Christin Neddens

Christin Neddens (born October 13, 1986) is a German jazz and fusion drummer. Based in Hamburg, the musician works as a live drummer, studio drummer and composer.

Education Neddens comes from a musical family and began playing the accordion in early childhood before switching to drums and piano at the age of seven. After graduating from high school, she studied with Heinz Lichius at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, with Ralph Peterson Jr. and Steve Altenberg at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen (Netherlands), at the University Of Southern California in Los Angeles (USA) with Peter Erskine (further with Jeff Hamilton) and later with Holger Nell at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre, where she still lives today. In 2016 she took part in the pop course and played in various large ensembles under the direction of Jiggs Whigham.

Career Neddens has performed at international festivals in Scandinavia, the Middle East, Southern Europe, India, Africa, China and the USA Elbjazz and the Leverkusener Jazztage. Her drumming is rooted in American jazz, and big band drumming and features a mixture of R'n'B, pop, soul and modern fusion elements.

Her style was initially heavily influenced by Weather Report, John Scofield and Jaco Pastorius' World Of Mouth Big Band, and later by the Yellowjackets, albums by the Bob Mintzer Big Band, film music by Lalo Schifrin and Ennio Morricone, and compositions by Maria Schneider and Pat Metheny. Christin's strongest drum-specific influences come from Keith Carlock, Peter Erskine, Will Kennedy, Wolfgang Haffner, Jeff Hamilton and Rex Hardy Jr. or pop artists such as Rea Garvey, Calum Scott and Silbermond. She has made guest appearances with the NDR Bigband and has taken part in various ARD and ZDF productions such as the Carolin Kebekus Show. „Ten Wishes“, Bajazzo, 2019, Raumer Records

Scores Score to Heikko Deutschmann's short „Noch ein Seufzer und es wird Nacht“

Singles „Buttermilk“, Christin Neddens Orange Line, 2019 „Echo Park“, Christin Neddens Orange Line, 2019

Radio 2022: Jazz – Round Midnight, Lady Liberty #22: Die Schlagzeugerin Christin Neddens, NDR Kultur

Books

Christin Neddens' Creative Flow (englisch) – The ultimate Drum Practice Workout, Alfred Publishing, Cologne, 2025, ISBN 978-3-947998-18-0