From sold-out headlining gigs in clubs or at venues as special as the Tate Modern - not to mention appearances at world-class festivals such as Primavera, Coachella, Pitchfork, Glastonbury, MELT and many more - Mount Kimbie has played a pivotal role in the development of avant-garde contemporary ...
Enjoy Jazz likes to bring surprising projects to the stage - new collaborations that one would hardly have expected, but which arouse anticipation simply because of the names involved: this is the case with this year's opening concert. The pianist and composer Vijay Iyer, whom the New York Times ...
Every room has its own unique atmosphere, certain acoustic properties, natural reverberation effects and unpredictable peculiarities that musicians have to come to terms with. For Filippo Vignato, the environment in his solo concerts becomes a co-player, a resonating space that he appropriates, interacts with, that creates a ...
Naïssam Jalal was born in Paris to Syrian parents. This is not unimportant, as the musical threads of the flautist, singer, composer and virtuoso Nay player are woven between the Arab ancestral world and the French world. The "end-edged flute" is used in Arabic and Persian music, among others.
In a listening bar, visitors can listen to good music in a relaxed atmosphere and concentrate on the pure listening experience with high-quality drinks. The songs come - deliberately against the current trend towards streaming and playlisting - from vinyl and the works are played in their entirety. ...
Multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Jowee Omicil brings a new and distinctly Afro-Haitian perspective to his music. He is one of a growing band of artists of Caribbean descent who are adding new flavors to the creative music spectrum. Jowee possesses a distinctive, soulful and spiritual sound on ...
In recent years, a long-hidden force has increasingly returned to jazz: spirituality. One of the protagonists of this movement is our "Artist in Residence 2024", the trained healer and pianist Nduduzo Makhathini. Fittingly, he found his way to jazz via John Coltrane's album "A Love ...
With the "Well-Being Concerts" series, the Weill Music Institute at the famous Carnegie Hall has developed a standard-setting format. Not least as a result of the general, multi-crisis global developments, more and more natural approaches to personal well-being are being buried. In a climate of personal overload and helplessness, the ...
Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer describes all his projects on his homepage. The only one for which he merely strings together press reviews - all of them hymnal, of course - is the trio. It is currently the most outstanding of its kind and is almost lavishly filled with an irritating individual artistic ...
The members of the Artifacts Trio - flutist Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid and drummer Mike Reed - have long been recognized as torchbearers of Chicago's innovative jazz scene. The trio served on the AACM Board of Directors from 2009 to 2011, and their music ...
Polish clarinettist Wacław Zimpel, now also rooted in the Chicago jazz scene around Ken Vandermark, is currently one of the most exciting improvisation artists around. Classically trained, he has recently dedicated himself to more trance-like musical forms. And thus to music that changes time and space by ...
BLUES BLOOD | BLACK FUTURE is a work that moves through the spiritual and cultural landscape of Black America through long meditations, vamps and various modes. Based on the story of Daniel Hamm, who was a member of the Harlem Six, also known as the Blood Brothers - ...
In a listening bar, visitors can listen to good music in a relaxed atmosphere and concentrate on the pure listening experience with high-quality drinks. The songs come - deliberately against the current trend towards streaming and playlisting - from vinyl and the works are played in their entirety. ...
"Guérison" - Healing - is the name of the third album by Flèche Love, which features singer, composer and performance artist Amina Cadelli. The spiritual dimension of this album, consisting of atmospheric songs, intense experiences and musical border crossings, is unmistakable. It is as if a ...
Concert with works by Wang Xilin and Isang Yun and discussion with Wang Xilin on the documentary film "Man in Black" (2023) by Wang Bing Isang YUN (1917-1995) is one of Korea's most important classical composers. Tortured by the Japanese as a freedom fighter during the Second World War, he was ...
We have awarded this year's commission to an artist who always inscribes a transcultural social component into his music. In close connection with the respective space and interlocked with other art forms, Emmanuel Witzthum creates a space that can be entered at any time in his latest work, which lasts from sunset to sunrise.
Eli Keszler is a Grammy-nominated artist, composer and drummer based in New York. He has garnered critical acclaim with his solo albums released on labels such as LuckyMe, Shelter Press, Empty Editions, ESP-DISK', PAN and REL Records. In the realm of film, Keszler has ...
The anarchistic potential of improvisation can be studied in no one as wonderfully as in Helge Schneider: whether as a comedian, author, actor, director, composer or multi-instrumentalist - he always remains unpredictable. He plays with communication in order to document its failure. He exaggerates meaning until higher nonsense emerges. ...
Ghost-Note concerts are an explosion of sound. Led by Snarky Puppy's multi-Grammy-winning drumming duo Robert "Sput" Searight and Nate Werth, with an extensive lineup of high-caliber musicians - members of the bands of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto, Justin Timberlake - ...
Through his countless recordings and live performances since the early 1990s, pianist Brad Mehldau has achieved "superstar status" in both the jazz scene and the mainstream charts, culminating in the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album. His trio is one of the classic ...
Jazz trumpeter Volker Goetze (USA) has always been open to inspiration and influences from other genres and artistic genres. Together with kora master Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko (Senegal) and guitarist Roberto Monteiro (Brazil), he founded FlamenKora, the magical fusion of West African Mande music on the kora ...
A classic win-win situation: 15 years ago, Rainer Kern gave Erwin Ditzner a blank cheque - at his carte blanche evening, the drummer, who masters all idioms between rock and free jazz, is allowed to choose his fellow musicians and simply ignore musical boundaries. In return, the audience is treated to daring improvisations ...
"My style isn't jazzy enough for the jazzers, but not easy enough for the easy listeners," says Alfa Mist. What sounds like a curse has actually become the British musician's recipe for success. With his melodic jazz and smooth beats, the self-taught pianist has ...
In a listening bar, visitors can listen to good music in a relaxed atmosphere and concentrate on the pure listening experience with high-quality drinks. The songs come - deliberately against the current trend towards streaming and playlisting - from vinyl and the works are played in their entirety. ...
Pat Metheny is the most influential and successful guitarist in the jazz world today - and far beyond. It doesn't matter whether the musician from Missouri, who has won his twenty Grammys in a world-record twelve different categories, even thinks in terms of genres such as "jazz". In his soon-to-be ...
The three musicians in this trio were born in the mid-1970s, a good ten years after the great blossoming of the Polish jazz scene around Andrzej Trzaskowski, Tomasz Stańko and Krzysztof Komeda. The Marcin Wasilewski Trio can be described as the legitimate heirs of this era: The first album ...
Ruben, a passionate drummer and member of a metal band, leads a nomadic life on tour with his girlfriend and bandmate Lou. But his world is shaken when he suddenly loses his hearing. The film, directed by Darius Marder, who was also involved in the development ...
Tania Giannouli is undoubtedly one of the signature stars of our festival. Rainer Kern has repeatedly given the pianist the opportunity to try out new projects and collaborations in front of a knowledgeable and empathetic audience, thereby honing her mastery. After her residency in 2022, crowned by a brilliant duo concert ...
When a public broadcaster like WDR euphorically and uninhibitedly celebrates a young jazz trio as "Berlin's hottest hype", something extraordinary must have happened. And indeed, the 25-year-old pianist and keyboardist Moses Yoofee Vester, who has worked with Peter Fox and others, has formed a trio with his university friend Roman Klobe and Noah ...
Every religion has its idea of salvation and improvement, both of the world and of people. Jewish mysticism teaches that the world is spiritually broken and needs repair ("Tikkun Olam"), which is done by practicing the religious commandments. In Christianity, ...
Five-time Grammy winner Bill Laurance is a master of the art of combining different musical styles. Originally a classically trained pianist, Laurance has demonstrated his impressive creativity and improvisational skills for many years as a founding member of Snarky Puppy. "The Guardian" describes him as "A Jazz Maestro". His versatile projects include ...
The word "transformative" is perhaps not forceful enough to adequately describe the multi-faceted creative artist Arooj Aftab. The artist defies categorical definition through an extensive repertoire of study and knowledge that includes music production and recording techniques, as well as a wide-ranging vocal practice that ...
"An amazing new talent" (Jamie Cullum), "a name on everyone's lips right now" (BBC 3), a rising star (London Jazz) and "a force to be reckoned with" (Jazzwise). At the age of just 21, Emma Rawicz has already sown many of the important seeds for ...
Award-winning singer Youn Sun Nah has already wowed audiences at Enjoy Jazz several times, most recently in 2019, and has long been celebrated for her cross-style interpretations of artists ranging from Tom Waits and Jimi Hendrix to Marvin Gaye and Metallica. In her new album "Elles" ...
The SWR Jazz Award not only ennobles an existing work, but can also be seen as an incentive for future creativity: With Ayse Cansu Tanrikulu and Nick Dunston, the 2024 jury honors "two free spirits whose creative energies complement and potentiate each other". The wealth of energy is already evident in the fact that ...
Marie Krüttli's solo debut "Transparence" was recently released, followed by a new trio recording in the fall: the Berlin-based Swiss pianist, who hovers between jazz, impressionism and avant-garde, has earned herself an excellent reputation in recent years, even though she is only in her early 30s. David Murray ...
In a listening bar, visitors can listen to good music in a relaxed atmosphere and concentrate on the pure listening experience with high-quality drinks. The songs come - deliberately against the current trend towards streaming and playlisting - from vinyl and the works are played in their entirety. ...
In co-production with the BASF cultural program, the Enjoy Jazz Festival 2024 presents the three Grammy Award-winning American jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant. For Der Spiegel she is the "heir to Billie Holiday" and for the New York Times simply "the best jazz singer of the last decade". Cécile ...
In 2018, pianist Kris Davis performed for the first time with drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and electronic musician Val Jeanty: The trio formed the basis of musical explorations that led to the album "Diatom Ribbons" (2019). With guests such as Marc Ribot, Esperanza Spalding and JD Allen, it became a ...
The missing link between Nirvana and Sun Ra. The collaboration between Delphine Joussein, Rafaëlle Rinaudo and Blanche Lafuente aims to push their instruments to their limits with the enthusiasm of a mad scientist in front of his vials. Flute, harp, percussion: a rare combination that ...
Author, pop writer, musician and DJ Thomas Meinecke is an extremely well-informed music connoisseur. His breakthrough came 25 years ago with "Tomboy". His gender studies, which became a novel, were far ahead of their time: "An extraordinary program for which no literary example will be so easily found ...
The South African drummer, composer, historian and activist Asher Gamedze, part of Angel Bat Dawid's Tha Brotherhood and a companion of pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, released "Turbulence & Pulse" in 2023, a stroke of genius inspired by Charles Mingus' sound of the early 60s and taking up the political impulse of the mid-sixties ...
The concert was organized by Summertime TLV JazzFest Tel Aviv as part of Enjoy Jazz 2023, which unfortunately had to be postponed and will take place this year instead. Nigun is Hebrew for melody and refers primarily to religious songs. The Nigun Quartet around the bassist ...
If you wanted to introduce Fred Thomas properly, you would need a lot of time. He plays various instruments (masterfully), composes, produces, arranges, dabbles in jazz and chamber music and has since released an album of his interpretations of Bach's works on ECM.
Mastering the piano and harmonies helps him when playing the drums. This in turn allows him to better grasp the rhythmic dimension of the piano. Like Tyshawn Sorey or Jack DeJohnette, 25-year-old Julius Rodriguez has a double talent. A few keywords: at the age of 12 ...
Since coming to New York in 1975, David Murray has established himself as one of the leading saxophonists and leaders in jazz. His approach to improvisation is immediately recognizable. Even in his freest flights, he acknowledges the gravity of a tradition that he has embraced more than the ...
The Silent Explosion Orchestra is celebrating its 10th anniversary on stage this year and has repeatedly crossed the boundaries to other genres and artistic directions with innovative projects and concerts during this time. The Saarland big band wants to live up to this credo with its new project "Paintings of ...
This artist's CV lives up to the meaning of her surname ("free as a bird"). The list of her collaborations makes it seem as if Ndegeocello has been through popular music history: Arrested Development, Madonna, the Rolling Stones, Alanis Morissette, Herbie Hancock, Santana, Pat Metheny and Prince...
Recently, Chicago producer, trumpeter and composer Will Miller, who is part of the indie band Whitney and has played for Lil Wayne, among others, finally followed up on his 2019 debut: The second album under the project name RESAVOIR was released in fall 2023, again featuring collaborators from ...
The skilled trumpeter, who excelled at a young age under the legendary conductors Zubin Metha, Kurt Masur and Kent Nagano, studied at the elite school of jazz, the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and at just 19 was among the top three at the Thelonious Monk ...
Can you increase enthusiasm? Oh yes, and it was easily 20-fold! It is a logistical and artistic masterpiece that cannot be overestimated: the best young musicians from three schools in three cities in two federal states pool their talents under the direction of - ...
Endea Owens is an exceptional jazz artist known for her unique bass playing and captivating compositions. She is also a philanthropist and educator who is actively involved in community initiatives such as the Community Cookout, where she provides meals and free musical performances to disadvantaged neighborhoods. Endea's ...
Two duos that didn't so much seek each other as find each other - kora player Ballaké Sissoko has long been associated with cellist Vincent Segal, accordionist Vincent Peirani with saxophonist Émile Parisien. In 2019, they performed for the first time at the "Les Nuits de Fourvière" festival in Lyon.
She is an icon of American showbiz. She has achieved what every singer dreams of no less than five times in her career: winning a Grammy. What's more, Dianne Reeves is the only one of the honorees who has managed to win the award in three ...