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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.

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 1998 in Weimar/Germany	Matthias Bätzel, Hammond organ Red Holloway, tenor, alto sax 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

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