Dirk Balthaus

German jazz pianist

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Dirk Balthaus (born 1965 in Oberhausen) is a German jazz pianist. He is leader of the Dirk Balthaus Trio, which performed with Lars Dietrich at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1998.^[1] He is also a member of the Old and New Quartet.^[2]

Recordings

Gerlo Hesselink Quartet: "Garden of stones" 2013 independent
Lochs/Balthaus/Herskedal: "Choices" 2012 Berthold Records
Millennium Jazz Orchestra: "Distrust all rules" 2011 St. MJO
Millennium Jazz Orchestra: "Pretty Pumps" 2010 St. MJO
Lochs/Balthaus/Herskedal: „kein Titel“ 2009 MUC
Dirk Balthaus Trio: „Consolation“ 2009 Hi5 Records
Cotton Club All Stars: „Amsterdam Jam“ 2007 Hi5 Records
Léah Kline: „Juzz Flirtin“ 2007 Theatrics/Hi5 Records
Balthaus/Lumeij/Grimbergen: „Gershwin“ 2006 Hi5 Records
George Carlo M.: „Smooth Road“ 2004 Munich Records
Volker Winck Quartet: „Body & Soul“ 2003 independent
Willem Hellbreker Quartet: „Resonance“ 2003 Munich Records
Dirk Balthaus Trio: „On Children's Ground“ 2002 Munich Records
Dirk Balthaus Sextet: „The Healing“ 1997 Via Records
Hot Bolshevik: „Post Cold War Groove“, 1995 Red Boogie
Balthaus/Lochs 4-tet: „Tales of the frog“ 1994 ac.music records

References

^ "| NN North Sea Jazz Festival".
^ Jazz in Deutschland: das Jürgen Wölfer's lexikon - 2008 Page 29 "Er lehrt am Konservatorium in Den Haag und spielt mit eigenen Gruppen oder mit dem Old & New Quartet mit Dirk Balthaus (Klavier), Rob Asmus (Saxofon) und Gabriel Guelman (Bass),"