LET'S ABOUT JAZZKALENDER #257 November 2015
While most pictures these days hang in frames from a Swedish furniture store, the 39th Leipzig Jazz Days were framed in Norwegian. And how! The Norske Blåseennemble's "Nosferatu" with Michael Wollny and Eric Schaefer opened the festival, while electro-jazz pioneer Nils Petter Molvær closed 10 days of "Cinematic Jazz". Both concerts were certainly among the absolute Jazz Days highlights, and not just this year. And no, we don't want to ignore the brilliant performances by Omer Klein and The Micronaut! Nor those of Brad Mehldau, Schnellertollermeier, the Sons of Elam and ... many, many thanks also to you, shortfilmlivemusic, Echtzeit, LU:V, Wayne Karntz, Nahtanoi, Burnt Friedman & Daniel Dodd-Ellis, An On Bast & Maciej Fortuna, Renaud García-Fons, Klima Kalima, Sex Mob, Johanna Borchert, Trio Schmetterling and Evgeny Ring Quartet!
Many thanks also to you, dear colleagues at Schauspiel, UT, Passage Kino, Telegraph, Horns, Conne Island, St. Georg, naTo, Moritzbastei, Schaubühne, Philippus- and Thomaskirche!
Thank you too, dear patrons, sponsors and supporters of the Leipzig Jazz Days, especially at the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig, the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, the BMW Leipzig branch and the Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei!
A big thank you also to all of you who tore down tickets, picked up bands, hauled and set up equipment and instruments, and to you, dear audience - you all gave our musicians a great festival!
It's hard to believe, but the Jazztage are over. And now? No breathing space! Concerts will be held: once a week, Jazzclub Live presents such illustrious names as Aaron Goldberg and The Bad Plus, as well as promising bands from Leipzig in a club atmosphere. "Flashback" is a completely new series. So the wait for the 40th Leipziger Jazztage will be an entertaining one - but you can make a note of 29.9. to 8.10.2016 in your calendar!
Climbing the ladder again (someone has to paint the leaves)
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