Christian Kögel
Jazz / Guitar / Improvisation / World
Berlin jazz guitarist (also oud, dobro) working between jazz, rock, free improvisation and Arabic music.
Christian Kögel is a German jazz musician (guitar, oud, dobro, composition) working in the field between jazz, rock, free improvisation, Arabic music and chamber music. A native of southern Bavaria, he began classical guitar at ten and has lived in Berlin since 1990, where he studied classical guitar at the Hochschule der Künste and then jazz with David Friedman and Jerry Granelli. From 1998 to 2000 he studied oud and traditional Arabic music with Syrian virtuoso Farhan Sabbagh; today he teaches jazz guitar at UdK Berlin. His double album "M" (2025, XJAZZ! Music) was created with his new band featuring Kalle Kalima (guitar), Paul Kleber (bass) and Hans Otto (drums) — a guitar album for lovers of the electric guitar sound.
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