Bishop/Müller/Muche/Block – Celebrate the Trombone! | live recording

Jeb Bishop - Posaune Matthias Müller - Posaune Matthias Muche - Posaune Olivia Block - Elektronik, Tasten, Stimme

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„Feiert die Posaune! Dieses Trio ist genau das: eine Feier des Klangs und der Möglichkeiten dieses Instruments. Ihre Musik ist ein beeindruckendes Zeugnis für Menschen, die die Posaune wirklich verstehen – ein Instrument, das fesselnd und überraschend, technisch anspruchsvoll und zugleich grenzenlos, radikal und zutiefst menschlich ist.“ Nate Wooley

Mit Celebrate the Trombone! begegnet das international renommierte Posaunentrio Jeb Bishop, Matthias Müller und Matthias Muche der Chicagoer Klangkünstlerin Olivia Block. Seit 2016 erforscht das Trio die klanglichen Möglichkeiten der Posaune und hat sich mit seiner kompromisslosen Klangsprache international eine unverwechselbare Position innerhalb der zeitgenössischen Improvisationsmusik erarbeitet. Gemeinsam mit Olivia Block entstehen neue Arbeiten für drei Posaunen, Elektronik, Tastenklänge, Stimme und Klanginstallationen. Die Begegnung eröffnet neue musikalische Räume zwischen Improvisation, Komposition und Klanginstallation. Soundscapes, Elektronik und Stimme treten in einen unmittelbaren Dialog mit den Posaunen und erweitern deren klangliches Spektrum auf überraschende Weise. Die Konzertreihe lädt Publikum und Künstler:innen gleichermaßen dazu ein, gemeinsam neue Abenteuer im Klang zu entdecken.

Termine 18.10.2026 – 20:00 Uhr exploratorium berlin 22.10.2026 – 20:00 Uhr LOFT Köln 23.10.2026 – 20:00 Uhr St. Petri Kirche Wilstedt (in Kooperation mit KROMAT) 24.10.2026 – 18:00 Uhr Marienkirche Wallenbrück Die unterschiedlichen Konzertorte spiegeln die Vielseitigkeit des Projekts wider: Das exploratorium berlin, das LOFT Köln, die St. Petri Kirche Wilstedt und die Marienkirche Wallenbrück verbinden internationale Zentren experimenteller Musik mit den Heimatorten der Musiker – dort, wo die ersten musikalischen Sozialisationen zwischen Dorfkirche und Posaunenchor stattfanden. :

Jeb Bishop - trombone Matthias Müller - trombone Matthias Muche - trombone Olivia Block - electronics, keyboard, vocals

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“Celebrate the trombone! This trio is exactly that: a celebration of the sound and possibilities of this instrument. Their music is a stunning testament to people who truly understand the trombone—an instrument that is captivating and surprising, technically demanding, yet at the same time boundless, radical, and deeply human.” Nate Wooley

In *Celebrate the Trombone!*, the internationally renowned trombone trio of Jeb Bishop, Matthias Müller, and Matthias Muche joins forces with Chicago-based sound artist Olivia Block. Since 2016, the trio has been exploring the sonic possibilities of the trombone and, with its uncompromising musical language, has carved out a distinctive position for itself within the international contemporary improvisational music scene. Together with Olivia Block, they are creating new works for three trombones, electronics, keyboard sounds, voice, and sound installations. This collaboration opens up new musical spaces at the intersection of improvisation, composition, and sound installation. Soundscapes, electronics, and voice enter into a direct dialogue with the trombones, expanding their sonic spectrum in surprising ways. The concert series invites audiences and artists alike to discover new sonic adventures together.

dates: 18.10.2026 – 20:00 exploratorium berlin 22.10.2026 – 20:00 LOFT Köln 23.10.2026 – 20:00 St. Petri Kirche Wilstedt (in Kooperation mit KROMAT) 24.10.2026 – 18:00 Marienkirche Wallenbrück The diverse concert venues reflect the project’s versatility: the exploratorium berlin, the LOFT in Cologne, St. Petri Church in Wilstedt, and St. Mary’s Church in Wallenbrück connect international centers of experimental music with the musicians’ hometowns—the very places where their earliest musical experiences took place, between the village church and the trombone choir.

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LOFT

The LOFT in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district is exactly what its name suggests: a spacious loft on the top floor of a former perfume factory. Since 1989 it has been home to the city's musical avant-garde as well as a scene hub and a jazz laboratory for students.

Over those decades it has grown into a respected stage for improvised music, contemporary music, and jazz, with a reputation reaching well beyond Germany. Most of the Cologne jazz musicians who have made their mark nationally and internationally in the past thirty years took their first career steps here, among them Nils Wogram, Hayden Chisholm, Angelika Niescier, Frank Gratkowski, Robert Landfermann, Pablo Held, and Sebastian Sternal.

The Cologne Triennale, WDR, and Deutschlandfunk stage concerts and recordings at the LOFT, and the venue has been invited to the Moers Festival five times. Its own label, 2ndFloor, releases selected recordings, and more than 1,000 live and studio productions made in the LOFT studio have appeared on other labels. Supported by the association 2ndFloor e. V. and the collective jungesloft, it presents over 200 events a year.

Top-tier instruments – including a Steinway D grand, one of the finest concert pianos in any German jazz club – a professional recording studio with award-winning engineers, and the room's distinctive atmosphere have drawn many prominent guests, from Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, and Peter Brötzmann to Kurt Rosenwinkel, Marilyn Crispell, and Jim Black. Still, the programming focus remains on supporting Cologne's own musicians.

Since 2009 the LOFT has received the NRW venue programming award every year, an honor that specifically recognizes work with emerging regional artists. In 2016 the British Guardian named it one of the ten best jazz clubs in Europe, and at the German Jazz Prize it was voted "Club/Venue of the Year" in 2021 and again in 2023 — a category decided not by the expert jury but directly by the more than 1,300 members of the German Jazz Union.

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