Enjoy Jazz Magazine

News from the world of Enjoy Jazz

Joshua Redman - "We have to be more creative than others".

Joshua Redman is the only musician for whom Enjoy Jazz had Thomas Boxberger (extraprima) develop a festival wine of his own, which was described as "floating and elegant": the "Redman Cuvée 2012," of course, long out of print. Even more impressive, however ...
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We have a dream - Eric Bibb, Harrison Kennedy, Ruthie Foster in interview

Eric Bibb, Harrison Kennedy and Ruthie Foster gave an interview during our 2015 festival. Bibb, Kennedy and Foster use their music to explore the roots of the country blues genre, and with it themes of equality and social change. ...
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Ornette Coleman & Enjoy Jazz - an interview

In 2005, Ornette Coleman recorded his now legendary album "Sound Grammar" at Enjoy Jazz, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. A year later, he returned to Heidelberg to record another. this ...
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Dedicated in Love: Wayne Shorter

On March 2, a door closed for which no new one will open. Wayne Shorter is dead. His meaning can be described in one sentence, in which there is probably more jazz history than in any other. ...
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SWR Jazz Award on the radio

In good tradition, the award ceremony of the SWR Jazzpreis 2022 took place again at Enjoy Jazz in dasHaus Ludwigshafen. The live recording of the SWR Jazzpreisträgerkonzert with the Swedish bassist Petter Eldh will now be broadcast on 18.01.2023 at the ...
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Edition Festival Poster 2022

Together with the Mexican photographer Iñaki Bonillas we have published a numbered edition of the Enjoy Jazz Festival Poster 2022, signed by the artist. The proceeds from the sale of the edition will be donated to the musician's ...
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Every year again: The great photos of Manfred Rinderspacher

For what feels like an eternity, the photographer has been a welcome guest and loyal companion of the Enjoy Jazz Festival - and 2022 is no exception. For Jazzpages, he has now taken his personal favorite pictures from six weeks of festival ...
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Outlook for the SWR NEWJazz Meeting 2022

"I want to use the sound lab at the SWR studio to try things I've never dared before!" said pianist and musical director Micah Thomas at the start of SWR NEWJazz Meeting 2022, a week ...
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Fulminant finale

Youssou N'Dour thrills at Enjoy Jazz Festival closing concert On Saturday, November 12, 2022, the closing concert of the 24th Enjoy Jazz Festival took place in co-production with the BASF concert program. The Se-Ngalese world star Youssou N'Dour performed ...
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