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Jann Klose
Power Pop, folk, chamber pop, blues
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano, bass
LabelsGallo Record Company
Websitewww.jannklose.com

Jann Klose is a German pop singer-songwriter, who has released seven albums and two EPs. Based in New York City, Klose was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, and northeast Ohio. His original songs have charted on Top 40 radio in the United States and South Africa.

Jekyll & Hyde, and The Who's Tommy
as well as made for TV movies, voice overs and commercials. In 2005, the off-Broadway production Moonlight Interior, a musical based on Klose's music and directed by Yoel Cassell, premiered in New York City.

He has periodically collaborated with members of classical rock group

The Strawbs, Rosanne Cash, The Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Marty Stuart, The Yardbirds' Jim McCarty, Elliott Murphy, Pete Seeger and Les Paul
.

Early life

Klose was born in

Cleveland, Ohio. At this time he began teaching himself the keyboard and subsequently guitar as well as singing and dancing in the high school show choir. He returned to Hamburg, Germany to finish Gymnasium (high school) and started playing out, first in subway stations, the high school's band and then local clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn
red-light district.

Music career

Between 1998 and 2000, Klose studied voice with composer/conductor and

Jekyll & Hyde and in 2001 the European tour of Jesus Christ Superstar
.

Black Box EP (2003)

In 2002, Klose met Grammy Award-winning producer/guitarist Marlon J. Graves and recorded Black Box EP

Jakarta, Indonesia
.

Moonlight Interior (2005)

Moonlight Interior, an Off-Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Yo-el Cassell,

Beethoven and soundscapes by Pavel Zustiak. Lars Potteiger (keys, accordion) replaced Roberta Piket and the group, in various formations, increased touring to over 75 shows per year.[6]

Reverie (2007)

In 2007, Jann began work on his third album Reverie,[7] Stewart Lerman and the guidance of Rob Grenoble at Water Music Recorders[8] in Hoboken, New Jersey. The album featured over 15 musicians and singers, including new bandmates Leah Potteiger (violin) and Megan Marolf (oboe) as well as guest musicians Ryan Scott, Doug Hinrichs, Roosevelt Credit, Pedro da Silva, Dan Brantigan and Peter Sachon. The album was mastered by Dominick Maita (Airshow Mastering).

Partially fan-funded,

Uncle Floyd and cover art by Peter Max.[12]

Doing Time Music Video and Sacrifice EP (2010)

In 2010, Klose collaborated with students at the New York Film Academy for a music video for his song "Doing Time." Directed by Addison Neville the video was shot in stop motion. Together with the video he released Sacrifice EP,[13] his 5th release and 2nd EP.[14]

Mosaic (2013)

Jann Klose's album Mosaic (release date 25 June 2013) was produced by

Song to the Siren[16] and was mastered by double Grammy winner Warren Russell-Smith. Carrie Newcomer is a guest vocalist and Florian Opahle (Ian Anderson, Greg Lake) and David Bendeth are guest guitarists. MOSAIC entered the Roots Radio charts above Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow and Wilco at No. 22. The album ended up on first round ballots for the 2014 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album and is the recipient of three 2014 Independent Music Awards.[17]
A "Special Edition" of MOSAIC was released on 2 December 2014 and features a total of six bonus tracks, including the unreleased song "Anything".

Stereopticon (2016)

8 January 2016, saw the release of an acoustic pop/urban Americana collaboration with guitarist Gary Lucas, STEREOPTICON[18] on Cosmic Trigger Records, called "exciting" by DC Rocks and receiving a 4 STAR rating from Mojo (magazine).[19] Songs "Secret Wings," "Fairweather," "Julia," and "Let No One Come Between Us" continue to receive airplay on AAA radio in the U.S. and Europe

In Tandem (2018/2019)

During a BMI[20] writers camp in September 2016 in Cape Town, Klose met several well-known South African songwriters including Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Tamara Dey, James Stewart, Jonathan "Ziyon" Hamilton and Shekhinah. Held during the annual Music Exchange conference in Cape Town, South Africa he was introduced to Nick Matsukis who invited Klose to record an album at the Academy of Sound Engineering in Johannesburg. RJ Benjamin[21] agreed to produce the album and recording commenced over a 6 week period in April and May 2017. During the same time Klose attended a TutuDesk handover event in Limpopo Province. Final recording and mixing by Rici Martins were completed in September 2017. Significant buzz was created during the production of the album and both Sony Music SA and Gallo Record Company approached Jann to license the album. In February 2018 Gallo signed Jann and the IN TANDEM album with an option for a 2nd album. The first single "Take Me 2 Forever" was released on 13 April 2018 with the album made available on 25 May 2018. Album release parties in Johannesburg, South Africa, Hamburg, Germany and New York City followed.

IN TANDEM received significant attention including spiking on Apple Music in July 2018. This spike of over 50,000 streams lead to the attention of Big Management in New York City who (after attending the New York City album release show at The Cutting Room) signed Jann to a management deal in November 2018 and secured a distribution deal for several singles off IN TANDEM via The Orchard/SONY. The singles "Don't Give Up" (featuring Annie Haslam of Renaissance, written by Peter Gabriel,) "Love High," "Take Me 2 Forever" and "Pour the Champagne" (featuring Karen Zoid)[22] received over half a million streams on Spotify and YouTube between April and September 2019. "Pour the Champagne" charted on several South African radio stations including Jacaranda FM Top 20 in June 2019.

Surrender (2023)

In September 2017 while still finishing work on the IN TANDEM album, Jann attended a 2nd Broadcast Music Inc writers camp in Cape Town. Additional writers included Amanda Black, Christian Wright (of Abbey Road Studios), Alicia Madison and Tony Grund. Klose wrote "Love You the Most" with Alicia and Tony on day one of the camp. The song caught the attention of "Married Young" film producer Morey Levovitz who used the track to promote the movie.[23] Released on 3 September 2019 with a music video released on 6 September 2019. Produced by David Schoenwetter and Jann Klose, the duet with Alicia Madison became Klose's most viewed and streamed track to date passing 3 million views and streams on YouTube and Spotify alone.[24] A Spanish version of the song entitled "Te Amaré Más" was released together with a music video again featuring scenes from "Married Young" on 11 December 2020. The music video exceeded 1.1 million views on YouTube by February 2021.[25] In the Spring and Summer of 2021 the original English version of the song started gaining airplay on Top 40 radio in the U.S., peaking at position #49 on the Mediabase chart.

Klose continued to release singles, each finding radio airplay, and charting on Top 40 radio in the US and South Africa. "Pilot Light" was the first, a dedication to his late manager Gary Salzman,[26] who died from COVID-19 early in the pandemic.[27] The following single "Sugar My".[28] peaked at #36 on the Mediabase Top 40 radio charts and was quickly followed with the release of the single "Flesh and Blood" which once again featured dancers from the Lee Lund School of Dance in Connecticut.[29] Klose continued his collaboration with music video director Alex Vishno and signed a licensing deal for the "Surrender" album with Honey Rose Records.

Touring

Klose has opened for or shared the stage with a wide variety of musicians, including

Michael Glabicki, Rebecca Loebe, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Antigone Rising, Melissa Ferrick, Marshall Crenshaw, Jonathan Edwards, Jorma Kaukonen, Dan Hicks[30] and multi-track recording inventor/performer Les Paul
.

Klose received invitations to collaborate with

Atlantic City.[31]

Jann performed at

Chamber Pop Summit.[citation needed
]

Style

Critics have compared Klose to a range of modern-day and old school artists including

Eric Matthews,[35] Sting, Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, Elliott Smith,[36] and a less risque Serge Gainsbourg.[37]

Discography

Solo albums
  • Enough Said
  • The Strangest Thing
  • Black Box EP
  • Reverie
  • Sacrifice EP
  • Mosaic
  • Mosaic (Special Edition)
  • In Tandem
  • Surrender
Collaborations
Musicals
  • The Who's Tommy – actor/singer
  • Jekyll & Hyde – actor/singer
  • Jesus Christ Superstar – actor/singer
  • Moonlight Interior – actor/singer/writer/guitarist
Compilations
  • Healthy Food For Thought – 2011
    Grammy Award
    Nomination
  • Action Moves People – 2013
  • Action Moves People United – 2016
  • Christmas Passion – 2018
TV
  • MTV Cribs – Featured Song Black Box
  • Jägermeister – Voiceover tag line at end of "Be the Meister" Ad Campaign
Film
  • Married Young (Amazon) – Featured Song Love You the Most
  • One Little Finger – Featured Song Let Me Be Brave
  • Katie Fforde: Mein Sohn und seine Väter (ZDF Television, Germany) – Actor, Kenneth Holland
  • The Beauty of Disaster (Glimmer Girl) – Film Score, Featured Songs Hold Me Down, Beautiful Dream
  • A Venue For The End Of The World (Devil Blue Films, BrinkVision) – Featured Songs Clouds, The Beginning
  • Greetings from Tim Buckley (Focus World/Tribeca/Universal) – Singing Voice of Tim Buckley and Guitar
  • Dead Broke (Warner Bros) – Featured Song Black Box

References

  1. ^ "Jann Klose's Latest Single "Love You The Most" Breaks Top 40 Radio In The US". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  2. ^ Directo, Denny (2013). "Artist You Should Know: Jann Klose". CBS Paramount TV. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Jann Klose joins with Annie Haslam in a reunion show in Sellersville". Pottsmerc.com. 12 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Black Box EP". 25 January 2003 – via Amazon.
  5. ^ "Yo-EL Cassell | College of Fine Arts". Bu.edu.
  6. ^ "Diamond City - Luzerne County's free entertainment weekly. Find events and restaurants in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and NEPA". 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Jann Klose's 'Reverie' Continues To Build In The U.S. And Abroad". PR News. June 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Water Music Recorders". Watermusic.net. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  9. ^ Morden, Darryl (28 January 2011). "Pop Singer-Songwriter Jann Klose Coming to Mint; Appears on Grammy-Nominated Album". CultureMob. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  10. ^ "Jann Klose: 16 November 2009 – Chicago". Popmatters.com. 3 February 2010.
  11. ^ Kristie Rearick (9 September 2011). "Rising star Jann Klose to perform in Voorhees". Nj.com.
  12. ^ "Bronx residents Anne Leighton and Jann Klose get Grammy nod for healthy eating CD". New York Daily News. 14 January 2011.
  13. ^ "Jann Klose 'This Sacrifice'". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  14. ^ "'Doing Time' with Jann Klose at D.C.'s Green Turtle". Washington Examiner. 1 July 2010.
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  17. ^ "THE 13TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS VOX POP WINNERS ANNOUNCED". Independentmusicawards.com. 12 August 2014.
  18. ^ "Gary Lucas & Jann Klose | Anne Leighton". Anneleighton.com.
  19. ^ "4-Star Review for Stereopticon". The-guitar.com. 15 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Jann Klose: Singing For Self-Therapy". Texxandthecity.com. 21 September 2016.
  21. ^ Mayne, Jane (28 August 2017). "Jann Klose: 'Don't Give Up'". Weekendspecial.co.za.
  22. ^ "Watch The Music Video For Jann Klose's Latest Single "Pour The Champagne"". Samusicnews.co.za. 18 June 2019.
  23. ^ "'Undateable,' 'Glee,' 'Veep' Stars Join Indie 'Married Young' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  24. ^ Jann Klose & Alicia Madison - Love You The Most (Official Music Video), archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 24 January 2020
  25. ^ "Jann Klose & Alicia Madison - Te Amaré Más (Love You the Most - Spanish Version)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  26. ^ Bain, Katie (3 April 2020). "Longtime Music Manager Gary Salzman Dies Due to Coronavirus". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  27. ^ "Jann Klose : Interviews, News". Musicexchange.org.za. 20 May 2020.
  28. ^ "Sugar My by Jann Klose - Songfacts". Songfacts.com.
  29. ^ "Jann Klose Explores The Baffling State Of The World With His Latest Single & Video 'Sugar My'". Samusicnews.co.za. 1 April 2022.
  30. ^ Cat, Ross (February 2008). "Rock Report". Bestofwny.com. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  31. ^ Cantell, Mary (12 June 2013). "Jann Klose joins with Annie Haslam in a reunion show in Sellersville". Pottsmerc.com.
  32. ^ "The Jeff Buckley International Newsletter". Jeffbuckley.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  33. ^ Davies, Mike (December 2009). "Jann Klose – Reverie (3 Frames Music)". NetRhythms. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  34. ^ O'Hare, Kevin (19 July 2009). "Madness, mayhem and melody with Westfield's Killswitch Engage". The Republican Entertainment Desk. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  35. ^ Remington, Alexander F. (12 December 2008). "ELLIOTT MURPHY "Notes From the Underground" Last Call Records JANN KLOSE "Reverie" 3 Frames Music". The Washington Post. p. WE08. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  36. ^ "Jann Klose | Similar Artists". AllMusic.
  37. ^ "Elliott Murphy | Notes From The Underground | Jann Klose | Reverie – CD Review". Vintagerock.com. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

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