After several years of searching, classically trained guitarist Jan Zehrfeld joined several musicians together with the idea of forming a jazz metal band. Zehrfeld felt that he was always angry at something, and that this music was a way to channel his aggression.[1] In 2005, Panzerballett released their self-titled debut album and became part of the German progressive rock scene. The band went on to play a series of concerts in the Munich region, but also performed at the 15th National Youth Jazz Festival in Leipzig and the renowned Burg Herzberg Festival. A DVD was compiled from those shows and titled Live at Backstage Munich 2006. After several line-up changes in 2007, the jazz label ACT contracted the band and in February 2008 released their second album, Starke Stücke. A small tour of Germany began after the release of this album, and the album reached the 26th place on the German Jazz charts. In 2008, multiple concerts and cameo appearances were made, including the Zappanale, the Leverkusen Jazz Festival opening for John McLaughlin and Chick Corea, the Baltic Prog Fest and the self-organized Metal Jazz Festival in Munich. Short television appearances were also done. In August 2009, Panzerballett released their third album, Hart Genossen - from Abba to Zappa'. In September 2009, the album jumped to # 25 on the jazz charts and appeared in the drum magazine Drums and Percussion as the January 2010 "Record of the Month".[2] The band then played multiple shows and cameo appearances throughout Germany (including as a guest of the Arte Lounge[3] and in on3 Radio). [4]
Music
Panzerballett plays both original compositions by guitarist Zehrfeld and his creative arrangements of popular songs from rock ("Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple), to pop ("Ein Bisschen Frieden" by Nicole), to jazz ("Birdland" by Weather Report) to soundtrack (as the title theme The Simpsons). The band has noted their influences to be classic jazz and funk artists and also heavy progressive metal artists such as Meshuggah. The song Iron Maiden Voyage shows these diverse influences; the song's name is a pun on the name of the band metal band Iron Maiden and the Jazz Standard Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock). An important feature of the band's music is the virtuosity of their performance; the band's members have studied with award-winning musicians to master their instruments at a high technical level. One example of their technical skill are the highly complex polyrhythmic structures the band uses in their compositions.
Jan Zehrfeld wearing his Oakley Medusa leather cap and "dancing" on stage
Die Zeit writes about Panzerballett: "Ihre eigenen Stücke flankieren sie mit einer Reihe von Hardrock-, Jazz- und Entertainment-Gassenhauern, die sie mit der tadellosen Technik an deutschen Hochschulen ausgebildeter Musiker so vorbehaltlos zerschreddern und neu zusammensetzen, dass Wiedererkennungseffekt und Staunen sich die Waage halten" (roughly "Their own compositions are intermingled with a number of jazz, rock and entertainment standards which the musicians thoroughly deconstruct, using impeccable skills gained at german music conservatories. They then rebuild the works into new performances carefully balancing recognition with astonishment.")[5] The band describes their own music as "delicate interlocking funk grooves with brutally hard, rhythmically complex riffs and jazz improvisation combined with ska-Death-Jazz"[6] or like "hacking with a white-hot flail into grandma's freshly-baked ruebli-cake".[7] As musical influences, the band notes bands like Meshuggah, Tribal Tech, Planet X and Mats Morgan as the main source of their inspiration.
Concerts
Panzerballett is also known for exceptional concerts. The humor of the band, which is only implied in the band's albums (e.g. song titles such as Schmitz Kadtse und Mit weißglühendem Morgenstern in Omas frischgebackene Rüblitorte or the vocal pieces with Conny Kreitmeier on songs like Zickenterror), occurs during their live performances more obviously, particularly guitarist Zehrfeld supplies, cable Rasta wig and sunglasses, dressed in a stage show, with exaggerated facial expressions and gestures, dance and exuberant Hüpfeinlagen and headbanging. His improvised nonsense recalls announcements here and there on Helge Schneider.
^"Sounds Like"-description on the band's MySpace page
January 20, 2023
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Panzerballett is a Munich quintet led by guitarist composer and arranger Jan Zehrfeld Their musical style is best described as jazz metal PanzerballettPanzerballet Offside Festival 2008 Geldern Germany left to right Martin Mayrhofer Alexander von Hagke Sebastian Lanser Heiko Jung Jan ZehrfeldBackground informationOriginMunich GermanyGenresJazz fusion progressive metal funkYears active2004 2004 presentLabelsACT RecordsMembersJan Zehrfeld Joe Doblhofer Alexander von Hagke Heiko Jung Sebastian LanserPast membersGregor Burger Florian Schmidt Andreas Dombert Max Bucher Martin MayrhoferWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 Band history 2 Music 3 Concerts 4 Discography 5 Personnel 6 External links 7 NotesBand history EditAfter several years of searching classically trained guitarist Jan Zehrfeld joined several musicians together with the idea of forming a jazz metal band Zehrfeld felt that he was always angry at something and that this music was a way to channel his aggression 1 In 2005 Panzerballett released their self titled debut album and became part of the German progressive rock scene The band went on to play a series of concerts in the Munich region but also performed at the 15th National Youth Jazz Festival in Leipzig and the renowned Burg Herzberg Festival A DVD was compiled from those shows and titled Live at Backstage Munich 2006 After several line up changes in 2007 the jazz label ACT contracted the band and in February 2008 released their second album Starke Stucke A small tour of Germany began after the release of this album and the album reached the 26th place on the German Jazz charts In 2008 multiple concerts and cameo appearances were made including the Zappanale the Leverkusen Jazz Festival opening for John McLaughlin and Chick Corea the Baltic Prog Fest and the self organized Metal Jazz Festival in Munich Short television appearances were also done In August 2009 Panzerballett released their third album Hart Genossen from Abba to Zappa In September 2009 the album jumped to 25 on the jazz charts and appeared in the drum magazine Drums and Percussion as the January 2010 Record of the Month 2 The band then played multiple shows and cameo appearances throughout Germany including as a guest of the Arte Lounge 3 and in on3 Radio 4 Music EditPanzerballett plays both original compositions by guitarist Zehrfeld and his creative arrangements of popular songs from rock Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple to pop Ein Bisschen Frieden by Nicole to jazz Birdland by Weather Report to soundtrack as the title theme The Simpsons The band has noted their influences to be classic jazz and funk artists and also heavy progressive metal artists such as Meshuggah The song Iron Maiden Voyage shows these diverse influences the song s name is a pun on the name of the band metal band Iron Maiden and the Jazz Standard Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock An important feature of the band s music is the virtuosity of their performance the band s members have studied with award winning musicians to master their instruments at a high technical level One example of their technical skill are the highly complex polyrhythmic structures the band uses in their compositions Jan Zehrfeld wearing his Oakley Medusa leather cap and dancing on stage Die Zeit writes about Panzerballett Ihre eigenen Stucke flankieren sie mit einer Reihe von Hardrock Jazz und Entertainment Gassenhauern die sie mit der tadellosen Technik an deutschen Hochschulen ausgebildeter Musiker so vorbehaltlos zerschreddern und neu zusammensetzen dass Wiedererkennungseffekt und Staunen sich die Waage halten roughly Their own compositions are intermingled with a number of jazz rock and entertainment standards which the musicians thoroughly deconstruct using impeccable skills gained at german music conservatories They then rebuild the works into new performances carefully balancing recognition with astonishment 5 The band describes their own music as delicate interlocking funk grooves with brutally hard rhythmically complex riffs and jazz improvisation combined with ska Death Jazz 6 or like hacking with a white hot flail into grandma s freshly baked ruebli cake 7 As musical influences the band notes bands like Meshuggah Tribal Tech Planet X and Mats Morgan as the main source of their inspiration Concerts EditPanzerballett is also known for exceptional concerts The humor of the band which is only implied in the band s albums e g song titles such as Schmitz Kadtse und Mit weissgluhendem Morgenstern in Omas frischgebackene Rublitorte or the vocal pieces with Conny Kreitmeier on songs like Zickenterror occurs during their live performances more obviously particularly guitarist Zehrfeld supplies cable Rasta wig and sunglasses dressed in a stage show with exaggerated facial expressions and gestures dance and exuberant Hupfeinlagen and headbanging His improvised nonsense recalls announcements here and there on Helge Schneider Discography Edit2005 Panzerballett 2007 Live at Backstage Munich 2006 DVD 2008 Starke Stucke 2009 Hart Genossen Von ABBA bis ZAPPA 2012 Tank Goodness 2013 Live at Theatron Munich 2013 DVD 2015 Breaking Brain 2017 X Mas Death Jazz 2020 Planet Z Wikimedia Commons has media related to Panzerballett Personnel EditJan Zehrfeld Lead guitars Heiko Jung Bass guitar Sebastian Lanser Drums Joe Doblhofer Rhythm guitars Alexander von Hagke SaxophoneExternal links EditOfficial Website ACT Records Artist Page Music Reviews on Babyblaue Seiten German Interview with Jan Zehrfeld German Video Interview with Jan Zehrfeld on YouTube com German Panzerballett stream on last fmNotes Edit Jan Zehrfeld on his personal MySpace page drums amp percussion drums amp percussion January February 2010 Archived from the original on 24 June 2011 Retrieved 20 December 2010 ARTE Lounge 7 ARTE Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Panzerballett M w M i O f R live on3 radio Archived from the original on 1 June 2010 Retrieved 20 December 2010 Stefan Hentz for Die 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