AUSBLICK NÄCHSTE WOCHE
Dienstag, 30. April Rory Lavelle
Mittwoch, 1. Mai ONA Vol. 4
Donnerstag, 2. Mai WELS
Freitag, 3. Mai Stax
Samstag, 4. Mai Johannes Metzger Quartett
Monthly Archive: April 2019
DIESE WOCHE 23.-27. April
Dienstag, 23. April Roland Satterwhite Solo
Mittwoch, 24. April Fini Bearman
Donnerstag, 25. April Andi Haberl meets Wanja Slavin and Felix Henkelhause
Freitag, 26. April Kolbeinsson/Stemeseder/Spallati/Santner
Samstag, 27. April Practically Married #15: Clowns
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HEUTE!
Dienstag, 23. April
Roland Satterwhite is an American Violinist/Violist and Singer.
He performs his original songs solo with the help of pedals and the occasional sparing use of a loop machine. His songs are largely inspired by Delta Blues and west African Kora and Griot music traditions but have the authenticity of an artist who has found his own voice. Roland has developed his own way of plucking the viola that is unique, and has lyrics covering subjects from political upheaval to love to animals. He also performs his original material with his trio, Tolyqyn.
As a violinist, Roland has toured internationally and collaborated with musicians as diverse as Albita, Pedrito Martinez, Ariacne Trujillo (USA), Pupy y los que Son Son (Cuba), Marta Gomez, Agujetas Chico, Jorge Pardo (Spain), Marta Topferova (Czechia) Django Lassi (Germany) Fanfara Kalashnikov (Germany/Romania).
Aside from composing and performing, Roland is an arranger, producer, teacher, recording engineer, and makes music videos.
Tal Arditi will join roland on guitar. Tal recorded his debut album ”Portrait”, live at ”A-Trane” jazz club, together with Andreas Lang on Bass and Tobias Backhaus on Drums.
links (videos, music, website)
https://www.facebook.com/freestylinviolin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLamY1JJnU
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Mittwoch, 24. April
Fini Bearman – voice, guitar, piano and loop station
Ben Barritt – guitar, voice
London-based Singer/songwriter Fini
Once upon a time Berlin dweller, now London-based, singer/songwriter Fini Bearman brings an acoustic collection of intimate songs to Donau, together with Berlin-based guitarist and singer/songwriter Ben Barritt. Sometimes dealing with settings of poetry or pre-existing texts, and other times with original lyrics or open, wordless evocations, this music is honest yet witty, mixing lush harmony and orchestration with contemporary grooves. These songs blur the lines between songwriting and jazz, melding influences from contemporary crossover artists such as Esperanza Spalding and Becca Stevens to the songwriting canon of the 1970s: Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell and David Bowie.
Fini’s third studio album ‘Burn the Boat’ was released in Autumn 2016 and received rave reviews from both the UK and European Jazz press, including; ‘…A stunning album..A thing of unsurpassed beauty. One of the most memorable collections of self-penned songs you’ll hear this year’ **** ‘recommended’/album of 2016/ (Jazzwise), ‘Exquisitely sung…Top compositional form’(Allaboutjazz.com). The album has had extensive radio play on BBC 2, 3, BBC London, BBC Cambridge, Kent, Resonance FM and BR Klassik.
Watch/listen->
instagram.com/feenzbeenz
www.finibearman.com
soundcloud.com/finibearman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydxrphnyTOg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjFTm7Bi6fk
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Donnerstag, 25. April
Andi Haberl meets Wanja Slavin and Felix Henkelhausen
Andi, Wanja und Felix spielen eigene Stücke und Standards, die sie mögen.
Diese Besetzung verspricht viel Spielfreude, Dynamik, Spannung und Energie!
Wanja Slavin – Saxophon
Felix Henkelhausen – Kontrabass
Andi Haberl – Schlagzeug
https://www.facebook.com/andi.haberl
http://www.wanja-slavin.de
https://www.facebook.com/felix.henkelhausen
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Freitag, 26. April
Kolbeinsson/Stemeseder/Spallati/Santner
Sölvi Kolbeinsson – Alto Saxophone
Elias Stemeseder – Piano
Igor Spallati – Bass
Max Santner – Drums
eliasstemeseder.com
maxsantner.com
https://soundcloud.com/user-257819330
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Samstag, 27. April
Practically Married #15: Clowns
Practically Married #15 at Donau115: CLOWNS
This month’s concert is brought about due to an irrational fear of clowns. If you’re also scared of clowns then this is the gig for you as there will be no clowns involved.
We will be playing some HOT SWINGING JAZZ with the wonderful UK based drummer Jordan Dinsdale- no clowns, guaranteed!
Declan Forde- Piano
James Banner – Double Bass
Jordan Dinsdale- Drums
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James and Declan have been ‘Practically Married’ since April 2015, a name proudly awarded to them due to their ability to spend time together almost every day with only minor frustrations, and the fact that they play almost every concert together.
Since 2015 they have collaborated with Vilde&Inga, Tobias Delius, John Hollenbeck, Max Andrzejewski, João Lopes Pereira, Eric Vaughn and many more, and have become a regular fixture on the Berlin swing dance scene, performing with Ugo Alunni and The Good Old Good Ones. They also perform as part of other acts including the award-winning Rachel Sermanni and James Banner’s USINE, and have performed sold out shows at Spiegesaal and Konzerthaus Berlin (with Fabiana Striffler and Mirna Bogdanovic) and Leeds Jazz Festival in 2018. Upcoming releases are planned for 2019 with Jordan Dinsdale & Will Howard (UK), as well as Toby Delius & Max Andrzejewski playing the music of Herbie Nichols.
https://jamesbanner.com/practicallymarried/
Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – Circus is available on Bandcamp.
https://practicallymarried.bandcamp.com/releases
AUSBLICK NÄCHSTE WOCHE
Dienstag, 23. April Roland Satterwhite Solo
Mittwoch, 24. April Fini Bearman
Donnerstag, 25. April Andi Haberl meets Wanja Slavin and Felix Henkelhause
Freitag, 26. April Kolbeinsson/Stemeseder/Spallati/Santner
Samstag, 27. April Practically Married #15: Clowns
DIESE WOCHE 17.-20. APRIL
HEUTE!
Mittwoch, 17. April
Sölvi Kolbeinsson – sax
Vincent Audusseau – piano
Hamamelidae is a newly formed duo consisting of Icelandic saxophonist Sölvi Kolbeinsson and French pianist Vincent Audusseau. The two friends met in Berlin in 2016 and after collaborating together on different projects they performed for the first time as a duo in Summer 2018. Since then, they continue to play together with infinite possibilities opened up by this new experience. Their music navigates through different sketches connected by the link of improvisation. Hamamelidae explores with curiosity the multiple soundscapes that their instruments can create together, blending softly in time their sounds and personalities.
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18smUAW71Ac
Photos: Lea Schm
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Donnerstag, 18. April
Pauline Peek – vocals
Aidan Lowe – drums and percussion
Sidney Werner – bass
Paul Santner – guitar
Bitter Blond is a new band with an old soul, consisting of Paul Santner, Sidney Werner, Aidan Lowe and Pauline Peek. They are four of Berlin’s finest young jazz musicians, who found each other in their passion for Brazilian music and swing. They perform a selection of music ranging from traditional sambas to nearly-forgotten jazz standards, but the overarching theme is pure, unbridled joy in playing beautiful songs that tell a story. The playfulness and energy they bring to the music will captivate any listener and, at times, will make it hard to sit still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqWe2QWBmfc
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Freitag, 19. April
Donau Conversations w/ Osypov / Henkelhausen / Ruppnig
Igor Osypov – git/laptop
Felix Henkelhausen – bass
Mathias Ruppnig – drums
Donau Conversations is a monthly concert series presented by Berlin-based drummer Mathias Ruppnig. Each event will feature groups of varying styles and personnel, performing jazz standards, original music or free improvisation.
“For me, Donau115 is a place that allows new musical and personal friendships to form, as well as a place to experiment with innovative musical concepts in front of a respectful and attentive audience.“
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Samstag, 20. April
Toms Rudzinskis (LV) – compositions, sax
Igor Osypov (UA) – guitar
Povel Widestrand (SWE) – synths
Felix Henkelhausen (DE) – bass
Fabian Rösch (DE) – drums
New acoustic/electronic improvised jazz project “Abyss” featuring some of the Berlin’s finest musicians. A fusion of avant-garde and jazz exploring the possibilities of electronics. Heavily rhythmic and melodic, incorporating the improvised and unexpected. Come, dive in!
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Toms Rudzinskis is one of the leading innovative Baltic saxophone players and composers with a unique sound in his performance and compositions. Leading his own band or performing as a well-respected soloist and sideman, currently resides in Berlin and travels across Europe to perform, collaborate and educate.
Graduate of prestigious Conservatorium van Amsterdam, besides numerous jazz and classical music awards, Toms has been chosen as the Best Soloist at the international big band competition “Meer Jazz”, and won the “Keep an Eye” Jazz award with the quartet “North by Northeast”. In 2012, selected as the Jazz ambassador of the internationally recognised venue Bimhuis. In 2013 won the Grand Prix in the prestigious “Burghausen Jazz competition” with “Matiss Cudars quartet”, which led to an opportunity to share the stage with internationally recognized Cassandra Wilson. In 2015 won the “Dutch Jazz Competition” Grand Prix with Loran Witteveen quintet which led to a tour in 2016 covering the biggest venues in The Netherlands.
In 2014 Toms released debut album “ABRA” that got nominated for the Latvian Grammy Award “Zelta Mikrofons” in two categories – “The Best Jazz album” and “The Best Debut” and gaining a wider recognition and following in his homeland. Another “The Best Jazz album” nomination followed in 2017 with the release of a unique vinyl recording “Locomotion!” with the award-winning Austrian trumpet player Gerhard Ornig.
New album with quintet “ABYSS” coming spring 2020.
Kate Elpo
AUSBLICK NÄCHSTE WOCHE 17.-20. APRIL
Mittwoch, 17. April Hamamelidae
Donnerstag, 18. April Bitter Blond
Freitag, 19. April Donau Conversations w/ Osypov / Henkelhausen / Ruppnig
Samstag, 20. April Toms Rudzinskis ABYSS
DIESE WOCHE 10.-13. April
HEUTE!
Mittwoch, 10. April
ONA Vol.3
ONA Vol.3 featuring VOCALS:
Mirna Bogdanovic – voice
Pauline Peek – voice
Dora Osterloh – voice
Povel Widestrand – piano
New, Contemporary, Lyrical Sounds
The performance will include original compositions arranged for one of Berlin’s most experienced, yet daring vocal ensembles. With everything from swinging close-harmony arrangements to more free and open songs, the group commits to upholding the highest possible level of vocal performance that Berlin has to offer. This highly international band with members from Slovenia, Holland, Sweden and Germany, includes all the different influences and nuances of each of their individual cultural background.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see the VOCALS premiere live in Berlin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yaBq0rbWq0
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ONA is a Slavic word which translates as SHE. ONA is Mirna Bogdanovic from Slovenia and Olga Amelchenko from Russia, two Berlin-based musicians who met at the Jazz Institut and have been friends ever since. Both active in the Berlin jazz scene, a mutual inspiration led to the idea of sharing a monthly series at their favourite club in Berlin, Donau115. Every month one of them will perform with some of their favourite musicians, either with existing bands or brand new projects – and you never know, they might even play together sometimes.
MIRNA:
Mirna Bogdanović is a Slovenian jazz singer-songwriter based in Berlin. She has graduated from the Jazz Institute Berlin in the class of Judy Niemack, Greg Cohenand Kurt Rosenwinkel. In 2015 she has won the Downbeat Student award for “outstanding performance”. She has taken private lessons from many renowned jazz musicians across the globe, was a member of the German National Jazz Orchestra (BuJazzO) and is an active member of the Berlin jazz scene. This year she is recording her debut album with the support of Elsa Neumann scholarship (NaFög).
www.mirnabogdanovic.com
OLGA:
Olga Amelchenko was born in Russia. She started singing in choir at the age of 5, and playing piano and Dombra two years later. At 15 after a year spent studying choir conducting, she switched to saxophone. After living and studying in several different cities such as Abakan, Novosibirsk, Moscow, Paris and Cologne, she finishes a jazz master degree in composition at the Jazz Institut Berlin in February 2019. Gathering experiences from concerts and tours all over Europe, Olga Amelchenko is now involved in the Berlin’s dynamic jazz scene, where she combines musical collaborations and her personal projects.
Her debut album ” Shaping Motions ” was released on Unit Records on the 11.05.2018.
https://www.olga-amelchenko.com
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Donnerstag, 11. April
Dass London eine richtungsweisende Station für Friede Merz war, wissen wir spätestens seit ihrer Debüt Single SOHO, die dem ein oder anderen sicherlich noch von der Spotify New Music Friday Playlist im
Ohr klingt. Die liebevolle Hommage an die Queer-Szene des Londoner Stadtteils hatte sich sofort in die Ohren und Herzen der Zuhörer hier und jenseits des Ärmelkanals gebohrt. Die britische Hauptstadt und
deren Musikgeschichte waren für die Hamburger Musikerin so prägend, dass sie ihre erste EP nach der geschichtsträchtigen DENMARK STREET benannt hat.
Auch Friedes zweite Veröffentlichung ist dem Einfluss der Musikmetropole gewidmet, und schlägt doch andere Töne an. DAISY LANE ist sozusagen das Negativ zur Vorgänger-EP.
Die Gitarren haben deutlich mehr Tiefe und Kante. Der Gesang ist in sämtlichen Spektren der menschlichen Gefühlswelt unterwegs und dennoch niemals sentimental, das wäre zu
einfach, zu Disney, zu vorhersehbar. Das Sanfte im Extremen zu suchen und umgekehrt ist der Antriebsmotor dieser Stücke. Und zeigt dabei nur einmal mehr die enorme Bandbreite und
Tiefe aus der die Sängerin, Gitarristin, Songschreiberin und Produzentin schöpft.
Die sechs Tracks dieser zweiten EP wurden ebenfalls in den Studios des ehemaligen Funkhaus Berlin aufgenommen und in London von Alex Killpartrick gemischt und von Mandy Parnell
(Björk, Feist, The White Stripes uvm.) gemastert. Kompromisse eingehen war noch nie Friedes Sache, schon gar nicht im Sound. Nachvollziehbar also der Schritt der jungen Künstlerin beide EPs zusammen auf eine Vinyl zu packen, die sie dank einer treuen Fanbase und einem erfolgreichen Crowdfunding dieses Jahr veröffentlichen konnte. Einen Vorgeschmack auf das neue Material gab es mit der Single-Auskopplung ALBION. Transformativ trifft es ganz gut, hatte man doch sogleich bei den ersten Tönen das Gefühl auf der Sommer-Festival Wiese im Victoria Park zu sitzen. Gar nix muss da, „whatever you do feels good to me.“ So ist es nämlich. Friede sei mit euch.
Links:
http://friedemerzmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/friedemerzmusic/
Let’s Move On (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIqoAttkv_M
Soho (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIqoAttkv_M
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Freitag, 12. April
Asger Nissen – sax
Bernhard Meyer – bass
Sebastian Merk – drums
www.bernhardmeyer.net
www.sebastian-merk.de
VIDEOS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWrAIJFXKHI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zI14Ri8Pg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLvyoNyk09o
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Samstag, 13. April
ARNO und Die Therapie – Album Release
Am 13. April ist es endlich soweit: Wir werden unser Debut-Album, mit dem frisch gegründenten Berliner X-Jazz Label rausbrigen und spielen anlässlich dessen eine fettes Konzert im kleinen aber feinen Donau115! Fühlt euch mehr als sehr herzlich eingeladen, an diesem Abend zu uns zu kommen und zu feiern!
Mit dabei sind:
Niko Zeidler (BujazzO, Gewinner Jugend Jazzt Berlin) – Saxophon
Alex Will (LajazzO Berlin) – Kontrabass/ E-Bass
Johannes Metzger (Gewinner Jazzpreis und Hannover) – Drums.
Arno Grußendorf (LajazzO Bayern) – Gitarre
Die vier jungen Spitzenmusiker sind 2017 am berühmten Jazz-Institut-Berlin zusammen gekommen und verschmelzen zu einer neuen Einheit: Die Therapie – Der neue Sound aus Berlin. Ein hoch-energetisches Jazz Quartett, das sich mit seinem innovativem Musikstil einen Namen in der Szene macht.
2018 wurde der Band ein Stipendium vom Verein Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin e. V. verliehen und sie erreichte das Finale des internationalen Biberacher Jazzpreises. Außerdem kollaborierte die Band im Rahmen einer beginnenden Konzertreihe mit u. a. der renommierten Pianistin Olivia Trummer, dem Trompeter Sebastian Studnitzky, dem Basisten Marc Muellbauer (Julilia Hülsmann Trio) und plant für 2019 die Zusammenarbeit mit Größen der deutschen Musik-Szene wie u. a. Malte Schiller und Sam Vance-Law.
Die Musik bewegt sich zwischen modernem Jazz, Post-Rock und Blues. Das Resultat aus melodischer Grazie, eingängigen Kompositionen, strahlender Freude beim durchaus spontanen Zusammenspiel, einem visionärem Sound mit spartanischen Gesängen und zu guter Letzt einer stimmungsvollen, improvisierten Lichtshow macht jedes Konzert zu einer einzigartigen Erfahrung, die sowohl Jazz-Experten als auch Publikum außerhalb der Szene mitreißt.
„Einschmeichelnde Notenstrecken – ohne dabei verspielt zu sein – wechseln mit klaren, schnörkellosen Klangfolgen“ – Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung
„Berliner Eleganz“ – Schwäbische Zeitung
Hörbare Einflüsse sind: John Scofield Trio, Whitest Boy Alive, Tom Misch, Carlos Bicas Azul und Chris Potters Underground.