friedman (p), Wolfgang Lackerschmid (vibes) and Hendrik
Meurkens (harp).information, photo from: http://www.myspace.com/jeanpierrefroehly
