LOFT
Bode · Zitt · Landfermann · Berger
Bruno Bode - Saxophon Justin Zitt - Piano Robert Landfermann - Bass Leif Berger - Schlagzeug
Bruno Bode - Saxophon Justin Zitt - Piano Robert Landfermann - Bass Leif Berger - Schlagzeug
(english: see below)
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Deutschlands Jazz-Szene ist im Besonderen bekannt für ihre Avantgarde. Gerade auch in den letzten Jahren blüht unheimlich kreative Musik auf - befeuert unter anderem von der Neuen Musik und einer vielseitigen Impro-Kultur. Teil dieser Entwicklung sind in herausragendem Maße Robert Landfermann und Leif Berger. Beide sind prägende Akteure der Szene, entwickeln die Musik weiter und beeindrucken immer wieder mit neuen Ideen und Konzepten. Jetzt treffen sie auf zwei Upcoming Artists jener zeitgenössischen Jazzszene. Der Saxophonist Bruno Bode und der Pianist Justin Zitt sind innovative und virtuose Stimmen, sowohl an ihren Instrumenten als auch als Komponisten - beide haben zuletzt selbst eindrucksvolle Debuts als Bandleader präsentierten. Das kollektive Quartett kombiniert nun all diese musikalischen Charaktere zu einem expressiven Ensemble, welches mit seiner technischen Versiertheit und explosiven Kreativität begeistert. Die Stücke sind Komposition aller vier Musiker.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Zitt https://robertlandfermann.com/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_BergerBruno Bode - saxophone Justin Zitt - piano Robert Landfermann - bass Leif Berger - drums
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Germany’s jazz scene is particularly well-known for its avant-garde. In recent years, in particular, incredibly creative music has been flourishing—fueled, among other things, by New Music and a diverse culture of improvisation. Robert Landfermann and Leif Berger have played an outstanding role in this development. Both are influential figures in the scene, continually pushing the boundaries of the music and consistently impressing audiences with new ideas and concepts. Now they are joining forces with two up-and-coming artists from that contemporary jazz scene. Saxophonist Bruno Bode and pianist Justin Zitt are innovative and virtuosic voices on their instruments—as well as in composition—and both have recently released impressive debuts as bandleaders. The collective quartet now combines all these musical personalities into an expressive ensemble that captivates audiences with its technical mastery and explosive creativity. The pieces are compositions by all four musicians.
Venue:
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.
More dates at LOFT:
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Finissage: Hyou Vielz – Der stille Chronist
Beginn: 11.30 Uhr, Ende: spätestens 13 Uhr
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Lariza
Lena-Larissa Senge - Gesang, Synthesizer, Lorenz Schönle - Saxophon, Flöte, EWI, Gesang, Raissa Mehner - Gitarre, Elektronik, Gesang, Duy Luong - Bass, Elektronik, Lukas Schwegmann - Schlagzeug, Elektronik
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Ein gemeinsamer Klang: Yaniel Matos & Radek Stawarz
Yaniel Matos - Violoncello, Piano, Stimme, Radek Stawarz - Violine
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Georg Graewe@70 - fifty years on record / day 01
Georg Graewe - Piano Solo, &, ACUTANCE:, Laura Strobl - Viola, Georg Graewe - Piano, Mark Sanders - Schlagzeug
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Georg Graewe@70 – fifty years on record / day 02
Georg Graewe - Piano Solo, &, ACUTANCE plus:, Frank Gratkowski - Klarinetten, Laura Strobl - Viola, Georg Graewe - Piano, Joe Williamson - Bass, Mark Sanders - Schlagzeug
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LAUGHING AT MAN KIND | live recording
Lisa Tracy Michalik - Sprache, Text, Nancy Meier - Altflöte, Bassflöte, Maxine Troglauer - Bassposaune, John Eckhardt - Bass, Liam Byrne - Viola da gamba, Tilo Weber - Schlagzeug, Komposition
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RENNER – Never Ending Story | live recording
Moritz Renner - Posaune, Tabea Kind - Bass, Valentin Renner - Schlagzeug
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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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Rupert Gillett Trio | Album-Release & live recording
Rupert Gillett - E-Cello & Gesang, Valerie Rathmann - Bass & Gesang, Tim Schmiedner - Schlagzeug & Percussion
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Tamara Lukasheva: "Seasons" with Dyvyna
Tamara Lukasheva - Gesang, Ensemble "Dyvyna" - Gesang