2013 in the rearview mirror
Even if it still doesn't look like it outside: winter and Christmas are just around the corner - and a reminder: the year is coming to an end. So it's time to look in the 2013 rearview mirror: In the year of our 40th birthday, more people came to our events than ever before - and we were awarded the German government's Venue Program Prize.
Of course, the Jazz Days still outshone the year again, "Siggi and the Yellow Shark" attracted people in droves - and earned us some envious glances from other organizers. Unique concerts like those by Joshua Redman and Carla Bley at the Opera House or like the one at and in the Monument to the Battle of the Nations have provided unforgettable moments. But there were similarly great moments away from the festival - for the birthday concert with the Central Quartet at the Telegraph or at the same place with The Bad Plus, Klima Kalima, Shai Maestro, Werner Neumann's Addis Ababa project...
1 Shark
3 from the Rhine
4,8 Promille in the Köstritzer
6 Cylinders under the BMW hood
11 Jazz calendars, 9 of them in color
17 pizzas ordered in night shifts
21. MusikZeit
37. Leipzig Jazz Days
40 Years of Jazzclub Leipzig
76 pages in the program booklet there was also not yet
109 concerts
139 Jazztage musicians
178 club members
365 days of jazz
1973 it started
2013 it went off
2014 it goes on
5,000 euros and a venue program award
6,500 spectators at the jazz days
11,000 happy people at all concerts together
It was a really great and successful year - and we are very happy about the support of all helpers and all supporters and sponsors - many, many thanks!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, in which we will again try to put on great concerts and thus provide many people with special experiences. In January we will start right away:
January 07 Yoann Thicé Quintet - HMT Stage Night
January 09 Trio Schmetterling
January 14 SchuMuBigband - HMT-Stage-Night
January 16 "Special Train to Brooklyn" with Beirach/Neumann/Beier/Köbberling
January 22 Brandtmelder (Direction: Rolf Nordenskjöld) - HMT-Stage-Night
January 23 HMT BigBand
January 29 HMT-Ensemble Evening 1
January 30 HMT-Ensemble Evening 2
Photo: lomographic / photocase