âMartin Schulte impressed me immediately as an extremely talented guitarist. I highly
recommend him.â
Ben Monder
"Martin Schulte is a first class guitar player. His playing is fluid and expressive, his
compositions interesting and captivating...

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Related styles: Jazz: Modern Creative Jazz, Jazz: Jazz quartet, Featuring Guitar

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Cologne based guitarist Martin Schulte (*1979) is one of the most asked-for sidemen of the
Rhine-Ruhr jazz scene in Germany. With his guitar riffs, this âbrilliant instrumentalistâ
(Westdeutsche Zeitung), traverses the spaces between modern jazz, pop, rock and funk.
Born in Duisburg, Martin Schulte has quickly become an important part of the dynamic Cologne
jazz scene as a member of jazz bands Oktoposse, Magnus Mehl Quintett, Duo Doyna, and with
his own quartet â the Martin Schulte Quartett. His much appreciated presence comes from his
ability to be free with musical style, his deep feel for improvisation and his dexterity in moving
between tension, intensity and relaxation. Forming his own musical style gained important
impetus not only through his study of jazz guitar at the Hochschule fuer Musik und Tanz in
Cologne, but also from lessons by international jazz celebrities such as John Abercrombie, Kurt
Rosenwinkel, Hiram Bullock, Wayne Krantz, Peter Bernstein, John Taylor and Ben Monder who
says about Martin Schulte: âHe impressed me immediately as an extremely talented guitarist.â

2003 Martin Schulte asked his friends Peter Ehwald (sax), Matthias Nowak (b) and Mirek
Pyschny (dr) to join the Martin Schulte Quartet to perform his original pieces inspired by John
Scofield and Kurt Rosenwinkel on jazz stages across Germany.
Intellectual high-performance jazz isnât their thing. The four musicians like to show a bit of
emotion and humour and know how to relax. And being relaxed means you can make it your
goal to enjoy the journey. The first Martin Schulte Quartett CD is ready to hit the market.
Martin Schulteâs eight pieces move somewhere between jazz, pop and rock. The elements
sometimes flow strong and energetic, and sometimes quiet and intimate. Some pieces are
loose and airy like acoustic pop with tunes that stay in your ear. And to really dive into the fun
bits of this first CD project, between the arranged stretches, Martin Schulte and his band have
left a lot of room to enjoy a good dose of impro.