From dreamer to magician: Wolfgang Haffner, “best” (Die Welt), “coolest” (ARD ttt), even “most important drummer of his generation” (SZ), is going on tour with his Wolfgang Haffner Trio, following the success of his “Dream Band” and his “Magic Band”. The accompanying album is entitled “Life Rhythm”, which was released in fall 2024.

Wolfgang Haffner is a musical all-rounder. A leader who loves to accompany. An instrumentalist who loves to compose. A master of nuances on the drums, for whom the audience is important and for whom it is important to play “music for the heart”, as he says himself. Now he is going on tour with the long-standing members of his trio, Simon Oslender on keyboards and Thomas Stieger on bass.

When Wolfgang Haffner became a professional musician at the age of 18, he immediately joined the bands of jazz icon Albert Mangelsdorff and singer-songwriter Konstantin Wecker. In the years that followed, he drummed his way into Klaus Doldinger's Passport and Chaka Khan's band. Haffner has also played with Al Jarreau, Pat Metheny, The Brecker Brothers, The Manhattan Transfer, Jan Garbarek, Till Brönner, Nightmares on Wax, Die Fantastischen Vier and the Nils Landgren Funk Unit.

Today, the two-time ECHO Jazz Award winner is recognised as the most successful German drummer and is also one of the few German musicians who are successful worldwide. 4000 concerts in over 100 countries, from Japan to Brazil, South Africa to Australia, USA to Scandinavia. Haffner's distinctive beats can now be heard on over 400 album productions. His reputation is also enhanced by how active and agile he is as a producer, for example for Max Mutzke or Mezzoforte. Music, especially live and played by such outstanding musicians, always has something magical about it. Together they create and experience the Haffner sound, that unique and unmistakable combination of driving grooves, beautiful melodies and a deep sense of atmosphere and musical moods.