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Kraan

Group · Germany · Ulm · formed 1967

German jazz rock band

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Also known as 克朗樂團

Debut: 1972
Recording span: 54 years
Release groups: 37
Timeline events: 26
Wiki language versions: 15

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Timeline

26 events▣ Album 16+ Member joins 4− Member leaves 4◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1

1960s
1. 1967 · Formed
  Formed in 1967
  source: wikidata
1970s
1. 1970 · Member joins
  Johannes Pappert joins the band
  alto saxophone
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1972 · Debut release
  Debut release: Kraan
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1972 · Album
  Album: Kraan
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1973 · Album
  Album: Wintrup
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1 January 1974 · Album
  Album: Andy Nogger
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1975 · Album
  Album: Let It Out
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1975 · Member joins
  Ingo Bischof joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1976 · Member leaves
  Johannes Pappert leaves the band
  alto saxophone
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1977 · Member joins
  Udo Dahmen joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
10. 4 February 1977 · Album
  Album: Wiederhören
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 15 September 1978 · Album
  Album: Flyday
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Member leaves
  Udo Dahmen leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
2. 9 July 1982 · Album
  Album: Nachtfahrt
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2 December 1983 · Album
  Album: X
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1987 · Member joins
  Joo Kraus joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1989 · Album
  Album: Dancing in the Shade
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 11 October 1991 · Album
  Album: Soul of Stone
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1992 · Member leaves
  Joo Kraus leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 30 June 2003 · Album
  Album: Through
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2007 · Album
  Album: Psychedelic Man
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2007 · Member leaves
  Ingo Bischof leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2010 · Album
  Album: Diamonds
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 12 September 2020 · Album
  Album: Sandglass
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 24 November 2023 · Album
  Album: Zoup
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 3 April 2026 · Album
  Album: All In
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	15	72.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	37	92.1th
Studio albums	16	95.1th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	26	95.9th
Recording span (years)	54	94.2th
Genres	5	88.3th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (37 release groups · 16 studio albums)

Albums · 16

Kraan
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 43:22
A1Sarah's Ritt durch den Schwarzwald6:26
A2M. C. Escher6:16
A3Kraan Arabia9:57
B1Head18:37
B2Sarah auf der Gänswies'2:06
Wintrup
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 37:35
A1Silver Wings4:14
A2Mind Quake7:43
A3Backs6:42
B1Gut und richtig7:36
B2Wintrup5:24
B3Jack Steam5:56
Andy Nogger
1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 38:10
A1Stars5:27
A2Andy Nogger3:51
A3Nam Nam5:51
A4Son of the Sun5:06
B1Holiday am Marterhorn7:43
B2Home5:46
B3Yellow Bamboo4:26
Let It Out
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:59
A1Bandits in the Woods4:20
A2Luftpost5:19
A3Degado4:59
A4Prima Klima4:45
B1Let It Out6:16
B2Die Maschine4:46
B3Heimweh nach Übersee3:12
B4Picnic International5:22
Wiederhören
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 40:38
A1Just One Way3:49
A2Vollgas Ahoi5:30
A3Silky Way3:56
A4Rendezvous in Blue5:57
B1Let's Take a Ride5:26
B2Rund um die Uhr3:32
B3Yaqui Yagua5:19
B4Wiederhören7:09
Flyday
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:07
A1Far West2:31
A2My Brother Said3:43
A3Ausflug7:16
A4Gayu Gaya5:05
B1You're Right5:59
B2Young King's Song5:37
B3Buy Buy3:37
B4Flyday3:19
Nachtfahrt
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:14
A1Wintruper Echo4:32
A2Faust 20003:56
A3Elfenbein5:10
A4Nachtfahrt6:31
B1Playing for You3:58
B2Viel zu heiß3:06
B3Normal4:07
B4Paper Stars4:53
B5Luna Park6:01
X
1983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 23:52
A1Nice Try4:56
A2No Problem4:00
A3(Watch What) You Say3:03
B1Almost Close4:50
B2Night Has a Way4:03
B3You Say (So I Don't)3:00
Dancing in the Shade
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 51:06
1Rockets5:07
2Good Enough4:45
3Egyptian Cha Cha4:44
4Polarity5:12
5Dancing in the Shade4:09
6Banana Moon5:01
7Is This the Way3:46
8Middle East Beat3:54
9One Day3:16
10Kraan Moolo6:22
11Soldier Drums4:50
Soul of Stone
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:20
1Weeyaya4:32
2Soul of Stone7:35
3Walking on Time4:57
4World of Pleasure4:48
5Beat Hotel4:17
6Seven Days4:29
7Famous People3:54
8Wenn die Kraaniche zieh'n6:56
9Wondergirl4:38
10Parachute3:48
11Ein Lied für die Königin2:26
Through
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 50:07
1Unser Lied4:31
2Solemn Sundown6:25
3Run Sonny Run5:35
4Slomocean5:20
5Soul Keeper6:16
6Urlaubsmusik3:32
7Now What (arewegonnado)4:38
8Moxx6:24
9Through7:26
Psychedelic Man
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 48:30
1Come Back3:05
2Silver Buildings4:42
3Dakkar3:56
4Miracle Days3:18
5Luft und Liebe3:39
6Psychedelic Man4:17
7Inner Cycle5:22
8Disbanned Shake3:59
9Colourcave6:46
10Alles Gute3:12
11Feierabend6:14
Diamonds
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:42
1Akua5:31
2Diamonds4:50
3Marienbad4:03
4The Schuh6:52
5Neu-Rosenheim Suite4:00
6Ring My Bell5:17
7Soul6:38
8Club 204:01
9Ab nach Kassel5:14
10Am Hafen2:50
11Zoé's Zoo4:26
Sandglass
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 50:13
1Sandglass4:20
2Funky Blues2:49
3Solitude4:02
4Gleis 105:00
5Pick Peat5:46
6Path4:36
7Schöner wird's nicht2:22
8Das Meer2:41
9Hallo Kante4:57
10Moonshine on Sunflowers3:10
11Budenzauber4:05
12Rescue3:13
13Hippie Jam3:12
Zoup
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:28
1Zoup7:14
2Rainy May3:36
3Überstürzter Aufbruch4:46
4Weit und breit4:19
5Twisted4:57
6Norwegen Dia5:05
7A Skyful of Veils4:26
8Plain Vanilla4:39
9Bikinian Rhapsody4:11
10Aus allen Wolken4:08
11Norwegen Dia (Acoustic Version)5:07
All In
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 48:53
1Petunha3:13
2Tadpole6:49
3Press Play4:18
4Over the Moon3:33
5Sonderfahrt4:38
6Braunfels4:12
7Terzer Roller3:37
8Loblied3:14
9Nacht in Den Helder2:29
10Auf weiter Flur3:41
11Sehr gerne3:54
12All In5:15

Album · 17

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1975	LiveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:17:51 Disc 14 tracks · 39:18 A1Jerk of Life5:09 A2Nam Nam15:09 B1Holiday am Marterhorn including Gipfelsturm12:59 B2Sarah's Ritt durch den Schwarzwald6:01 Disc 25 tracks · 38:33 C1Andy Nogger3:30 C2Andy Nogger - Gutter King7:00 C3Hallo Ja Ja, I Don't Know10:19 D1Lonesome Liftboy5:13 D2Kraan Arabia12:31	Live	1975
1980	TourneeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 6 tracks · 41:35 A1Borgward8:16 A2Almrausch5:57 A3Peterchens Reise7:01 B1Vollgas Ahoi7:56 B2Yaqui Yagua7:54 B3Silky Way4:31	Live	1980
1983	2 SchallplattenSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:24:22 Disc 18 tracks · 41:57 A1Weltweit3:58 A2Berliner Ring4:35 A3Kaffeefahrt6:05 A4Luna Park6:02 B1Rund um die Uhr3:30 B2Wiederhören7:13 B3Ausflug7:13 B4Flyday3:21 Disc 28 tracks · 42:25 C1Wintruper Echo4:29 C2Vollgas Ahoi6:07 C3Almrausch5:57 C4Silky Way3:58 D1Far West2:29 D2Nachtfahrt6:28 D3Rendezvous in Blue5:56 D4Peterchens Reise7:01	Compilation	1983
1988	Live 88Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:12:56 1Rush Hour3:53 2Dinner for Two1:39 3Vollgas Ahoi5:48 4You're Right6:37 5Wintruper Echo5:31 6Nam Nam12:27 7Holiday am Matterhorn7:43 8Air Bass6:39 9Nachtfahrt5:02 10Favorite Land4:47 11Jerk of Life5:22 12Kunststück2:20 13Kraan Arabia '885:08	Live	1988
1989	Live WDR 3 1989Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:01:52 1Wintruper Echo4:57 2Jerk Of Life6:07 3Kraan Arabia8:37 4Dinner For Two1:36 5Vollgas Ahoi5:37 6D.U.V. (+DeWinkel)5:49 7Lilo & Max (+DeWinkel)9:14 8Hallo Jaja I Don't Know2:48 9(Ansage)1:37 10Nachtfahrt (+DeWinkel)7:17 11Almrausch6:14 12Yaqui Yagua1:59	Live	1989
1998	The Famous Years CompiledSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:14:55 1Rockets5:07 2Stars5:26 3Bandits in the Woods4:21 4Just One Way3:48 5Wintruper Echo4:30 6Weeyeya4:31 7Kraan Arabia '885:06 8Wintrup4:32 9Ausflug7:16 10Berliner Ring4:41 11Andy Nogger3:50 12Jerk of Life4:47 13Nam Nam14:57 14Sarah auf der Gänsewies2:03	Compilation	30 January 1998
2001	Live 2001Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:09:56 1Let It Out6:28 2Borgward8:31 3Let's Take a Ride5:18 4Hallo JaJa - I Don't Know7:36 5Vollgas Ahoi6:03 6Dinner for Two1:34 7Far West4:25 8Yaqui Yagua7:20 9Jerk of Life4:19 10Nam Nam14:28 11Andy Nogger3:54	Live	19 March 2001
2001	Berliner Ring and Other Exotic & Unreleased 80ies MaterialSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:12:38 1Berliner Ring4:29 2Kaffeefahrt6:03 3Mein Gold3:40 4Enimo Mine4:31 5Weltweit4:03 6Hemden im Wind4:27 7Komm tanz2:31 8Paranorm5:50 9Nice Try8:25 10Eef's Tune6:46 11Dancing In The Shade4:49 12Filz & fett6:15 13Koffein10:49	Live	24 September 2001
2011	Kraan / WintrupSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:55:21 Disc 19 tracks · 1:12:03 1Sarah's Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald6:25 2M. C. Escher6:17 3Kraan Arabia9:57 4Head18:37 5Sarah Auf Der Gänswies'2:05 6Sarah's Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald (Demo 1971)6:03 7M. C. Escher (Demo 1971)6:33 8Head (Demo 1971)13:53 9Sarah Auf Der Gänswies' (Demo 1971)2:13 Disc 27 tracks · 43:18 1Silver Wings4:14 2Mind Quake7:43 3Backs6:42 4Gut und Richtig7:36 5Wintrup5:24 6Jack Steam5:56 7Fat Mr. Rich (Demo 1971)5:43	Compilation	2011
2011	4 AlbumsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 26 tracks · 2:36:05 Disc 15 tracks · 43:15 1Sarah's ritt durch den Schwarzwald6:33 2M. C. Escher6:13 3Kraan Arabia9:54 4Head18:34 5Sarah auf der Gänsewies'2:01 Disc 26 tracks · 37:17 1Silver Wings4:11 2Mind Quake7:40 3Backs6:40 4Gut und richtig7:33 5Wintrup5:21 6Jack Steam5:52 Disc 37 tracks · 37:49 1Stars5:24 2Andy Nogger3:47 3Nam Nam5:48 4Son of the Sun5:02 5Holiday am Marterhorn7:40 6Home5:43 7Yellow Bamboo4:25 Disc 48 tracks · 37:44 1Bandits in the Woods4:19 2Luftpost5:17 3Degado4:57 4Prima Klima4:42 5Let It Out5:14 6Die Maschine4:43 7Heimweh nach Übersee3:10 8Picnic International5:22	Compilation	2011
2012	EssentialSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:17:22 1Sarah´s Ritt durch den Schwarzwald6:25 2M.C. Escher6:16 3Silver Wings4:12 4Backs6:41 5Wintrup (Edit)4:31 6Jack Steam5:54 7Andy Nogger3:48 8Nam Nam5:50 9Holiday am Marterhorn7:43 10Bandits in the woods4:20 11Degado4:59 12Let it out6:15 13Picnic International5:24 14Jerk of Life (Live)5:04	Compilation	1 January 2012
2017	Live at Finkenbach Festival 2005Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:08:21 1Yaqui Yagua8:21 2Vollgas Ahoi6:53 3Unser Lied5:49 4Jerk of Life5:39 5Kraan Arabia7:55 6Hallo Ja Ja, I Don't Know3:28 7Borgward12:41 8Nam Nam17:35	Live	12 May 2017
2018	The Trio YearsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:19:56 1Club 205:11 2Wintruper Echo5:58 3Silver Buildings6:27 4Jerk of Life4:58 5Holiday am Marterhorn8:34 6Andy Nogger3:45 7The Schuh9:41 8Dinner for Two1:33 9Let It Out6:55 10Akua5:20 11Hallo Jaja, I Don't Know3:14 12Nam Nam18:20	Compilation,Live	12 October 2018
2019	The Trio Years - Zugabe!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 9 tracks · 57:53 1Nachtfahrt6:48 2Kraan Arabia5:09 3Vollgas Ahoi6:57 4Let's Take a Ride5:28 5Borgward12:51 6Siesta4:54 7Hoch das Bein3:47 8Birds4:40 9Jam No. 2 (Soundcheck)7:19	Compilation,Live	15 November 2019
2023	Porta Westfalica 1975Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:07:38 1Prima Klima6:26 2Holiday am Matterhorn10:18 3Andy Nogger3:44 4Andy Nogger – Gutter King6:07 5Kraan Arabia9:38 6Hallo Ja Ja, I Don’t know10:41 7Luftpost12:44 8Sarah’s Ritt durch den Schwarzwald8:00	Live	22 April 2023
2025	Aladin TapesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:19:31 1Yaqui Yagua6:59 2Far West4:30 3Borgward8:00 4Berg und Tal9:31 5She’s Gone4:13 6Hallo Ja Ja, I Don’t Know3:19 7Nam Nam12:41 8You’re Right5:06 9Almrausch6:27 10Let It Out6:27 11Vollgas Ahoi6:24 12Nam Nam (Zugabe-Part)0:49 13Silky Way5:05	Live	28 March 2025
—	Live in BerlinSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:52:00 Disc 17 tracks · 57:32 1Holiday Am Marterhorn Part I3:53 2Bandits In The Woods5:23 3Holiday Am Marterhorn Part II11:13 4Kraan Arabia17:42 5Andy Nogger4:24 6Degado5:13 7Prima Clima9:44 Disc 24 tracks · 54:28 1Let It Out10:00 2Luftpost21:51 3Nam Nam14:32 4Sarah's Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald (Encore)8:05	Live	—

Single · 4

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1982	Wintruper Echo / Faust 2000Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:22 AWintruper Echo4:29 BFaust 20003:53	1982
2020	SolitudeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:01 1Solitude4:01	21 August 2020
2020	Gleis 10Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:58 1Gleis 104:58	11 September 2020
2023	TwistedSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:57 1Twisted4:57	3 November 2023

Stats & PK

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Kraan metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	15	72.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	37	92.1th
Studio albums	16	95.1th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	26	95.9th
Recording span (years)	54	94.2th
Genres	5	88.3th

Awards & honours

No awards recorded

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Johannes Pappert	1970	1976	alto saxophone
Ingo Bischof	1975	2007
Udo Dahmen	1977	1980
Joo Kraus	1987	1992
Hellmut Hattler	—	present
Jan Fride Wolbrandt	—	present
Peter Wolbrandt	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kraan_%28Wiesbaden_2008-05-25%29.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d634f58c-aa2c-4430-9c85-b8e0d1c66878
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d634f58c-aa2c-4430-9c85-b8e0d1c66878
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687257
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687257
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraan
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraan

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Timeline

1960s

Formed in 1967

1970s

Johannes Pappert joins the band

Debut release: Kraan

Album: Kraan

Album: Wintrup

Album: Andy Nogger

Album: Let It Out

Ingo Bischof joins the band

Johannes Pappert leaves the band

Udo Dahmen joins the band

Album: Wiederhören

Album: Flyday

1980s

Udo Dahmen leaves the band

Album: Nachtfahrt

Album: X

Joo Kraus joins the band

Album: Dancing in the Shade

1990s

Album: Soul of Stone

Joo Kraus leaves the band

2000s

Album: Through

Album: Psychedelic Man

Ingo Bischof leaves the band

2010s

Album: Diamonds

2020s

Album: Sandglass

Album: Zoup

Album: All In

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Compilations

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (37 release groups · 16 studio albums)

Albums · 16

Album · 17

Single · 4

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