Jazzkantine

{{Short description|German band}}

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| origin = Braunschweig, Germany

| genre = Jazz, funk, hip hop

| years_active = {{start date|1993}}–present

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Inspired by Guru's Jazzmatazz project, the German formation Jazzkantine was founded in 1993 in Braunschweig. Their first album Jazzkantine won them the "Echo Award" in 1996,[http://www.echopop.de/no_cache/pop-suche/?suche%5Baction%5D=suche&suche%5Becho%5D=18&suche%5Bjahr%5D=1996&suche%5Bwin%5D Echo Pop, 1996]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} www.echopop.de, accessed: 30 August 2014 the most important German music prize.

The music of Jazzkantine is a cross-over between jazz funk and hip hop music: German rap over music and beats heavily influenced by jazz standards, often interpreted in a very funky way. This genre is also known as jazz rap.

In 1998, they played at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

In 1999, they started a collaboration with the ballet ensemble of Braunschweig, resulting in the successful Tanzzkantine project.

Discography

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!rowspan="2"|Year

!rowspan="2"|Title

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Germany
musicline.de: [http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Jazzkantine/12031/?type=longplay Chartverfolgung / Jazzkantine / Longplay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817003339/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Jazzkantine/12031/?type=longplay |date=17 August 2016 }}, accessed: 30 August 2014.

!Austria
austriancharts.at: [http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Jazzkantine&titel=Geheimrezept&cat=a JAZZKANTINE - GEHEIMREZEPT (ALBUM)], accessed: 8 September 2014.austriancharts.at: [http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Jazzkantine&titel=Hell%27s+Kitchen&cat=a JAZZKANTINE - HELL'S KITCHEN (ALBUM)], accessed: 8 September 2014.

!Switzerland
hitparade.ch: [http://www.hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jazzkantine&order=year DISCOGRAPHIE JAZZKANTINE], accessed: 8 September 2014.

1994

| Jazzkantine

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1995

| heiß & fettig

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|align="center"| 25

1996

| Frisch gepresst & Live

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|align="center"| 32

1998

| Geheimrezept

|align="center"| 18

|align="center"| 41

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2000

| In Formation

|align="center"| 54

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|align="center"| 80

2002

| Futter für die Seele

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2003

| Unbegrenzt haltbar

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2004

| Best of Jazzkantine

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2008

| Hell's Kitchen

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2009

| Unser Eintracht

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2012

| Jazzkantine spielt Volkslieder

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2013

| Ultrahocherhitzt

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References

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