Michael Wollny is a German jazz pianist known best for performances and
recordings with the Michael Wollny Trio, whose style according to a 2015 review
in the Irish Times "is suffused with a theatrical, romantic air of mystery".
Commenting on the Trio's 'Nachfahrten' EP, the newspaper said the pianist
"doesn't so much burn as smoulder". Named at the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Awards in
London as the Most Promising International Newcomer of the Year for 2007, he
composes and features works by others including Gil Evans, Thelonious Monk,
Billy Strayhorn and Björk.
Born in central Ger...