Jazzfest Berlin

08/10/2021

Jazzfest Berlin announces 2021 programme

Pre-sales have started this week 💥
berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-tickets

The festival will stage its 58th edition from 4 to 7 November

07/10/2021

DAVIS, TABORN & CHAKAROVA -

Having played at last year’s #JazzfestBerlin, Davis, Taborn and Chakarova are returning to the Pierre Boulez Saal this Saturday, 9 October.

Experience the artists’ reflections on the beautiful and the ugly through sound and vision. This is not one to miss!
Tickets and further information available in the link below.

Following a duo set with Craig Taborn, Kris Davis will lead a quintet to present the European premiere of another extraordinary collaboration in the concert’s second half: her live accompaniment of Letters, an hour-long silent film by Bulgarian photographer and filmmaker Mimi Chakarova.

07/10/2021

Zum Tod von Dr. Lonnie Smith - Ein Meister an der Hammond-Orgel

Dr. Lonnie Smith passed away last month at the age of 79. Throughout his career and late into his life, Smith used jazz to celebrate love, the good in the world, and the coming together of people. His performance at Jazzfest Berlin 2017 was an unforgettable moment. On Deutschlandfunk Kultur Matthias Wegner speaks of his encounter with the master of the Hammond organ four years ago.

Die Jazzlegende Dr. Lonnie Smith ist im Alter von 79 Jahren gestorben. An der Hammond-Orgel schrieb er Jazzgeschichte. Unser Musikredakteur Matthias Wegner erinnert an Smiths Leben und erzählt von einer skurrilen Begegnung mit dem Ausnahmemusiker.

06/10/2021

Jazzfest Berlin 2021 | Trailer #2

Less than a month to wait for Jazzfest Berlin 2021 - get your ticket!

Pre-sales for this year’s edition - Scenes of Now - are now available on our website. From 4 to 7 November, we will be returning with in person events across Berlin, as well as online broadcasts, showcasing musical journeys to Cairo, Sao Paulo and Johannesburg.
→ www.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/jazzfest-berlin/tickets/tickets.html

Having been awarded the 10. Europe Jazz Network (EJN) Award for Adventurous Programming 2021, Jazzfest Berlin is thrilled to present you an exciting programme.
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Video: Eps51

05/10/2021

The Sun Machine Is Coming Down | Trailer

We’re nearly ready – are you? From Thursday onwards: 10 days of performances, artistry, film and installations in the long disused International Congress Centrum Berlin (ICC).

The Sun Machine Is Coming Down - Kunst im ICC, 7 – 17 October
Further information and full programme: berlinerfestspiele.de/icc

Kunst im ICCVom 7. bis 17. Oktober wiederbeleben die Berliner Festspiele das Internationale Congress Centrum Berlin (ICC) mit Performances, Artistik, Musik, ...

30/09/2021

Jazzfest Berlin 2021 | Trailer

Jazzfest Berlin 2021: Scenes of Now - The programme is online announcing 40 projects!

After a digital New York-Berlin edition, this year’s festival traces the paths of improvised music to three more cultural hubs: Cairo, São Paulo and Johannesburg. Together with local partners, the festival team has developed a diverse programme of partly pre-produced and live concert formats that showcase the musicality and innovative power of the respective creative music scenes.

In addition to that as part of the live programme in Berlin, 22 acts by musicians from Europe and from the New York and Berlin avant-garde can be experienced at Silent Green, the Pierre Boulez Saal and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Almost all festival productions will be recorded by ARD and Deutschlandradio and partly broadcast live. On ARTE Concert and Berliner Festspiele on Demand the festival will again be available free of charge in a live stream and then later in full on demand.

→ berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-en
🎟 Ticket sales start on 6 October!
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Video: Eps51

20/09/2021

Between 1981 and 2016 she performed ten times at Jazzfest Berlin in various ensembles and projects: The Berlin pianist Aki Takase receives the Albert-Mangelsdorff-Preis 2021 of Deutsche Jazzunion for her lifetime achievement and contributions to jazz in Germany. The award ceremony will take place on 5 November during Jazzfest Berlin 2021. ✨
📷 M. Creutziger

Between 1981 and 2016 she performed ten times at Jazzfest Berlin in various ensembles and projects: The Berlin pianist Aki Takase receives the Albert-Mangelsdorff-Preis 2021 of Deutsche Jazzunion for her lifetime achievement and contributions to jazz in Germany. The award ceremony will take place on 5 November during Jazzfest Berlin 2021. ✨
📷 M. Creutziger

20/09/2021

💙 Yesterday in Tallinn, our festival director Nadin Deventer accepted the 10th EJN Award for Adventurous Programming Jazzfest Berlin was awarded with this year. Thank you again for this honour! 💙

Europe Jazz Network www.europejazz.net/activity/ejn-awards?fbclid=IwAR1UZGl3N4JJ_y0x6Q7RHQCSs1O9iCf8zYHs5NImp753f-Br09vGlxB4xWU

💙 Yesterday in Tallinn, our festival director Nadin Deventer accepted the 10th EJN Award for Adventurous Programming Jazzfest Berlin was awarded with this year. Thank you again for this honour! 💙

Europe Jazz Network www.europejazz.net/activity/ejn-awards?fbclid=IwAR1UZGl3N4JJ_y0x6Q7RHQCSs1O9iCf8zYHs5NImp753f-Br09vGlxB4xWU

16/09/2021

George Wein obituary

With the support of George Wein, the “Berliner Jazztage” were founded in 1964 by Joachim-Ernst Berendt and Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg, which later became today's Jazzfest Berlin. Now the music promoter and co-founder of the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals has sadly passed away at the age of 95. An obituary by former artistic director of Jazzfest Berlin, Richard Williams in The Guardian:

American music promoter and co-founder of the Newport jazz and folk festivals

16/09/2021

FRANÇOIS HOULE - THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR

Konzerttipp: Am Sonntag spielt François Houle die Weltpremiere von „The Secret Lives of Color“ im Pierre Boulez Saal. 👇

Canadian clarinetist, composer, and improviser François Houle presents the world premiere of The Secret Lives of Color, a suite of new compositions and arrangements inspired by British author Kassia St. Clair’s writing on color.

21/08/2021

Jazzfest Berlin | SUNNOSPHERE

For Jazzfest Berlin 2020, the British pianist Alexander Hawkins and the Berlin-based Lebanese visual artist and rapper Siska teamed up for a special commission. Their sound sphere “SUNNOSPHERE” performed with top-class musicians from Berlin and London within the unique visual world arising from Siska’s installation at Silent Green Berlin was part of Jazzfest Berlin Outer Spaces. The concert is, like many other performances of Jazzfest Berlin 2020, still available on Berliner Festspiele on Demand and on ARTE Concert. → berlinerfestspiele.de/ondemand

17/07/2021

Watch Jazzfest Berlin on demand: The sonic performances of Gugulethu Duma and Kechou and the Charles Sammons Collective within the framework of SAVVY Contemporary’s “Rest Assured. Bodi No Be Fayawood” at Jazzfest Berlin 2020 are still online to rewatch along with the majority of last year’s festival programme. www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-ondemand

23/06/2021

Anna Webber Septet // TRAINING feat. John Dieterich and Işıl Karataş

More Jazzfest Berlin on Demand! The tandem performance “Anna Webber Septet // TRAINING feat. John Dieterich and Işıl Karataş” from last year’s Jazzfest edition, which took place at Silent Green Berlin and at Roulette in New York City, is still available on our website and on ARTE Concert – and more of the festivals‘ programme as well → www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2020/on-demand/start.html

10/06/2021

Lakecia Benjamin // Lina Allemano’s Ohrenschmaus

As one of six tandem performances between Berlin and New York City, which all took place as live streams from Silent Green in Berlin and from Roulette in New York, Lakecia Benjamin: “Pursuance – The Coltranes”// Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus was part of Jazzfest Berlin 2020. Both concerts are, like most of the concert programme, still available on Berliner Festspiele on Demand and ARTE Concert until November! → www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/berliner-festspiele/on-demand/2020/jazzfest-berlin/jazzfest-berlin-new-york.html?fbclid=IwAR100j4zDUqmyzbwajJ49BgWF8HN5MBMoxhv4HZqaj4pftJxNVr3pnGz3Is

09/06/2021

Internationale Jazzfestivals in pandemischen Zeiten - ein Jahr später

Tune into Jazzwoche Berlin's panel "Internationale Jazzfestivals in pandemischen Zeiten - ein Jahr später" now! Moderated by our artistic director Nadin Deventer! 💥

06/06/2021

State of the Art(s) - radialsystem

The two-day hybrid event State of the Art(s): Symposium zum aktuellen Stand und der Zukunft der Musikszene will focus on new business models, forms of cooperation, digitality and creative approaches in the music scene after the pandemic caesura. Among others, artistic director of Jazzfest Berlin, Nadin Deventer, will participate in the panel “Kooperation vor Konkurrenz” on 7 June 2021, 19:30 – 21:30h. All details can be found in the Facebook event or the link below. 👇

Die Corona-Pandemie hat vermeintliche Gewissheiten grundlegend auf den Kopf gestellt: Das seit März 2020 pausierende…

04/06/2021

Congratulations to Jazzclub Leipzig, which yesterday has been awarded the Deutscher Jazzpreis for the 44. Leipziger Jazztage! 👏

Der Deutsche Jazzpreis in der Kategorie FESTIVAL DES JAHRES geht an: 44. Leipziger Jazztage "Transitions" – Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
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19/05/2021

Joel Ross beim Jazzfest Berlin 2020 - Good Vibes

Deutschlandfunk Kultur “in concert” with a broadcast on “Good Vibes” by Joel Ross at Jazzfest 2020, which was streamed live from Roulette in NYC. Enjoy! 🎼

Beim Jazzfest Berlin 2020 gab es eine Zusammenarbeit mit dem New Yorker Veranstaltungsort „Roulette“. Pandemiebedingt trat dort der Vibraphonist Joel Ross auf und stellte seine formidable Band „Good Vibes“ vor.

11/05/2021

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS – Matana Roberts

On display at daadgallerie (Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD): Matana Roberts: We Hold These Truths – an immersive sound and video installation reflecting the turbulent political events of the past year in the US. Matana Roberts is a well known artist of various Jazzfest Berlin and MaerzMusik editions, and was part of last year’s Jazzfest Off Stage.
All details can be found in the FB event or via the link below. 👇

Matana Roberts’s immersive video and sound installation addresses the turbulent political events of the past year in the US: the presidential election, the Black Lives Matter movement, the pandemic, the storming of the Capitol, and their ineluctable intertwining.

05/05/2021

We are very honoured to be among the three nominees of the Deutscher Jazzpreis / German Jazz Award 2021, in the category „Festival des Jahres“ / Festival of the year, together with moers festival and Leipziger Jazztage of Jazzclub Leipzig. 💙 The award ceremony will take place on 3 June 2021. Check out www.deutscher-jazzpreis.de for details!

04/05/2021

Jazzfest Berlin 2020 - Rhythmus und Abstraktion

Deutschlandfunk has dedicated a programme to Anna Webber Septet and their performance of the album “Clockwise” at Jazzfest 2020, which was streamed live from Roulette in NYC! You can listen to the album piece by piece, while getting background information in between about the septet’s inspiration and creative process. (Moderation in German language) 👇

Die Holzbläserin Anna Webber aus New York spielte mit ihrem Septett beim Jazzfest Berlin 2020 ein fulminantes Konzert - mit straff organisierten, eng verzahnten Klängen zwischen Avantgarde-Jazz und zeitgenössischer Komposition.

21/04/2021

Joel Ross’ Good Vibes // MEOW!

“Joel Ross’ Good Vibes // MEOW!” was one of six tandem performances between Berlin and New York, which took all place as live streams from Silent Green in Berlin and from Roulette in New York. Both concerts are like most of the concert programme still available on Berliner Festspiele on Demand and ARTE Concert until November!
Immanuel Wilkins Jeremy Dutton
→ www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/berliner-festspiele/on-demand/2020/jazzfest-berlin/jazzfest-berlin-new-york.html

20/04/2021

Jazzfest Berlin 2020 - Post-Coltrane Power

On Deutschlandfunk you can listen to the recording of the Radio Edition concert of Christof Lauer and the hr-Bigband - Frankfurt Radio Big Band musicians Tony Lakatos, Hans Glawischnig and Jean Paul Höchstädter of Jazzfest Berlin 2020 and some introductory words!

Tony Lakatos und Christof Lauer gehören seit den 1980er-Jahren zu den führenden Tenorsaxofonisten Europas. Das Zusammentreffen der beiden Energiebündel mit der eingespielten Rhythmusgruppe der hr-Bigband war der swingendste Beitrag zum Jazzfest Berlin 2020.

14/04/2021

The 10th EJN Award for Adventurous Programming goes to Jazzfest Berlin

🎉 To put it in the words of our artistic director Nadin Deventer: “We are very honoured to receive the unique “EJN Award for Adventurous Programming” of Europe Jazz Network. We want to thank especially the fantastic musicians for their enormous creativity, musicianship and commitment in shaping their wonderful projects.” Read more on the award here: bit.ly/3aa9DY2

If you want to rewatch the award ceremony with Wim Wabbes, Pelin Opcin, Jan Ole Otnæs, Nadin Deventer and video messages by Mary Halvorson, Alexander Hawkins, Rob Mazurek, Julien Desperez, Jason Moran and and members of KIM Collective, follow this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd_z1pDEO10

We are very happy to announce the winner of the EJN Award for Adventurous Programming 2021: Jazzfest Berlin in Germany, presented by the Berliner Festspiele. The Award, this year reaching its 10th edition, is bestowed each year by the Europe Jazz Network (EJN) to a European promoter who succeeds in....

12/04/2021

De-Isolation

“De-Isolation”, the closing event of Jazzfest Berlin 2020, featured members of the KIM Collective reconnecting with other contributors of the Berlin jazz scene to create a one-time performance. The concert from Silent Green is, like the majority of last year’s festival programme, still available on Berliner Festspiele on Demand and ARTE Concert

→ berlinerfestspiele.de/en/berliner-festspiele/on-demand/2020/jazzfest-berlin/de-isolation.html

27/03/2021

Looking forward to the discursive format of Jazzwoche Berlin. Among other things, important questions about the perspectives of Berlin jazz scene post-COVID will be discussed. A programme update follows soon 👇

Die anhaltende Krise hat viele schwelende Themen an die Oberfläche gespült. Daher geht es in der #JazzwocheBerlin3 besonders um den Austausch der Akteur*innen untereinander, um spezifische Debatten im Jazz und der Improvisierten Musik und um die Teilnahme am kulturpolitischen Diskurs.

In verschiedenen Formaten werden unter anderem diese Fragen verhandelt: Welche Postcorona-Perspektiven hat die Berliner Jazz- und Improvisationsszene zu erwarten und wie können diese mitgestaltet werden? Wie könnte sich eine mögliche Institutionalisierung im Jazz und der Improvisierten Musik auf die Resilienz des Genres auswirken?
Wie wirkt sich das künstlerische, persönliche oder auch existenzielle Scheitern in der Krise auf die Künstler*innen und die künstlerische Produktion aus?
Außerdem werden längerfristige Fragen wie die digitale Transformation der Medienlandschaft und Gender Equality im Jazz diskutiert.
Einige Diskursveranstaltungen finden statt in Kooperation mit Berliner Festspiele | Jazzfest Berlin sowie der Deutsche Jazzunion
Die ständig aktualisierte Programmübersicht der #JazzwocheBerlin3 findet ihr demnächst unter: www.jazzwoche.berlin.

©Cristina Marx/Photomusix

18/03/2021

Gitarrist Bill Frisell ist 70 Jahre alt: Der Power-Flüsterer mit den sechs Saiten | BR-Klassik

“Er mag Töne, zu denen sich das Publikum hinbewegen muss. Die das Publikum nicht überfallen. Fast könnte man sagen: Er sei ein Kammermusiker des Jazz.”
🎂Happy Birthday to Bill Friesell! The American guitarist has been part of Jazzfest Berlin several times - this Sunday you can experience him at Bang on a Can Marathon – MaerzMusik Edition | Concert (live)!

So leise wie er spielt kaum einer sonst. Gitarrist Bill Frisell hat sich damit in bisher 40 Jahren Karriere ein unverwechselbares Profil erarbeitet. Am 18. März 1951 wurde dieser Power-Flüsterer des weltoffenen Jazz in den USA geboren.