Carolyn Breuer

Carolyn Breuer (born 4 July 1969 in Munich) is a German jazz saxophonist (alto and soprano). She is the daughter of the popular jazz musician Hermann Breuer. When she was 19 years old, she studied as a member of the Bundesjazzorchester at the Konservatorium in Hilversum under Ferdinand Povel. After her examination, she moved to New York City for a long time where she took private lessons with George Coleman and Branford Marsalis. Breuer worked together with Coleman, Fee Claassen and Ingrid Jensen and began her own label, NotNowMom!-Records. The CD, Serenade, won the "Heidelberger Künstlerpreis" (Heidelberg's prize for artists) in Amsterdam. She is the first jazz musician to receive this award, previously only given to classical...