Johannes Wallmann Quartet

Johannes Wallmann is a pianist, composer, recording artist on Fresh Sound New Talent Records and Shifting Paradigm Records, and Yamaha piano artist. Born 1974 in Germany and raised on Canada’s Vancouver Island, Wallmann studied jazz piano and composition at Berklee College of Music (BM) and at New York University (MM, PhD). Over twelve years in New York City and five years in Oakland, CA, he established himself as a versatile and in-demand sideman before moving to Madison, Wisconsin in 2012, where as the inaugural holder of the John and Carolyn Peterson Chair in Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin, he founded the university’s jazz studies program. Wallmann has recorded eight critically acclaimed CDs as a leader: DownBeat Magazine called Wallmann “a remarkable pianist and composer…his evocative compositions are brimming with melodic cogency and rhythmic pull,” named his 2015 Town Musicians album an “Editors’ Pick,” and described his playing on Day and Night (2018) as “confident, muscular and elegant.” The Wisconsin Gazette called Love Wins (2018), “One of the most interesting and accomplished jazz albums to come out in recent years. Love Wins has taken the uniquely American art form to the next step of its creative journey.”

Johannes Wallmann, piano
Russ Johnson, trumpet
Nick Moran, bass
Matt Endres, drums