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On thursday 15th of January, 20:30, we are playing our double-album release concert of Christian Kögel „M“ @ Jazzclub A-Trane:
Christian Kögel – pedal steel git, baritone git, comp. & arr.
Kalle Kalima – electric guitar
Paul Kleber – Höfner electric bass, upright bass
Hans Otto – drums & samplepad
special guest: Britta-Ann Flechsenhar – voc + surprise guests!
music inspired by Messiaen, Mills, Mayer. Double-CD pre release concert, we will have the CDs ready for you!
We are so happy to finally present our music, please come by and listen and hang!
“ “M” is the hypnotic manifesto of four passionate collective storytellers, which is best listened to on repeat so that you can be carried further and further by its pull in an endless spiral of associations“ says Wolf Kampmann
Here are some video-snippets of our studio session:
This concert will be followed by the first tour of Bene Aperdannier Trio, 9 dates in January, followed by the recording session for the upcoming album at Hansa Studios Berlin at the end of the month, stay tuned!

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Some upcoming gigs:
11th oct 25, the return of RANIN (Nasser Kilada voc/oud/perc, Kögel on Nylon String/Oud/Dobro, Martin Klingeberg trp, Olaf Casimir b, Murat perc) @ b-flat, Berlin.
28th & 29th nov 25 , mOnkbOts extended, (Martin Klingeberg trp/voc, Kögel git, Beat Halberschmidt b, Hans Otto drs, feat. spoken word artist tba) @ b-flat.
15th Jan 26, album-release concert Christian Kögel „M“, feat. Kalle Kalima (Kögel on pedal steel guitar & baritone git, Kalle Kalima git, Paul Kleber b, Hans Otto drs) @ A-Trane Berlin.
18th – 24th jan 26 Tour w Bene Aperdannier Trio (Bene Aperdannier keys, Kögel baritone git/Dobro/Oud, Bernd Oezsevim drs)
I started my new band „M“, feat Kalle Kalima on guitar, Paul Kleber on bass, Hans Otto on drums and myself on pedal-steel guitar, baritone guitar and a bunch of other stringed instruments. We recorded last year and will release a double album in 2025 on XJAZZ! Music.
We are going to premiere the music on June 26 at Musikinstrumente Museum Berlin (MIM). The music is based on and inspired by compositions of Messiaen, Mills, among others.
Thursday, 26th of June, 19h @ Musikinstrumentemuseum, Ben Gurion Strasse, 10785 Berlin
Christian Kögel – pedalsteel git, bari-git, e-git Kalle Kalima – e-git Oli Potratz – e-bass/kontrabass Hans Otto – drs
“ “M” is the hypnotic manifesto of four passionate collective storytellers, which is best listened to on repeat so that you can be carried further and further by its pull in an endless spiral of associations“ says Wolf Kampmann
Here are some video-snippets of our studio session:
mOnkbOts (Martin Klingeberg trp, Christian Kögel git, Beat Halberschmidt b, Hans Otto drs)
We released a live-video of our last concert at House Of Music in february. Next gigs in fall.
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I’m a happy member of a newborn Trio: Bene Aperdannier Trio
Bene Aperdannier keys
Christian Kögel baritone guitar, dobro
Bernd Oezsevim drums
We released a live-video of our first concert at Jazzfestival Straubing of last fall. Berlin premiere will be at April 9, at Jazzclub A-Trane. Following tour in january 2026.
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I started my new band „M“, feat Kalle Kalima on guitar, Paul Kleber on bass, Hans Otto ond drums and myself on pedal-steel guitar, baritone guitar and a bunch of other stringed instruments. We recorded last year and will release a double album in 2025 on XJAZZ! Music. We are going to premiere the music on June 26 at Musikinstrumente Museum Berlin (MIM). The music is based on and inspired by compositions of Olivier Messiaen, although it took a far left turn from there:-)
New CD is coming out:
„Wasp At The Window“ by Wood & Steel Trio, Unit Records
Release Date: 24 Feb 2023

CD-Release Tour:
Looking forward being part again of the faculty at the Creative Music Workshop (CMW) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with Jay Clayton (NYC), J.-Anthony Granelli (NYC), Michael Blake (NYC), Nicole Rampersaud (Toronto), Susanne Chui (Halifax), Doug Cameron (Halifax), Andrew Mackelvie (Halifax), Ross Burns (Halfax) and others !
CMW-Workshop: 9.-17. july 2022
Concerts:
Queen Jazz live Tour, Jan/Mar 2022, feat Uli Kempendorff, Peter Ehwald, Kai Brückner, Rainer Winch:
Kuckst Du: Video by berta.berlin
13 Jan 2022 20 h w Queen Jazz live, Leipzig, Kulturhof Gohlis
postboned: 24 Mar 2022
14 Jan 2022 20 h w Queen Jazz live, Kaufbeuren, Stadttheater
15 Jan 2022 21 h w Queen Jazz live, Dresden, Blaue Villa
postboned: 26 Mar 2022
16 Jan 2022 21 h w Queen Jazz live Pohrsdorf, Saxstall
postboned: 25 Mar 2022
17 Jan 2022 21 h w Queen Jazz live Weimar, C-Keller
postboned: TBA
19 Jan 2022 21 h w Queen Jazz live Berlin, Zigzag
Concerts (and Livestreams) start to happen again:
30 Oct 2021 20 h, w Paul Brody’s Sadawi, feat. Britta Flechsenhar, Erfurt, Zughafen Erfurt, Jüdische Kulturtage also as livestream: Here
01 Nov 2021 20:15 w Andreas Schmidt & John Schröder, Berlin, A-Trane also as livestream
08 Dec 2021 21 h w flexkögel Greatest Hits Berlin, ZigZag
Queen Jazz live Tour, Jan 2022, feat Uli Kempendorff, Peter Ehwald, Kai Brückner, Rainer Winch:
Kuckst Du: Video by berta.berlin
13 Jan 2022 20 h w Queen Jazz live, Leipzig, Kulturhof Gohlis
14 Jan 2022 20 h w Queen Jazz live, Kaufbeuren, Stadttheater
15 Jan 2022 21 h w Queen Jazz live, Dresden, Blaue Villa
16 Jan 2022 21 h w Queen Jazz live Pohrsdorf, Saxstall
17 Jan 2022 21 h w Queen Jazz live Weimar, C-Keller
19 Jan 2022 21 h w Queen Jazz live Berlin, Zigzag
Real concerts coming up!
Have a look: