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60 Years Of Jazzfest Berlin: Still Digging

September 26, 2024

From October 31 to November 3, Jazzfest Berlin is celebrating its 60th anniversary with 24 concerts at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Quasimodo, A-Trane and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. This year, the concert programme is bolstered by two anniversary specials: the Jazzfest Research Lab and the Jazzfest Community Lab Moabit. The full programme. Jazzfest Berlin, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mothers Of Invention Keyboard & Synthesizer Legend Don Preston Embarks On First European Solo Tour September 2024

September 20, 2024

Pianist & synthesizer legend Don Preston will be touring Europe starting in September (tour dates below). Don Preston leads a life filled with music, innovation, and experimentation in acoustic and electronic music. “Groundbreaking” is a phrase that is clearly overused. With Don it rings true. One of the first performers to drag a pile of oscillators ...

About Jürgen Friedrich

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Musician

Jürgen Friedrich

Born: March 7

Jürgen Friedrich is an european Pianist and Composer/Arranger. He is working in the field of Jazz, Improvisation and Contemporary Music.
His unique style is apparent in many projects - ranging from small groups, like piano trio, to orchestral settings, like big band or string orchestra combined with improvisers.
As an educator he is teaching Piano and Composition at the University of Music and Dance Cologne/Germany.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Janek van Laak: Drumming Up a Circle of Madness

by Lawrence Peryer
July 13, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On Berlin-based drummer, composer, and producer Janek van Laak. Janek grew up in post-reunification Berlin which gave birth to a vibrant culture of music and art. He joined me earlier this year, around the release of his debut solo album, Circle of Madness (Sonar Kollektiv), a work that makes me ...

Article: Festivals Talking

Moers Festival Interviews: Zeena Parkins

by Martin Longley
May 9, 2024

The harpist Zeena Parkins is one of the key players on the New York City improvising and composing fronts, and indeed on the global scene generally. Most of her upcoming gigs are happening around Europe, although her 2024 datesheet is relatively sparse compared to her 2025 plans. She probably became known to most folks when playing ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Markus Reuter: Recording Music Across Space and Time

by Lawrence Peryer
May 4, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On returning guest, the innovative musician and composer Markus Reuter.Markus originally joined us for Episode 130 back in November 2022. He joins us now to discuss his project Sea of Hopeless Angels (Unsung Records), which began as several unedited studio solo improvisations by Markus on his electric touch guitar. Those ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Hainbach: Crafting Soundscapes from Forgotten Relics

by Lawrence Peryer
April 27, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On Berlin-based electronic music composer and performer Hainbach.I have come to view Hainbach as much an archeologist or audio specimen collector as he is a musician. While he makes beautiful music and soundscapes, they are often showcase pieces for the devices he works on, which include not only vintage and ...

Article: Festivals Talking

Moers Festival Interviews: Virginia Genta

by Martin Longley
March 29, 2024

There is a tradition in the small German city of Moers, although its aims are far from traditional in orientation. Unless we consider the already sixty-year history (at least) of jazz-derived free improvisation. The Moers Festival has run since 1972, originally bent on exploring the vitality of free jazz, and still resolved towards that direction today, ...

News: Recording

Jazz Meets Classic And Cinema on Gerhard Daum's 'Jazz Ballads'

March 14, 2024

Jazz Ballads is the fourth album by Gerhard Daum that I’ve reviewed since 2017, and each album has been a surprise—from solo piano to guitar to ensemble and now to trumpet. Daum’s trumpet is the lead instrument on all of the tracks along with an ensemble that includes piano, flugelhorn, guitars and MIDI bass—all played by ...

News: Event

jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT programme announced: 1 Ticket. 35 Venues. 70+ Concerts.

March 6, 2024

Club-hopping all round Bremen on the evening of 12 April—everything from a world champion beatboxer to avant-garde icon Han Bennink—from the Mallorcan guitarist featured in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona to an (imaginary) free trip to Curaçao in the Caribbean—and a new app. A special highlight and a favourite feature of Bremen’s jazzahead! in April is ...