Jazz Young Talent Award 2012: Johannes Bigge Trio
Congratulations to Johannes Bigge for this year's Leipzig Jazz Young Talent Award of the Marion-Ermer-Foundation.
Award ceremony and winners concert
2012 Cool Experience
Snow White & Rose Red
Schneeweiss & Rosenrot present complex songs, inspired improvisations and melodies that get stuck in your ears - and blow up every conventional song format with a light hand. Pop? jazz? Avant-garde?
Ye:Solar
Concentrated energy from jazz, house and electro plus customized visuals from "Berlin's freshest trio": casual, humorous, rousing.
Mouse on Mars
Pioneers Welcome! Exquisite electronic delicacies far away from the mainstream.
Sevensol & Bender
The operators of the wayward label KANN invite you to dance...
Tonal Rush sings McCartney
Can't Buy Me Love and More. The Leipzig vocal jazz quintet Tonalrausch presents a few selected evergreens from McCartney's pen, but in their very own guise.
Stian Westerhus
He is Norway's guitarist of the hour. Stian Westerhus elicits previously unheard sounds from the instrument on which everything seemed to have already been said.
Evgeny Ring Quartet
Russian spirit modernizes modern jazz.
One of the most interesting discoveries of the German jazz scene.
Pink Freud
Hyperactive fusion reactor: modern jazz, rock jazz, drum'n'bass and electronica without rose-colored glasses and couch.
Arve Henriksen Quartet
Expressive, meditative and minimalistic. Fascinating trumpet sounds interwoven with sophisticated rhythms and electronic ingredient.
WDR Big Band feat. John Taylor, Diana Torto & special guest Lee Konitz
"Celebration" - the 2012 Leipzig Jazz Days celebrate the 100th birthday of Gil Evans and the 70th of John Taylor with a breathtaking voice from Italy and a US saxophone legend.
Sophie Hunger
Sophie Hunger - voice magic, musicality, creativity - folk, jazz, classical, funk - Björk, Dylan, Joplin - poetry, protest, naturalness - but ultimately intangible, like true magic!
Joe Sachse / Heiner Reinhardt
The fact that Hendrix works even in a free duo of electric guitar and bass clarinet is demonstrated by "wizard" Joe Sachse and Heiner Reinhardt at the Telegraph live club.
Verneri Pohjola Quintet
Sounding Northern Lights: mystical depth, endless expanse. Elective relative of Gil and Miles takes you to magical landscape.
Leszek Możdżer & Zohar Fresco
Komeda. The Chopin of jazz meets oriental drum magician.
Nguyên Lê "Songs of Freedom"
Uncle Ho plays Hendrix
Arne Jansen Trio
Shining star in the German jazz guitar sky!
Jazz for kids Miez Classic for kids
Songs for Puss in Boots
New songs for kids from two with funky organ and exciting stories from a familiar voice. Free admission up to 12 years!
VEIN feat. Dave Liebman
Power and drive: musical togetherness full of unexpected melodic, rhythmic and dynamic twists.
Jan Vogler
Star cellist on a solo path at the intersection of classical, jazz and new music. In his luggage is an arrangement of the legendary "Machine Gun" by Jimi Hendrix.
Thärichen's Hendrixperience Orchestra feat. Annamateur
Vocally powerful! Premiere of newly arranged Hendrix songs from the pen of Gil's "grandson".
Richie, Dave & Magic Friends
Surprise concert of friends who have not seen each other for a long time: Pianist Richie Beirach meets his old companion - New York-born saxophonist - Dave Liebman.
Pablo Held "Glow"
Uncloaked: fabulous masterpiece with star cast
Black coffee
Final concert with special Jimi Hendrix Funk program: blues rock with boiling funk - the best birthday party for Hendrix.