Jazzkalender Jazz in October

LET’S TALK ABOUT JAZZ, PHILIPP
To already have his own “pass” a whole year before the GITARRENGIPFEL—my goodness! And “Scholli” is actually almost spot-on: Because Philipp Scholz is the one! The one who already had his own pass back in 2016, who’s playing at the Jazztage again this year with three bands—and who’s taking home the 2017 “ Leipzig Jazz Young Talent Award ” award, including 6,500 euros from the Marion Ermer Foundation!
We’d like to extend our warmest congratulations to you, dear Philipp! And we wholeheartedly agree with every single word of the raving review in the Jazz Days program booklet, written by someone whose name we’d rather not reveal here—it’s a surprise! It’s not Bert Noglik, Wolf Kampmann, or Ulrich Steinmetzger—those three have written about other Jazz Days acts, which are also very, very worth reading. Speaking of Jazztage: It’s about to begin! As we’re working on this Jazzkalender , the very last Pat Metheny tickets have just been sold. We’ve never sold out the Opera House this early before. All the better, then, that there are a total of 14 guitarists to experience at the festival, from Gilad Hekselman at the opening to Tobias Hoffmann at the closing. In between, Egberto Gismonti (with Maria João!), Jakob Bro, Werner Neumann, Kalle Kalima, Monika Roscher, Bertram Burkert, and Giovanni Weiss will take the stage… There are also two events outside the festival concerts: a screening of the new feature film “Born To Be Blue” about Chet Baker on October 15 at the Prager Frühling cinema bar, and a talk by photographer Arne Reimer about his visits to the “American Jazz Heroes” on October 21 in the concert foyer of the Opera House.
By the way, we’ve been right in the middle of the “ Jazzclub ” live season again since September, friends! The regular “HMT Stage Night” kicks off on October 10, with Flo Kästner and Johannes Enders performing on October 27.
Your “ Jazzkalender ” editorial team
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