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Jonas Burgwinkel

Jonas Burgwinkel is a drummer, composer, bandleader, collective organizer, and educator whose work links the Pablo Held Trio with Cologne-based projects.

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Career Overview

About Jonas Burgwinkel

Burgwinkel’s official biography traces drum study in Cologne, Boston, and Maastricht and a career spanning more than fifty recordings. It highlights a sustained relationship with the Pablo Held Trio alongside worldwide work in many leader and collaborative settings.[1]

His project archive distinguishes Source Direct, Medusa Beats, solo work, the Pablo Held Trio, and a broad set of co-led ensembles. The same biography places those projects beside his Cologne professorship and co-founding role in the KLAENG jazz collective.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Co-leader and drummer

Pablo Held Trio

Burgwinkel’s biography identifies the trio as one of his most intensive and internationally active musical partnerships.[1][2]

Leader, drummer, and composer

Source Direct and Medusa Beats

The official project guide presents two distinct Burgwinkel-led settings alongside his solo and collaborative work.[2]

Co-founder, drummer, and organizer

KLAENG collective

Burgwinkel’s biography documents his role in the Cologne collective as a presenter, network builder, and label participant.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2011

Source Direct

Leader and drummer

The leader recording gives Burgwinkel a dedicated project under his own name outside the Pablo Held Trio.[2]

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2015

Side B

Leader, drummer, and producer

Recorded across three nights at Cologne’s Stecken club, Side B preserves Burgwinkel’s free jazz and groove sessions with a changing local cast.[3][2]

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2018

Medusa Beats

Leader and drummer

Medusa Beats documents a second leader identity within Burgwinkel’s broad Cologne project archive.[2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Side B on Bandcamp

Hear Burgwinkel’s complete live Cologne session with personnel and first-party project notes.

Official music archive

Explore Burgwinkel’s selected recordings across leader and collaborative ensembles.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Jonas Burgwinkel. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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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, education, and collective work

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  2. [2] Official leader and collaborative project guide

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  3. [3] Side B live album and personnel notes

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