News from the world of Enjoy Jazz
School of listening - Joe Lovano
Music can very quickly become secondary. When Joe Lovano presented his new project with Dave Douglas as co-leader at the Enjoy Jazz Festival, a hurricane had hit the east coast of the USA the night before.
Avant-garde as practice and attitude - Peter Brötzmann
On June 22, 2023, the great Peter Brötzmann passed away, one of those hand-picked German jazz musicians who had a resounding name globally, including in the motherland of jazz. His work is, in the best sense of the word, an unfinished artistic ...
Shabaka Hutchings - "The groove is part of a very precisely conceived overall sound image"
Sabaka Hutchings is a deeply relaxed workaholic. He has long since become an international festival favorite. Enjoy Jazz presented the Englishman with Caribbean roots over several years with all his active formations in a kind of ...
Anja Lechner - the story of sounds
Note: This interview originally took place in 2017 and is published here on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Enjoy Jazz. The statements and references made in the interview refer to this date. Musical dream images - ...
Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - Return & Crossing
They have been working together on and off for over 20 years, constantly exploring the limits of their instrument and often even expanding them: singer Jutta Glaser and guitarist Claus Boesser-Ferrari. Their current project ...
"People hate solos" - Branford Marsalis
Note: This interview originally took place in 2015 and is published here on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Enjoy Jazz. The statements and references made in the interview refer to this point in time. The situation ...
Michael Wollny on the vulnerability of music - "... Everything happens right now. And this moment must be protected."
The enlightening of the dark Michael Wollny Note: This interview originally took place in 2015 and is published here on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Enjoy Jazz. The statements and references made in the interview refer to ...
Enjoy Jazz introduces its own music award for the 25th anniversary of the festival.
The "Christian Broecking Award for Arts Education 2023" goes to Terri Lyne CarringtonEnjoy Jazz introduces its own music award for the festival's 25th anniversary: The "Christian Broecking Award for Arts Education 2023" goes to Terri Lyne CarringtonThe ...
Alexander von Schlippenbach - "I'm at an age where you do take stock a bit".
Alexander von Schlippenbach, a student of composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann, has transferred free playing to the big band format in a hitherto undreamed-of way with his Globe Unity Orchestra. The permanent development of his sound language into an amalgam ...