Eva Kurowski (born 1965 in Oberhausen) is a German jazz musician and singer.[1][2]
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Kurowski's father Walter is a jazz musician and plays in many clubs in the Ruhr Valley, (K-14 in Oberhausen, Blue-Note in Eisenheim), and therefore his daughter was constantly exposed to jazz from an early age.
In 1982 Kurowski began singing and met many musicians, including her promoter Helge Schneider. She appeared with him and Uwe Lyko regularly on stage as of 1983.
In Stangenfieber, Helge Schneider's first short film, Kurowski sang the main song and played the socondary role. Working on this film she met cameraman Christoph Schlingensief and appeared in the preshow of his Mülheim Filmclub 69. She assists on television shows under the guidance of Alfred Edel.
In 1992 Kurowski founded a band with Christian Brockmeier on piano, Dieter Stein on contrabass and Mike Gosen on drums. She performs duets with pianist Martin Scholz. In 1997 she performed with the Tim Isfort Orchestra and for Blixa Bargeld.
In 2001 Kurowski received the Comedy Carl Prize.
In 2002 Kurowski released her first solo CD: Reich ohne Geld, produced by Helge Schneider.
She currently tours the Ruhr area with her jazz band.
Her book "Avanti Popoloch: Eine sozialistische Kindheit im Ruhrgebiet" (ISBN 3938834331) was published in 2008.[3]
Kurowski writes her own music and words, based in a classical jazz sound. Her female perspective in her songs is influenced by daily life in the Ruhr Valley, and alternates between pop, children's songs and jazz.