Here’s an usual event: Jazzwerkstatt Special. A two-day mini-festival of improvised, contemporary jazz at The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London, on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th November, 2017. Featuring many leading German musicians, including: Lothar Ohlmeier, Uwe Kropinski, Peter Ehwald, Stefan Schultze, Gerhard Gschlößl, Rüdiger Krause and many others. Three performances each night.
They are joined by top British jazz players Alan Skidmore and Julie Sassoon; American musicians Kelvin Scholar and Tom Rainey; Berlin-based, Croatian singer Vesna Pisarović, and Berlin-based, Australian drummer Steve Heather.
The concerts have been assembled by German music publisher, concert producer and record label owner Ulli Blobel, all operated under his Jazzwerkstatt company, based in Wuppertal, near Düsseldorf.
There are three performances each night:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24th, 2017 @ 8PM
JULIE SASSOON QUARTET ‘FOURTUNE’
JULIE SASSOON piano
LOTHAR OHLMEIER soprano saxophone & bass clarinet
MEINRAD KNEER double bass
RUDI FISCHERLEHNER drums
UWE KROPINSKI SOLO
UWE KROPINSKI guitars & voice
SCHULTZE EHWALD RAINEY
STEFAN SCHULTZE piano
PETER EHWALD soprano & tenor saxophones
TOM RAINEY drums
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 2017, 8PM
VESNA PISAROVIC WITH SUSPICIOUS MINDS: A TRIBUTE TO ELVIS PRESLEY:
VESNA PISAROVIĆ voice
GERHARD GSCHLÖßL trombone
MEINRAD KNEER double bass
STEVE HEATHER drums
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RÜDIGER KRAUSE SOLO
A GUITAR NAMED CARLA
(TO CARLA BLEY AND STEVE SWALLOW)
RÜDIGER KRAUSE guitars & special effects
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ALAN SKIDMORE QUARTET: PLAYS JOHN COLTRANE:
ALAN SKIDMORE tenor saxophone
KELVIN SHOLAR piano
JOHANNES FINK double bass
ERNST BIER drums
Tickets: T: (+44)20 7254 4097 (Monday–Friday 12-6pm) Email: info@vortexjazz.co.uk
http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk http://www.jazzwerkstatt.eu
