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Florian Herzog

Florian Herzog is a Cologne double bassist, composer, bandleader, improviser, and concert-series curator working across jazz, electronics, and pop.

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Career Overview

About Florian Herzog

Herzog's official biography traces work in the Netherlands, Cologne, and New York and describes writing across avant-garde jazz, pop, and electronic settings. It identifies his leader projects Moon Tree and Almost Natural alongside the collective groups Just Another Foundry, Turn, and Trillmann.[1]

The artist and label profiles also document collaborations with musicians including Theo Bleckmann, Jim Black, Nils Wogram, Anna Webber, Elias Stemeseder, and Lesley Mok. Herzog's work extends to curating concert series that connect Cologne musicians with visiting improvisers.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, double bassist, and composer

Moon Tree

Herzog's sextet combines voice, reeds, double bass, and drums in a New York-recorded program of his compositions and lyrics.[1][4]

Leader, double bassist, and composer

Almost Natural quartet

The quartet brings Herzog together with Sebastian Gille, Elias Stemeseder, and Leif Berger in an acoustic and electronic ensemble setting.[1][5]

Collective bassist

Just Another Foundry

Herzog's biography identifies the trio among his collective bands, and its authorized catalog documents a shared compositional and improvising language.[1][3]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2020

Just Another Foundry

Collective bassist

The trio's authorized release documents material recorded in 2017 and issued as a collective album in 2020.[1][3]

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2022

Moon Tree

Leader, double bassist, composer, and lyricist

Herzog's release credits a voice-and-reeds sextet and documents his bass, compositions, and lyrics.[4]

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2023

Almost Natural

Leader and double bassist

The quartet release documents Herzog with Sebastian Gille, Elias Stemeseder, and Leif Berger, plus his post-production and modular-synth work.[5]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Florian Herzog on Bandcamp

Hear the complete Moon Tree and Almost Natural albums with personnel and production credits.

Official media page

Watch project performances and browse Herzog's selected audiovisual work from the artist site.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Tue, Aug 25, 8:00 PM

CGNYC w/ Grey McMurray

Stadtgarten · Cologne

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Tue, Sep 8, 8:00 PM

Cologne Jazzweek | CGNYC – Kalia Vandever

LOFT Cologne · Cologne

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Mon, Sep 21, 8:00 PM

Alec Goldfarb Quartet

LOFT Cologne · Cologne

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Thu, Sep 24, 8:00 PM

European Jazz Conference Showcase: Florian Herzog Almost Natural

LOFT Cologne · Cologne

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Thu, Sep 24, 8:30 PM

European Jazz Conference Showcase: Florian Herzog Almost Natural

LOFT Cologne · Cologne

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and project guide

    Florian Herzog

  2. [2] Label artist biography

    Out Of Your Head Records

  3. [3] Just Another Foundry release

    Just Another Foundry

  4. [4] Moon Tree release and credits

    Florian Herzog

  5. [5] Almost Natural release and credits

    Florian Herzog