DISCOGRAPHY 1984-2015 (26CD/DVD)
BIOGRAPHY
Barbara Dennerlein (born 25 September 1964 in Munich, Germany) is a
hard bop, post-bop, and jazz organist. She has achieved particular
critical acclaim for using the bass pedalboard on a Hammond organ, and
for integrating synthesizer sounds onto the instrument, and has been
described as "the most interesting jazz organist to emerge during the
1980s.Dennerlein was born and grew up in Munich. She began playing the organ aged 11 after getting a small Hohner instrument for Christmas. She was encouraged by her grandfather to learn a musical instrument, and her parents were both jazz enthusiasts.
She took formal lessons for two years under the instruction of Paul Greisl, who had a Hammond B-3. She immediately became interested in the instrument, and the fact it contained a bass pedalboard unlike her Hohner.
After some searching, since the instrument was then out of production, she acquired her own Hammond aged 13 from her parents. She began to play concerts aged 14, and the following year, she played in a jazz club for the first time.
When leading her own bands, Dennerlein was often the youngest musician in the group, and she learned to cooperate with more experienced musicians. Her local reputation as the "Organ tornado from Munich" spread after her first TV appearances in 1982.....