Short bio Theo Bleckmann
Full biography Theo Bleckmann
Theo Bleckmann is a German-born composer and singer who has made a name for himself in the United States. He is known for his unique vocal style, which blends elements of jazz, classical, and pop music. Bleckmann has composed music for a variety of projects, including films, theater productions, and dance performances. He has also collaborated with a number of contemporary musicians and composers, including David Lang and Kate Bush.
Bleckmann's work often explores themes of love, loss, and memory. In 2012, he released an album called "The Music of Kate Bush," which featured his interpretations of some of Bush's most popular songs. The album received critical acclaim and helped to establish Bleckmann as a respected musician in the contemporary music scene.
In addition to his work as a composer and performer, Bleckmann is also a visual artist and teacher. He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and has won numerous other honors and awards for his work. Overall, Theo Bleckmann is a highly accomplished musician who has made significant contributions to the world of contemporary music.
Albums featuring Theo Bleckmann
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
John Hollenbeck, Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace, Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Songs You Like A Lot(CD, Album) | 2020 | Flexatonic Records |
| 2 |  |
Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann – LP1 | 2019 | greyfade |
| 3 |  |
Elegy | 2017 | ECM Records |
| 4 |  |
Love Song(CD, Compilation) | 2015 | Winter & Winter |
| 5 |  |
John Hollenbeck - Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Uri Caine And The Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Songs We Like A Lot(CD, Album) | 2015 | Sunnyside |
| 6 |  |
Julia Hülsmann Quartet W/ Theo Bleckmann – A Clear Midnight (Kurt Weill And America)(CD, Album) | 2015 | ECM Records |
| 7 |  |
Kate McGarry, Keith Ganz, Theo Bleckmann – Smile | 2014 | Edition Longplay |
| 8 |  |
Fumio Yasuda, Theo Bleckmann – Mother Goose's Melodies(CD, Album) | 2013 | Winter & Winter |
| 9 |  |
itsnotyouitsme, Theo Bleckmann, Skúli Sverrisson – This I(CD, Album) | 2013 | New Amsterdam Records |
| 10 |  |
Johann W. Von Goethe, Ilse Van Heyst ; Ulrich Noethen, Theo Bleckmann, WDR Big Band Köln, Ansgar Striepens – Reineke Fuchs(CD, ) | 2013 | CMO Hörbuch |
| 11 |  |
Hello Earth! – The Music Of Kate Bush(CD, Album) | 2011 | Winter & Winter |
| 12 |  |
The Claudia Quintet +1 Featuring Kurt Elling And Theo Bleckmann – What Is The Beautiful?(CD, Album) | 2011 | Cuneiform Records |
| 13 |  |
I Dwell In Possibility(CD, Album) | 2010 | Winter & Winter |
| 14 |  |
Fumio Yasuda & Theo Bleckmann – Schumann's Favored Bar Songs(CD, Album) | 2009 | Winter & Winter |
| 15 |  |
David Lang, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Evan Ziporyn, Theo Bleckmann – Pierced | 2008 | Naxos |
| 16 |  |
Charles Ives, Theo Bleckmann, Kneebody – Twelve Songs By Charles Ives(CD, Album) | 2008 | Winter & Winter |
| 17 |  |
Theo Bleckmann, Fumio Yasuda – Berlin - Songs Of Love And War, Peace And Exile(CD, Album) | 2007 | Winter & Winter |
| 18 |  |
Theo Bleckmann And Ben Monder – At Night(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo, Album) | 2007 | Songlines Recordings |
| 19 |  |
Theo Bleckmann, Fumio Yasuda – Las Vegas Rhapsody - The Night They Invented Champagne(CD, Album) | 2006 | Winter & Winter |
| 20 |  |
John Hollenbeck / Jazz Bigband Graz Featuring Theo Bleckmann – Joys & Desires(CD, Album) | 2005 | Intuition Records |
| 21 |  |
Anteroom(CD, Album) | 2005 | Traumton Records |
| 22 |  |
Origami | 2001 | Songlines Recordings |
| 23 |  |
Theo Bleckmann, John Hollenbeck – Static Still(CD, Album) | 2000 | GPE Records |
| 24 |  |
Sheila Jordan With The Steve Kuhn Trio Special Guest Theo Bleckmann – Jazz Child(CD, Album) | 1999 | HighNote Records, Inc. |
| 25 |  |
Theo Bleckmann And Ben Monder – No Boat | 1997 | Songlines Recordings |
| 26 |  |
Theo Bleckmann & Kirk Nurock – Looking–Glass River(CD, ) | 1995 | Traumton Records |
| 27 |  |
Theo Bleckmann • Kirk Nurock – Theo & Kirk(CD, Album) | 1993 | Traumton Records |
Videos featuring Theo Bleckmann
Smile
Provided to YouTube by Entertainment One U.S., LP
Smile · Kate McGarry · Keith Ganz
Genevieve & Ferdinand
℗ Sunnyside Communications
Released on: 2014-02-04
Artist: Kate McGarry
Artist: Keith Ganz
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No Boat
Provided to YouTube by Music Video Distributors Inc.
No Boat · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Theo Bleckmann – Elegy
Theo Bleckmann
Elegy
Theo Bleckmann: voice
Shai Maestro: piano
Ben Monder: guitar
Chris Tordini: double-bass
John Hollenbeck: drums
+++ Release in January 2017 +++
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Beyond being a vocalist of
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">Claudia Quintet+1 featuring Kurt Elling "Job"
"What is the Beautiful?" by The Claudia Quintet + 1, featuring Kurt Elling and Theo Bleckmann from the album 'What is the Beautiful?' (Cuneiform Records).
Purchase now @:
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Theo Bleckmann (solo): anteroom (excerpt 1)
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Songs my mother taught me (Arr. T. Bleckmann for Voice & Jazz Ensemble)
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
Songs my mother taught me (Arr. T. Bleckmann for Voice & Jazz Ensemble) · Theo Bleckmann
Kneebody: Twelve Songs by Charles Ives
℗ 2014 Winter and Winter
Released on: 2014-08-01
Ensemble: Kneebody
Artist: The
Running Up That Hill
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
Running Up That Hill · Theo Bleckmann
Hello Earth!
℗ 2015 Winter and Winter
℗ Winter & Winter GmbH
Released on: 2015-03-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Composer: Theo Bleckmann
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Late, by Myself
Provided to YouTube by Music Video Distributors Inc.
Late, by Myself · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
At Night
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2014-01-26
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Julia Hülsmann Quartet w/ Theo Bleckmann: A Clear Midnight (Album EPK, English) | ECM Records
Julia Hülsmann Quartet w/ Theo Bleckmann: A Clear Midnight - Kurt Weill and America
Theo Bleckmann vocals
Julia Hülsmann piano
Tom Arthurs trumpet, flugelhorn
Marc Muellbauer double bass
Heinrich Köbberling drums
Pianist Julia Hülsmann and singer Th
Pierced
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Pierced · Real Quiet
Lang, D.: Pierced / Heroin / Cheating, Lying, Stealing / How To Pray / Wed
℗ 2008 Naxos
Released on: 2008-11-18
Orchestra: Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Composer: David Lang
Conductor: Gi
True Love
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True Love · Theo Bleckmann, Fumio Yasuda & Kammerorchester Basel
Love Song
℗ 2017 Winter and Winter
℗ Winter & Winter GmbH
Released on: 2015-07-03
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Fumio Yasuda
Artist: Kammerorche
Hush-A-Bye Baby
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Hush-A-Bye Baby · Fumio Yasuda
Mother Goose's Melodies
℗ 2017 Winter and Winter
Released on: 2017-04-07
Artist: Fumio Yasuda
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Composer: Traditional
Composer: Fumio Yasuda
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Sheila Jordan - Jazz Child
Taken from Jazz Child
Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4yBKnTyXId8SsZrrpVgtiB
Stream on Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/album/74716262
Stream on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HZ2W93C?ie=UTF8&tag=i008-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&
Origami
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Origami · Theo Bleckmann
Origami
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2001-03-17
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
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I Dwell in Possibility
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I Dwell in Possibility · Theo Bleckmann
I Dwell in Possibility
℗ 2015 Winter and Winter
℗ Winter & Winter GmbH
Released on: 2015-05-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Composer: Theo Bleckmann
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joseph branciforte & theo bleckmann: LP1 (greyfade, 2019)
vinyl edition of 150. digital download in standard or high-resolution.
greyfade: http://greyfade.com/releases/lp1
bandcamp: http://greyfade-label.bandcamp.com/album/lp1
"Theo Bleckmann, an improvising vocalist of exceptional range and breathtaking sensi
Joys & Desires #3 - The Garden of Love
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Joys & Desires #3 - The Garden of Love · John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz
Joys & Desires
℗ 2005 intuition, a division of SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA, Mainz, Germany
Released on: 2006-01-31
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American Tune
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American Tune · Kate McGarry · Keith Ganz
Genevieve & Ferdinand
℗ Sunnyside Communications
Released on: 2014-02-04
Artist: Kate McGarry
Artist: Keith Ganz
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat · Fumio Yasuda
Mother Goose's Melodies
℗ 2017 Winter and Winter
Released on: 2017-04-07
Artist: Fumio Yasuda
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Composer: Traditional
Composer: Theo Bleckmann
Aut
greyfade 001 / joseph branciforte & theo bleckmann: LP1
The debut recording from Grammy-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann and electronic musician & producer Joseph Branciforte. Vocal loops of hushed beauty framed by artificially synthesized tones, deep subharmonic oscillations, and gently layered sheets of noi
At Night
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At Night · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
At Night
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2014-01-26
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Gigi: Gigi: The Night They Invented Champagne
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Gigi: Gigi: The Night They Invented Champagne · Theo Bleckmann
Las Vegas Rhapsody: The Night They Invented Champagne
℗ 2015 Winter and Winter
℗ Winter & Winter
Released on: 2015-03-01
Artist: Theo Bleckman
I Remember You
Provided to YouTube by Music Video Distributors Inc.
I Remember You · Theo Bleckmann
Origami
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2001-03-17
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
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Waltz (Arr. T. Bleckmann for Voice & Jazz Ensemble)
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Waltz (Arr. T. Bleckmann for Voice & Jazz Ensemble) · Theo Bleckmann
Kneebody: Twelve Songs by Charles Ives
℗ 2014 Winter and Winter
Released on: 2014-08-01
Ensemble: Kneebody
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Composer
Heroin (arr. D. Lang for voice and cello)
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
Heroin (arr. D. Lang for voice and cello) · Theo Bleckmann
Lang, D.: Pierced / Heroin / Cheating, Lying, Stealing / How To Pray / Wed
℗ 2008 Naxos
Released on: 2008-11-18
Composer: David Lang
Artist: Felix Fan
The Claudia Quintet +1 feat. Kurt Elling "Job"
from What Is The Beautiful? feat. Kurt Elling & Theo Bleckmann, available now on Cuneiform Records, and at http://johnhollenbeck.bandcamp.com/
Love and Anger
Provided to YouTube by Kontor New Media
Love and Anger · Theo Bleckmann
Love Song
℗ 2017 Winter and Winter
℗ Winter & Winter GmbH
Released on: 2015-07-03
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Composer: Kate Bush
Lyricist: Kate Bush
Music Publisher: EMI Music Publis
Joys & Desires #1 - Jazz Envy
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Joys & Desires #1 - Jazz Envy · John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz
Joys & Desires
℗ 2005 intuition, a division of SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA, Mainz, Germany
Released on: 2006-01-31
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Gemini
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Gemini · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep
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Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep · Fumio Yasuda
Mother Goose's Melodies
℗ 2017 Winter and Winter
Released on: 2017-04-07
Artist: Fumio Yasuda
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Composer: Traditional
Composer: Fumio Yas
DNA
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DNA · Theo Bleckmann
Origami
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2001-03-17
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
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E.K.
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E.K. · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Abstinence
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Abstinence · John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz
Joys & Desires
℗ 2005 intuition, a division of SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA, Mainz, Germany
Released on: 2006-01-31
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Sunny Sunday
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Sunny Sunday · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
At Night
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2014-01-26
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Can't Help Loving That Man
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Can't Help Loving That Man · Kate McGarry · Keith Ganz
Genevieve & Ferdinand
℗ Sunnyside Communications
Released on: 2014-02-04
Artist: Kate McGarry
Artist: Keith Ganz
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Cheating, Lying, Stealing
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Cheating, Lying, Stealing · Evan Ziporyn
Lang, D.: Pierced / Heroin / Cheating, Lying, Stealing / How To Pray / Wed
℗ 2008 Naxos
Released on: 2008-11-18
Composer: David Lang
Artist: Evan Ziporyn
Ensemble: Real
Joys & Desires #2 - After a Dance or Two, We Sit Down for a Pint with Gil and Tim
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Joys & Desires #2 - After a Dance or Two, We Sit Down for a Pint with Gil and Tim · John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz
Joys & Desires
℗ 2005 intuition, a division of SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA, Mainz, Germany
Late Green
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Late Green · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Without Sky/Rhombicosidodecahedron
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Without Sky/Rhombicosidodecahedron · Theo Bleckmann
Origami
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2001-03-17
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
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How to Pray
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How to Pray · Real Quiet
Lang, D.: Pierced / Heroin / Cheating, Lying, Stealing / How To Pray / Wed
℗ 2008 Naxos
Released on: 2008-11-18
Composer: David Lang
Ensemble: Real Quiet
Engineer: James Abbott
Engineer
Orchard
Provided to YouTube by Music Video Distributors Inc.
Orchard · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
At Night
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2014-01-26
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Douce dame jolie
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Douce dame jolie · Theo Bleckmann
Origami
℗ Songlines
Released on: 2001-03-17
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
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Every Time We Say Goodbye
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Every Time We Say Goodbye · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Just Like Him
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Just Like Him · John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz
Joys & Desires
℗ 2005 intuition, a division of SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA, Mainz, Germany
Released on: 2006-01-31
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Maxfield
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Maxfield · John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz
Joys & Desires
℗ 2005 intuition, a division of SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA, Mainz, Germany
Released on: 2006-01-31
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Canady Hill/Waiting for Impact
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Canady Hill/Waiting for Impact · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Mercury
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Mercury · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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O.K. Chorale
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O.K. Chorale · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Polyhedron
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Polyhedron · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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Out of This World
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Out of This World · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
No Boat
℗ Songlines
Released on: 1997-06-01
Artist: Theo Bleckmann
Artist: Ben Monder
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