Christian Broecking
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Christian Broecking (born June 5, 1957) is an German music critic, columnist, writer, editor, producer and author perhaps best known for his jazz criticism and his book The Marsalis-factor.
[edit] Biography
Christian Broecking was born in Flensburg. He studied sociology and musicology at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He served as the founding program director for Berlin jazz radio from 1994 to 1998. His books “The Marsalis-factor” (Der Marsalis Faktor, 1995), “Respect!” (Respekt!, 2004), “Black Codes” (Black Codes, 2005) and “We are here to save lives” (Jeder Ton eine Rettungsstation, 2007) were highly acclaimed. His published articles on music and cultural studies have appeared in scholarly journals and edited volumes, he holds columns in several daily newspapers in Germany and serves as a staff writer for the online music section of “Die Zeit”. He is doing radio features on jazz and African American culture for German public radio since 1995, currently he is teaching musicology at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universtät Frankfurt and Technische Universität Berlin.
[edit] Bibliography
- Christian Broecking, Der Marsalis-Faktor. Oreos, Waakirchen-Schaftlach 1995, ISBN 3-923657-48-X
- Christian Broecking, Respekt!. Verbrecher, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-935843-38-0
- Christian Broecking, Black Codes. Verbrecher, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-935843-60-7
- Christian Broecking, Jeder Ton eine Rettungsstation. Verbrecher, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935843-85-0
