Ivo Müller has been active in the southwest German music scene for more than 30 years. Without music and guitar, without the spiritual nourishment of culture, he could not do without it. His great love is the guitar in jazz, the richness of harmony and rhythmic variety. He is happy for it to sound acoustic, although every now and then a proper plank also makes the proximity to blues and rock clear. In recent years, his turn to singing has made his music more complete and once again awakened his curiosity for new things.
His search for excellent instruments finally led him to Stefan Sonntag and Ivo has owned a J17 Brigit with the serial number 250 since the beginning of 2016.
“A fantastic sounding and playable, well-balanced instrument with its own character! It's hard to put it down again!”
MUSICAL VITA
- First self-taught steps on the guitar at the age of 17. Acoustic guitar, later electric guitar, participation in various rock and blues bands.
- Jazz guitar lessons, e.g. with Heiner Franz, Uwe Gehring, workshops with Louis Stewart, Helmut Kagerer
- Various jazz bands, from duo to big band, as well as show bands and musicals. Band projects such as Riptide & Joe Smoke, modern jazz trio Jazzica, Ivo Müller Trio, HammondEx. After 2010, increasingly working in smaller ensembles, duo projects, e.g. KönigMüller with Sabine König and duo with Dietmar Kunzler. From 2013 increasingly solo performances as a guitarist and singer
- Composition and own lyrics, arrangements and occasional studio work. Instruments: electric and A-guitar, vocals, electric bass, mandolin
- Member of the trio of French chanson Marcel Adam for several years
- From 2012 singing lessons with soprano Stefanie Krahnenfeld (professor at the Mannheim University of Music) and baritone Stefan Röttig (Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken)
- Performances solo and together with many colleagues, e.g. Thomas Girard, Matthias Ernst, Marcel Adam, Suzanne Dowaliby, Anne Schoenen, Andrea Reichhart, Joscho Stephan, Dirko Juchem, Gernot Schererer, Johannes Müller, Ingrid Peters
- Active as a musician mainly in southwest Germany, as well as in neighboring Luxembourg and France, appearances e.g. at Bingen swingt, Jazzfestival Idar-Oberstein, Den Atelier Luxembourg, Jazz in the Ministergärten Berlin, the Kunstschiene Innsbruck, radio and television appearances at Saarländischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk
PROMOTER AND CONCERT ORGANIZER
- From 2000, development of the concert series Völklinger Hüttenjazz and Dixieland Frühschoppen at the World Cultural Heritage Site Völklingen Ironworks, Artistic Director from 2000 - 2010
- Various concert series in Völklingen and the surrounding area, e.g. 2003 Jazz in the VIP-Brasserie, 2003 Summer Jazz in the Match-Point, 2010 Working-Jazz in the 8Bar
CD-Release
- Riptide & Joe Smoke – American Music (1995)
- Riptide & Joe Smoke – The World’s gone crazy (1999)
- HammondEx – HammondEx (2002)
- HammondEx – HexaBlue (2003)
- HammondEx – Latin Music (2008)
- Marcel Adam – Starke Frauen (2006)
- Marcel Adam – Hautnah (2009)
- Marcel Adam – Halleluja (2011)
- Ivo Müller Trio – Working Jazz (2010)
- KönigMüller – Gelassen verlassen (2013)
- Ivo Max Müller – Ich ohne Dich (2014)