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Anw Be Yonbolo

UT Connewitz
Concert

That one and one makes two is the basis of logical thinking. But the power of music can sometimes shake up this certainty - as in the case of the "Anw Be Yonbolo" project. 

  • Naïny Diabaté (comp, impr, v)
  • Eve Risser (comp, impr, p)

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills #1

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills
UT Connewitz
Concert

Fantastic art-pop from two legendary groove virtuosos who are on tour with a new album. Only concert in Germany!

  • Blake Mills (git)
  • Pino Palladino (b)
  • Sam Gendel (sax)
  • Chris Dave (dr)

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills #2

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills
UT Connewitz
Concert

Fantastic art-pop from two legendary groove virtuosos who are on tour with a new album. Only concert in Germany!

  • Blake Mills (git)
  • Pino Palladino (b)
  • Sam Gendel (sax)
  • Chris Dave (dr)

The Unbalance feat. Taiko Saito

Neues Schauspiel Leipzig
Concert

Where order ends, imbalance begins: Free jazz as a rotating state of emergency.

  • Christopher Kunz (sax)
  • Florian Fischer (dr)
  • feat. guest: Taiko Saito

Space Patrol Sumsemann: "The Little Prince" (jazz for children)

Neues Schauspiel Leipzig
Concert

All aboard: Come along on the little prince's journey of discovery - through a universe full of wondrous creatures and wonderful music!

  • Alma Trunk (tb)
  • Clara Bauke (v, voc)
  • Stefan Kaminsky (v)
  • Volker Heuken (vib)
  • Carl Wittig (db)
  • Johannes Moritz (sax, cl, fl)
  • Johannes Koch (dr)

Baritonia

Beyerhaus
Concert

Summer is over. But Valentina Oefele won't let it go so easily - and brings it back to the stage with "Baritona"!

Double concert with Lyn&The Fingers.

  • Valentina Oefele (bs)
  • Alexander von Hagke (fl)
  • Lukas Diller (a-sax)
  • Ludwig Seyfarth (horn)
  • Lion Wegmann (p)
  • Julia Hornung (db)
  • Leopold Ebert (dr)

Dalla Torre/Joussein/Zöschg

Gallerie KUB
Concert

A first joint encounter between Damian Dalla Torre, Delphine Joussein and Laura Zöschg takes the audience on a two-hour walk through soundscapes between ambient and noise.

  • Damian Dalla Torre (fl, sax, electr)
  • Delphine Joussein (fl, voc, electr)
  • Laura Zöschg (fl, voc, electr)

Patricia Brennan

Schaubühne Lindenfels
Concert

Between yesterday and tomorrow: "Futuristic folklorism" from Downtown.

Double concert with SHABAKA & Nduduzo Makhathini.

  • Patricia Brennan (vib, electr)

SHABAKA & Nduduzo Makhathini

Schaubühne Lindenfels
Concert

Top-class duo debut in search of new music.
Double concert with Patricia Brennan.

  • SHABAKA (woodwind, elec, fl)
  • Nduduzo Makhathini (p)

Sheen Trio

Neues Schauspiel Leipzig
Concert

"Sheen" is the sixteenth letter in the Persian alphabet. It is the first letter of Shabnam Parvaresh's first name - and a tribute to her homeland Iran.

  • Shabnam Parvaresh (bcl, fl, fx, comp)
  • Ula Martyn-Ellis (egit)
  • Philipp Buck (dr)

Emmeluth's Amoeba #1

Horns Erben
Concert

Fragile, telepathic and explosive: the "jazz of today" from the far north.

  • Signe Emmeluth (sax, comp)
  • Karl Bjorå (git)
  • Ole Mofjell (dr)
  • Christian Balvig (p)

Emmeluth's Amoeba #2

Horns Erben
Concert

Fragile, telepathic and explosive: the "jazz of today" from the far north.

  • Signe Emmeluth (sax, comp)
  • Karl Bjorå (git)
  • Ole Mofjell (dr)
  • Christian Balvig (p)

Agua Dulce

Schaubühne Lindenfels
Concert

Afro-Peruvian sounds meet rhythmic deconstruction and complex electronics.
Double concert with Witch 'n' Monk.

  • Ale Hop (git, electr)
  • Laura Robles (cjn)

Witch 'n' Monk

Schaubühne Lindenfels
Concert

Listening habits? This jazz-punk revolt turns them upside down!
Double concert with Agua Dulce.

  • Mauricio Velasierra (fl)
  • Heidi Heidelberg (voc, git)

Luca Sisera SENZA PESO

UT Connewitz
Concert

Double concert with Jelena Kuljić "Fundamental Interactions".
A shared resonance space between stage and audience - SENZA PESO makes it possible.

  • Yves Theiler (p)
  • Luca Sisera (db)
  • Michael Stulz (dr)
  • Guest: Friederike Bartel (sax)
  • Guest: Steffi Narr (git)

Jelena Kuljić "Fundamental Interactions"

UT Connewitz
Concert

Double concert with Luca Sisera SENZA PESO.

Post-Yugoslavian poetry in avant-garde and prog guise. With an international all-star line-up.

  • Jelena Kuljić (voc, electr)
  • Olga Reznichenko (keys)
  • Kalle Kalima (git)
  • Tim Dahl (b)
  • Christian Lillinger (dr)

Arthur Kohlhaas' feedback loop

WERK 2, Halle D
Concert

Double concert with GANNA feat. Laura Robles.

Difference and repetition: otherworldly sound experiments from Leipzig.

  • Arthur Kohlhaas (sax, efx)
  • Simon Lucaciu (p)
  • Florian Müller (b)
  • Lukas Heckers (dr)

GANNA feat. Laura Robles

WERK 2, Halle D
Concert

Double concert with Arthur Kohlhaas' Feedback Loop.

Sophisticated pop sound from the celebrated vocalist: between Ukrainian folk elements and futuristic electronics. With special guest on the cajón.

  • GANNA (voc, efx)
  • Laura Robles (e-b, perc)

The laboratory I: deforestation

Gallerie KUB
Concert

This year's laboratory is a self-experiment: for the first time, we will be using a location - the Galerie KUB - as a field for experimentation over several days in the context of the Leipzig Jazz Days, thus giving scope to the innovative, risky and unfinished.

The lab consists of three events.

  • Markus Rom (electric guitar, robot)
  • Jana Irmert (Electronics)
  • Jemma Woolmore (Visuals)
  • Co-curated by Lisa L. Zwinzscher (concept)
  • Christian Dähne (data analysis & research)

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

UT Connewitz
Concert

The soundtrack of the present - presented by the award-winning high-flyer!

  • Immanuel WIlkins (a-sax)
  • Micah Thomas (p)
  • Ryoma Takenaga (b)
  • Kweku Sumbry (dr)

Dave Holland Trio

UT Connewitz
Concert

Music history and the present: the return of the "Gentleman of Jazz"!

  • Dave Holland (b)
  • Jaleel Shaw (a-sax)
  • Nasheet Waits (dr)

The laboratory III: Loss processing in the harDCore

Gallerie KUB
Concert

This year's laboratory is a self-experiment: for the first time, we will be using a location - the Galerie KUB - as a field for experimentation over several days in the context of the Leipzig Jazz Days, thus giving scope to the innovative, risky and unfinished.

The lab consists of three events.

  • Christian Dähne (prepared electric bass, neural audio synthesizer)
  • FELL (body/speech performance)

Karja/Renard/Wandinger: DANGER / DANGER / OHT

UT Connewitz
Concert

Broken machines in the "structured structurelessness": The new Estonian jazz sound of the 21st century! Concert incl. panel discussion.

  • Kirke Karja (p)
  • Etienne Renard (db)
  • Ludwig Wandinger (dr)
  • Moderation: Dr. Barbora Schnelle

Stian Westerhus

C.F. Wesenberg
Völkerschlachtdenkmal
Concert

Novelty and reverberation: audio-visual premiere in a monumental stone setting.

  • Stian Westerhus (voc, git)
  • Frieder Weiss (interactive video design)

Jonas Timm "Narcís"

UT Connewitz
Concert

From Latin America via Catalonia back to Leipzig: a crossover artist of jazz.

  • Jonas Timm (p)
  • Tino Derado (acc)
  • Diego Piñera (dr)
  • Lorenz Heigenhuber (db)
  • Bertram Burkert (git)
  • Robby Geerken (perc)
  • Johannes Lauer (trb)

Arnold/Martin/Rom

Moritzbastei
Concert Night concert

Minimalism as a contrast to abundance: three musicians in search of a new sound language.

  • Hans Arnold (dr, perc)
  • Philipp Martin (b)
  • Markus Rom (git)

Potsa Lotsa XL

Oper Leipzig
Concert

Dance of the amoebae - examined through a jazz microscope.

Triple concert with Aly Keïta and Bobo Stenson Trio.

  • Silke Eberhard (a-sax)
  • Jürgen Kupke (cl)
  • Patrick Braun (t-sax)
  • Nikolaus Neuser (tr)
  • Anke Lucks (trb)
  • Johannes Fink (clo)
  • Julius Apriadi (vib)
  • Antonis Anissegos (p)
  • Jan Roder (db)
  • Kay Lübke (dr)
  • Sanja Star (live animation)

Aly Keïta

Oper Leipzig
Concert

The international star of the balafon inspires with virtuoso soundscapes.

Triple concert with Potsa Lotsa XL and Bobo Stenson Trio.

  • Aly Keïta (balafon)

Bobo Stenson Trio

Oper Leipzig
Concert

Exclusive date in Germany: The luminary of European piano jazz makes a guest appearance in Leipzig.

Triple concert with Potsa Lotsa XL and Aly Keïta.

  • Bobo Stenson (p)
  • Anders Jormin (db)
  • Jon Fält (dr)

SALOMEA

Linghuan Zhang
WERK 2
Concert

Rebekka Salomea dances out of line. At the same time, her band proves to be a musical chameleon: the project works just as well at top-class jazz events as it does at hip-hop sessions, in the concert hall as well as in dark clubs and at electro festivals.

Double concert with DJ Allynx.

  • Rebekka Salomea (voc, synth)
  • Yannis Anft (synth, voc)
  • Oliver Lutz (eb, synth, voc)
  • Leif Berger (dr)

DJ Allynx

WERK 2
Concert

ALLYNX has long since gained a loyal fan base in the vibrant international club culture of the German capital with her lovingly curated sets. Their passion for music is reflected in equal measure in their great respect for their musical predecessors. 

Double concert with SALOMEA.

  • Lilah Amar (DJ)
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