Hangover ...? - So you know ... No! Meanwhile, they "stray" through the Berlin music scene - the musicians of the "JatzKatzenFabrik" - and present their current program in the "b-flat" with titles from the fields of swing, latin and cool jazz as well as some (Berlin) Classics of the 1940s and 1950s. The illustrious "Jazz Cats" who domesticated within the combo and come rather on velvet paws therefore, are in their solos quite extend their claws ...

photo: Matthias Martin

This is pan - stretchable to the pain threshold. Music by This Is Pan deserves its own name - Elastic Jazz. Because the four musicians constantly change the form of their pieces, the instruments emerge individually, search for their way, approach again, and return to their original form. Elements of pop, rock and classical music are playfully woven into the pieces. This results in wonderful sounds that are always accessible, but always surprising and mysterious. Definitely worth listening to.

Ben Mayson, The Master of Soul And Gospel, was once headlined by the renowned Yorckschlösschen Berlin, an entertainer who knows how to thrill the audience with his charismatic and soulful singing. Music is his passion. He has played almost all stages of the country and made a name when it comes to party, gala, classical jazz / gospel concerts or SOUL MUSIC. Today he spoils us with u.a. Classics by Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Gregory Porter, James Brown.

The 8-member ensemble fuses the emotion of classical music, the diversity of improvised jazz and the rousing sound of contemporary pop music. The fusion of a jazz quartet with a classical string ensemble forms an exciting basis. An equally calm and flowing body of sound that combines the energy of jazz with the elegance of classical music.

The music of the project uses the language of jazz to make the overcoming of cultural boundaries audible. Through the processing of authentic African grooves, Western harmony, Indian sound aesthetics and Latin American temperament, the sound of the international band unites into an all-encompassing, groove-oriented world music. The most outstanding instrumentalists of the Cologne jazz and world scene will be there.

The two leaders and profiled musici- ans in their respective native countries Norway and Switzerland, Karl Seglem and Christoph Stiefel, met at JazzAhead in Bremen. They decided to collaborate and made their first concerts together in 2013. Their mix of composed tunes from both leaders, and free-formed improvisa- tional soundscapes with a big variety in dynamics, moods and character is Jazz-music with a highly original and unique sound and identity

The "Vandojam" known from Paris and New York now also takes place in the B-Flat. Supported by Vandoren / Paris. Under the direction of Robin Draganic and Reiner Witzel

Kristina Barta is internationally renown pianist and composer. She was placed 1st in the composer‘s competition hosted by OSA. Her trio with Jan Feco and Marek Urbanek was the finalist of 2016 Euroradio Jazz Competition. Project Event Horizon is the original trio enriched with guitar and saxophone. This 5 member band plays original contem- porary creative jazz, reflecting on Kristina‘s earlier classical music studies with an emphasis on melodies, modern rhythms and electronica.

The melancholy Portuguese Fado, the abstract radicalism of the Jazz, the driving groove of New York's avant-garde - they are all godfather when Azul spreads their music on stage. They shine with modesty and remain committed to music only. A music that, despite its lightness, is highly original and develops a pull that you can hardly escape from and should not escape

THE SWEET SIMONES move in the Bermuda Triangle of swing, jazz and jump blues in which many danced nights have disappeared without a trace. The pulsating energy of the big ballrooms, casual Las Vegas elegance and black-and-white big band charm - the nine Munich musicians, with their own songs and new arrangements, span the classics of swinging thirties and thirties to the hot neo-swing of today.

"Nyx", the goddess of the night that emerges from the chaos, is named after the debut album of the young saxophonist Richard Ebert. His compositions are about sleep as the epitome of everyday loss of reality and control and the accompanying dream images, fantasies to delusions. The sound that the band creates moves stylistically from bebop and postbop to modern jazz or even rock and pop music without being clichéd - it sounds new and contemporary. Full of wit, spontaneity, poetry and always on the pulse of the time, the four musicians combine playful rhythms with driving melodies and introverted ostinato figures. Rapid tempo changes go hand in hand with hammering grooves and martial-looking riffs.

For the two French musicians Paul Audoynaud and Héloïse Lefebvre the move to Berlin was the initial spark to found their band Sun Dew and the ideal place to develop their musical visions. As mysterious, impressive and fascinating as the plant that gave the band its name is their music as well. With an extraordinary instrumental instrumentation, the sextet creates a complex, almost dream-like musical universe with filigree and at the same time powerful compositions between jazz and rock that mesmerise the listener hypnotically.

The band of singer, pianist and composer Julie Falkevik Tungevåg plays the wide field between melodic pop and cultivated jazz, dreamy indie and spherical electro sounds. The result is catchy but full of depth and content, and testifies to a high degree of courage Creativity and love for improvisation. In autumn 2018, the debut album "Louder Than I'm Used To" was released by Drabant Music. Jazz from Norway at the highest level!

The legendary jam session with Robin Draganic

Inger Nordvik is an artist who dares to lean far out: you can hear that as in the lyrics, as well as in the organic sound. Many of her songs have emerged against the background of her northern Norwegian homeland, but at the same time they are looking for something new, for the worlds beyond the horizon. Clearly, their music is based on pop, but the boundaries are open: elements of classical, jazz, soul and folk give the songs wide resonance.

The Sebastian Schunke Group has stood for more than 10 years for an energetic jazz of the international top class. With the Sebastian Schunke Group, the pianist and composer regularly composes a completely new sound concept in different ensembles, combining Modern Berlin Jazz with African and Latin American elements.

Three of the best Brazilian-Columbian Berliners together with one of the busiest jazz musicians in Berlin play originals from their own pen. They combine their own themes with Brazilian rhythms, a lot of groove and temperament, just Brazilian ... "A unique band in Europe, which combines jazz with Brazilian grooves - full of enthusiasm, energy, fun, soul and suspense." ( www. saxart.de)

The music of Udi Shlomo (drummer, arranger and composer) combines original composi- tions and new arrangements for old Jewish songs, which creates energetic and warm music, with rich melodies and exciting rhythms. Bringing the diverse sound of Ashkenazi (Eastern European), Sefaradi (Spanish) and Mizrachi (Arabic) Jewish music in new arrangements. He named the project „The Diaspora House“..

Theater- und Fernsehschauspieler Robert Kudelski spielt seit 2000 und gewann 1997 den ersten Preis beim Festival Französischer Chansons. Für das Teatr Syrena bereitete er das Rezital „Jacques Brel“ vor, zwei Jahre später folgte „Aznavour“ und der letzte Teil des französischen Triptychons, die „Liebeshymne nach Édith Piaf“.

The legendary jam session with Robin Draganic

Klanglandschaften. Spielfreude. Poesie. Die Berliner Band zaubert fantastische Filme in die Köpfe ihrer Zuhörer. Poetisch. Leidenschaftlich. Voller Überraschungen. Kontrabassist und Komponist Jaspar Libuda, Gitarrist Florian Segelke und Schlagzeuger Sven Tappert haben ein dichtes, impulsives, ergreifendes Zusamenspiel entwickelt. Die Kompositionen von Jaspar Libuda haben den Charakter von Filmmusik. Von bildhaften Geschichten. Mit Klangfarben, das Trio übereinander schichtet, nebeneinander setzt, ineinander fließen lässt.

This band is a veritable dream team and their guitarist Joe Krieg is an impressive addition to the progressive mainstream scene. Joe Krieg, the self-proclaimed melody Bebopper offers exciting improvisational music between mainstream and modern jazz with his own musical signature. With the exception of Nuremberg alto saxophonist Johannes Geiss, member of the successful band Moop Mama, war is the perfect setting for concerts of the extra class.

In 2017 Ella Fitzgerald would have been 100 years old. Inspired by this special anniversary, the four jazz musicians from the Rhine-Main area have set themselves the goal of making audible and experiencing who Ella Fitzgerald was. The program "Talkin 'Ella" is a concert experience that, in addition to swing classics such as "Take the A Train" or "It does not mean a thing", breathes new life into rare compositional jazz treasures and with little biographical anecdotes To give listeners an insight into the life of one of the most influential jazz singers of the twentieth century.

In 2017 Ella Fitzgerald would have been 100 years old. Inspired by this special anniversary, the four jazz musicians from the Rhine-Main area have set themselves the goal of making audible and experiencing who Ella Fitzgerald was. The program "Talkin 'Ella" is a concert experience that, in addition to swing classics such as "Take the A Train" or "It does not mean a thing", breathes new life into rare compositional jazz treasures and with little biographical anecdotes To give listeners an insight into the life of one of the most influential jazz singers of the twentieth century.

The spirit of fusion music of the 70s a Weather Report, Jan Hammer, Billy Cobham, etc. with progressive, modern, original elements and a little world music. The comeback of the good old "Keyboardburg", a certain volume and joy of playing ... warm, wafting synthesizers over cool, funky to rocking beats!

Carol Panesi is trained in universal music spread by Hermeto Pascoal. Born in Rio de Janeiro, for 13 years, she has been a member of “Itibere?Zwarg & Grupo”. Carol recorded her CD, „Primeiras Impresso?es“, with participations from Hermeto Pascoal. In this show Carol presents with the Brazilian guitarist Daniel Marques, resident in Berlin and re- ceives the American cellist Susanne Paul on a very improvised night.

Die legendäre Jam Session mit Robin Draganic ́

The project was born in Copenhagen and was premiered there in June 2018, as part of the Rhytmic and Contemporary Music European Development. It is a five-part suite dedicated to four female figures of ancient Greek culture: Aspasia, Cassandra, Electra, Phryne and a modern Penelope from J. Joyce Ulysses. The prject’s aim is to unveil the complexity of these characters’ profiles as well as the conflicting interpretations hostory and literature have given about them. Two ‘historical’ figures (though obscure) Aspasia and Phryne and two mythological figures Cassandra and Electra, to whom are also dedicated complexes in modern psycology and modern rendition of Odyssey’s Penelope -Molly Bloom- to discuss a social knot that has been evolving since the dawn of Western society. Lyrics are inspired by tragedies, historiographies but also more modern perspectives on the same subject from Virginia Woolf, Christa Wolf and James Joyce.