Hubert Nuss is a German jazz pianist and composer born on March 10, 1964, in Neckarsulm. He began classical piano training at age eight and church organ at age 16. Nuss performed with the Jugendjazzorchester Baden-Württemberg (1982–1986) and the Bundesjazzorchester (1988–1989), appearing on the recording BuJazzO Vol. 1. He graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Köln in 1992. Nuss taught at music colleges in Weimar and Mannheim before lecturing in Berlin, Cologne, and Stuttgart. He performed with artists including Mel Lewis, Clark Terry, and Shirley Bassey. Nuss released six recordings with Peter Weniger, including Hymn to Gobro (1989). In 1997, he established his own trio and released the studio recordings The Shimmering Colours of the Stained Glass (1998) and The Book of Colours (2010). He received the Kammgarn Jazzpreis in 1991 and the WDR Jazzpreis für Improvisation in 2008.
