From the editorial of *Jazzkalender* Issue 256, which, as always, is available in its entirety here ›››
Does this sound familiar? You go up to the attic and at first can’t make head or tail of it all, amid all that stuff from the past. Finally, you open an old suitcase, rummage around in it a bit, discover this and that, and lose track of time and everything around you. And suddenly you realize you’re flying through the air with the suitcase, and a jazz band is playing along! And to top it all off, you’ve fallen in love with the princess!
Just before we finish the new “ Jazzkalender ,” LU:V and the Gewandhaus Children’s Choir will perform a live soundtrack for the film “Der Koffer” at the preview concert for the 39th “ Leipziger Jazztage .” The audience follows the moving images and the stirring music—and the anticipation for 10 days of “Cinematic Jazz” keeps building. Live soundtracks, jazz interpretations of film scores, concerts with live visualizations, and “mental cinema” concerts: It’s going to be a celebration!
Michael Wollny and Eric Schaefer will perform a live score for the horror classic “Nosferatu” with Norway’s oldest ensemble; French double bassist Renaud García-Fons will perform a live score for the fairy-tale-like “The Adventures of Prince Achmed”; and saxophonist Basti Wehle will perform live scores for two animated films by Schwarwel. Maciej Fortuna returns to the Jazztage stage with a Krzysztof Penderecki project. Philipp Rohmer reimagines pieces by Ennio Morricone, while the New York quartet Sex Mob blends James Bond themes with Nino Rota’s music for Fellini films such as “8 1/2.” The great Nils Petter Molvær brings visual artist Tord Knudsen to the Schauspielhaus; Johanna Borchert and Omer Klein will also perform with a band and live visuals. In its film concert, the artist collective shortfilmlivemusic explores guest worker issues and migration in the GDR. Klima Kallima takes Aki Kaurismäki into the world of rock jazz. Great cinema at the Leipzig Jazz Days!
Reaching into that inner bag of popcorn: your Jazzkalender editorial team
P.S.: We didn’t invite Brad Mehldau to the movies—we invited him to a solo concert at the Thomaskirche. After all, you only turn 1,000 once, and we’ll never all be that young again!
P.P.S.: There’s no break after the Jazz Days—at the “ Jazzclub ” Live, we’ll be presenting Melanoia, featuring Dejan Terzic, Haryden Chisholm, Ronny Graupe, and the newly crowned Mangelsdorff Prize winner Achim Kaufmann.
