UNESCO's International Jazz Day has been celebrated every year on April 30 since 2012. Since 2022, the Green Dolphin Orchestra has performed an Enjoy Jazz concert to mark Jazz Day. Under the artistic direction and with the participation of Alexandra Lehmler and Erwin Ditzner, the formation is constantly being reassembled.
An evening with a truly exquisite line-up: Marcel Beyer's work is characterized by an unmistakable poetic language that is able to place profound emotions in a highly complex world of thought. The Büchner Prize winner will read from his book of essays "Die tonlosen Stimmen beim Anblick der Toten auf den Straßen von Butscha". Other performers include London-based harpist Alina Bzhezhinska (nominated for "Best Live Experience often ...
Thanks to 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 Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Album in 2020. His trio is one of the classic trios of contemporary jazz - comparable to Keith Jarrett's or Bill Evans' trio in their day. ...
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 the almost seventy years of his life and fifty years of his career, this "jazz's most industrious creative engine", as the ...
Award-winning singer Youn Sun Nah has wowed audiences at Enjoy Jazz several times, most recently in 2019, and has long been celebrated for her cross-stylistic interpretations of artists ranging from Tom Waits and Jimi Hendrix to Marvin Gaye and Metallica. In her new album "Elles", Youn Sun Nah brings her unmistakable voice and unique perspective to a series of songs ...
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 McLorin Salvant casts a spell over the audience - sometimes exuberant, the next moment sensual ...