Matthias Petzold

CDs and Scores

  • Cover of “Slow Migration”: blue sea creatures – turtles, fish, jellyfish – on a white backgroundSlow Migration2026
    ExcerptsBullbush River ShuffleLa Migration des TortuesAnkunft der Störche
  • Cover: Ankole HillsAnkole Hills2023
    ExcerptsHillsLobeliaRuwenzori
  • Giver of Life2019
    ExcerptsGloriaNyamitangaAgneau De Dieu
  • Live im Loft2018
    ExcerptsCheck High FiveAretusaCheck High Five 2
  • World Tour2015
    ExcerptsHillsSchlange und AdlerRoads
  • Mirrors2012
    ExcerptsWhen Shall We Three Meet Again? (Violence And Love)MirrorsOberon (Waldsommernachtsleuchten)Ophelia´s Dream
  • CD coverWellen2011
    ExcerptsCheck High FiveMuddy FeetCapoeira
  • Franziskus­inventionen2003
    ExcerptsFranz und Klara – Zwei LinienAlvernaIl Canto di Sole
  • Cover: ElementsElements2002
    ExcerptsYellow Earth (Summer Piece)Water MusicSidewalk Stories
  • Cover of “Pangäa”: Matthias Petzold Big Band featuring Heiner Wiberny – a world map of the supercontinent Pangaea on a blue and yellow crayon backgroundPangäa2007
    ExcerptsPart 1 (Featherdance)Part 2 (What passes, passes like clouds)Part 3 (Mulanga)Part 5 (Roma Termini)
  • Cover: UlyssesUlysses1996
    ExcerptsNeujahrsliedDon Quijote und die WarteschlangenDer Himmel über PingsdorfYussufs Traum
  • Psalmen und Lobgesänge1994
    ExcerptsPsalm 139Psalm 131VogelpredigtJesaja 40 (Wer mißt das Meer mit der hohlen Hand?)Psalm 118
  • Lifelines1992
    ExcerptsMobilé für KatharinaBirth of a ButterflyTalk to me, talk to me

Matthias Petzold releases his CDs on the label Indigo Records, which he founded in 1992. They feature a whole series of the most interesting young musicians on the jazz scene of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). Several of them have since become known nationally or internationally: Frank Gratkowski, Peter Bolte, Axel Dörner, Jochen Rückert, Jürgen Friedrich, Roland Peil, Pablo Held, Claudius Valk, Janning Trumann and others.

Concert in a jazz club in Stockholm: saxophone, guitar, double bass and drums in front of a window, with old instruments hanging from the ceiling
Stockholm, August 2024

Many of Petzold’s compositions are well suited to performances of their own by other ensembles. Scores and parts are available for all of them.

Petzold has written a whole series of books for saxophone teaching: a book of performance pieces in different jazz styles (“Scenes From A Sketchbook”), 11 duets for two saxophones of the same kind or for alto and tenor, and a saxophone method in two volumes, each in a version for alto and one for tenor saxophone. These books are published by AMA-Verlag. You will find more information and can order them from AMA-Verlag.

To order CDs, put them in the basket with “Add to basket” and send your order from the page Order CDs. There you will also find the prices (including postage and packing) and the terms of delivery.

Information on terms of sale and performance and on prices for scores is available on request: write to me. The prices depend on the number of scores bought and the kind of performance.