In the artist's words:

Jakob Bänsch grew up near Pforzheim and started playing the trumpet at the age of eight as the child of professional classical musicians.

During his initially classical career, he won the first national prize in the Jugend Musiziert competition and played in the Baden-Württemberg state youth orchestra.

Since his early youth, Bänsch has also established himself as a jazz musician on the German scene. In 2018, he completed a junior degree in jazz trumpet at the HMdK Stuttgart and became a member of the Baden-Württemberg State Youth Jazz Orchestra.

In 2020, he became one of the youngest members of the Bundesjazzorchester since it was founded.
He was also a member of the WDR Young Composers Fellowship Program, Gutenberg Jazz Collective and the Elbphilharmonie Jazz Academy.

He has also worked closely with musicians such as Nathan East, Emil Mangelsdorff, Wolfgang Haffner, Nils Landgren, Michael Abene and as a soloist with the WDR Big Band.

His latest project, the Jakob Bänsch Quartet, has been in existence since 2022. The classical roots are unmistakable in his compositions and create an unmistakable sound.

On April 28, 2023, Bänsch's debut album "Opening" was released on the label "Jazzline" (DELTA Music), which caused quite a stir in the German jazz scene.
He presented it with his quartet at the most famous German jazz festivals such as JazzOpen Stuttgart, Jazz Baltica and Leverkusener Jazztage.
"Opening" was awarded the German Jazz Prize in the "Debut Album of the Year" category in 2024.