Results for "Germany"

Article: Unsung Heroes

In Memoriam: A Song for Boris Neisser

by Phillip Woolever
June 4, 2022

It was over a decade ago when I first encountered jovial Boris Neisser, the late administrative sparkplug of Dusseldorf's schauinsland-reisen Jazz Rally. He was flat on his back on a nicely carpeted opera house floor, grinning up at ornate ceiling chandeliers after a late night Sunday concert by Jan Akkerman and a competent Russian group called ...

Article: Festivals Talking

Moers Festival Interviews: Max Johnson

by Martin Longley
June 3, 2022

New York bassist Max Johnson has embarked on a European tour with his trio, in the run-up to the release of their new album Orbit Of Sound (Unbroken Sounds, 2022). They are playing crucial venues such as Roskam in Brussels and The Loft in Cologne, doubtless climaxing at the Moers Festival, also in Germany (3rd-6th June). ...

Article: Festivals Talking

Moers Festival Interviews: Chris Pitsiokos

by Martin Longley
May 30, 2022

Alto saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos has successfully made a deep impression on the improvising scene of NYC during what amounts to almost the last decade. Still youthful, his raging complexity and conceptual attitude have the backing of a dedication to finding gigs, or even promoting his own events, and of always seeking out unfamiliar players for adventurous ...

Article: Festivals Talking

Moers Festival Interviews: Spinifex

by Martin Longley
May 24, 2022

Spinifex will make an extremely welcome return to the Moers Festival in early June 2022. This heavily international group specialises in a collective meshing, combining the precision of composed themes with ample leeway for crashing over the barriers, splattering down onto a grassy field of wild improvisatory freedom. Heavy activity over a decade's span makes this ...

Article: Live Review

John Zorn Reflektor Series at Elb Philharmonic

by Phillip Woolever
May 19, 2022

John Zorn Elb Philharmonie John Zorn Reflektor Series Hamburg, Germany March 17-20, 2022 John Zorn recruited an extraordinary rotating group of musicians to convey his vast and varied vision during a full capacity, crowd-pleasing residency at the majestic Elbphilharmonie complex in Hamburg's robustly revitalized Hafen City district.

Article: Live Review

Live From Berlin: Kammerer OrKöster, A Night Of Turkish Free Improvisation & Objects To Be Destroyed

by Martin Longley
April 20, 2022

Kammerer OrKöster b-flat Acoustic Music & Jazzclub November 2, 2021 In the central Mitte area of Berlin lies b-flat, one of the city's chief jazz clubs, conveniently a basement den, although with more space than many such joints. Tables and side-seats are comfortably scattered without crowding-out, and the bar area ...

News: Event

jazzahead! Festival 2022: the joy of being there for an abundance of music!

April 5, 2022

Lots of music and plenty of variety: those are some of the things which this year's jazzahead! at MESSE BREMEN has to offer. At last, after a two-year hiatus, the festival is back. From 14 April to 1 May there will be over 100 concerts on the site of the Messe, and also in several locations ...

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jazzahead! 2022 Trade Fair, Showcase and Festival - Register Today!

April 2, 2022

jazzahead!, the world’s most significant annual international jazz convention in Bremen, Germany, connects you with the international scene. In 2019, 3,408 professional participants from 64 nations were registered, hailing from various fields of business activities like: promoters, bookers, labels, agencies, publishers, festival and club programmers, distributors, production companies, lobby institutions, associations, press as well as many ...

Article: Live Review

The Jazzattack Series in Krefeld

by Matty Bannond
March 12, 2022

Stefan Rademacher, Hugo Read, Martin Sasse and Michael Küttner Jazzkeller Krefeld Krefeld, Germany March 3, 2022 Most jazz clubs have one seat or table that causes conflict. Patrons arrive early, hoping to grab this cozy corner. Other audience members glare green-eyed at that serene sweet-spot. In the Jazzkeller Krefeld, however, no ...

Article: Live Review

Week Of Surprise 2021

by Martin Longley
February 27, 2022

Week Of Surprise Stadtgarten/Christuskirche Cologne, Germany October 11-16, 2021 In the usual times, Week Of Surprise would be Night Of Surprise, with all of its sonic wonderment compressed into a kaleidoscopically overlapping sequence, where chance encounters were actively encouraged. In virus times, a more sober incarnation came into ...