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Every 1st Wednesday of the month we are showcasing exciting projects from young talented musicians studying at the Jazz Institute Berlin. Join us at Donau115 to hear the direction jazz is taking among the young generation!𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟬𝟰.𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗦𝗣𝗞 // 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗳
𝗦𝗣𝗞
Paolo de Jesus - trumpet/flugelhorn
Johannes Schwarting - altosax
Mads Riis - Guitar
Victor Vollmer - Guitar
Chris Sergeant - Bass
Steven Moser - Drums
SPK is a brand-new band from the Jazz Institute Berlin. Their sound is fresh and innovative, drawing significant inspiration from pop and modern sounds, yet rooted in the traditions of jazz. The band is led by composer and trumpet-player Paolo de Jesus, who performed the music first time at XJazz! Festival 2024 in Berlin and right after came to form SPK. Since then they have played this years Aarhus Jazz Festival in Denmark and on different occasions in Berlin. A lot more has to come.
https://www.instagram.com/paolo.dejesuz/
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𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗳
Anna Borsdorf - Voice
Käthe Johanning - Keys
Max Feig - Guitar
Johann Greve - Bass
Steven Moser - Drums
Anna Borsdorf is a vocalist and composer currently based in Berlin, Germany.
Her musical universe is shaped by her love and fascination for unique melodies that combine modern jazz sensibilities with folk and pop songwriting.
Soft and intimate at moments and stormy and chaotic at others, her music and lyrics are often inspired by her curiosity towards peoples perspectives, stories and inner worlds. With her individual sound and storytelling she tries to capture the versatile beauty of her surroundings to sneak under your skin.
She has an endless appetite for music, old and new. Artists from Joni Mitchell to Nancy Wilson, Becca Stevens to Björk, Kate Bush and Portishead, have inspired her sound.
Currently she is finishing her studies at Jazz Institute Berlin. Aside from that Anna works on her first EP centered around a melodic and fluorescent band sound featuring her colorful soprano voice to tell stories that move and connect people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dFwX8olXH7k
𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀:
WEDNESDAY 8. JANUARY 2025
WEDNESDAY 5. FEBRUARY 2025
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀:
𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟬𝟲.𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗜𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗺ü𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 & 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗷ö𝘀𝘁𝗿ö𝗺 // 𝗘𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼
𝗜𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗺ü𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 & 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗷ö𝘀𝘁𝗿ö𝗺
Irma Neumüller - vocals
Seth Sjöström - e-bass
Irma Neumüller and Seth Sjöström are two Swedish musicians and composers, who connected through their mutual love for jazz and improvisation. The music is built on elements from the jazz tradition and the contemporary nordic jazz scene as well as the Swedish folk music heritage.
In this project they interpret their own original music as well as jazz standards and their favorite Swedish folk and pop songs in their unique and intimate setting.
The last couple of years, Irma and Seth have played in a lot of different projects and constellations, both in Sweden and Northern Europe, and they have both made themselves a name on the Nordic jazz scene.
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𝗘𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼
Etienne Wittich - Guitar
Giacomo Tagliavia- Bass
Henry Hahnfeldt - Drums
Der Gitarrist Etienne Wittich aus Regensburg, lebt seit 2020 in Berlin und studiert am renommierten Jazz Institut Berlin. Unter seinen Lehrern sind Paulo Morello, Helmut Nieberle, Kalle Kalima und Phil Donkin.
Erleben Sie, wie das Trio mit ihrer Kreativität aufregende Dimensionen in Eigenkompositionen und Jazzstandards erschafft, indem sie rhythmisch interessante Muster, energiegeladene Situationen und lebhafte Klanglandschaften kreieren.
𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟬𝟮.𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘇𝗹𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝘁 & 𝗘𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻
Laszlo Grieses Mylar Blanket
Laszlo Griese -Trombone
Lucia Boffo - voice
Yuma Kruse - Cello
Malte Wiest - Drums
Laszlo Grieses Mylar Blanket is a contemporary jazz quartet featuring Lucia Boffo on voice and piano, Laszlo Grieses on trombone, Yuma Kruse on cello, and Malte Wiest on drums. Our music blends intricate melodies, creating an engaging and dynamic sound. Like a Mylar blanket, our performances provide warmth and comfort while reflecting a diverse range of influences.
https://www.instagram.com/laszlogriese/?hl=de
https://luciaboffo.com/bio/
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Eeden
Irma Neumüller - vocals
Pip van Eeden - guitar
Dominik Witte - drums
Salim Bouamama - e-bass
Darius Blair - tenor saxophone
Joshua Milo - keys
Eeden makes music for the same reason they listen to music;
To feel connected.
To feel understood.
To step away from the chaos of every day life.
Eeden will take you into their own little universe. Their campfire-like songs give an orange glow to the greyness of wintery Berlin. With lyrical solos, soulful melodies and lyrics filled with metaphors and contradictions, guitarist and composer Pip van Eeden writes songs about her life since moving to Berlin. Combining their love for soul, singer-songwriter and jazz, the band Eeden makes music that intertwines the gentle with the complex, creating pieces that feel both familiar and refreshingly new. The jazz background of the musicians breathes depth into the simple, while keeping their songs honest, vulnerable, intimate and real. After listening you’ll land back on earth feeling a little warmer than you did before.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3YLrwVSA18IhgGm5aLep6o
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@eedenmusic?si=xODOTCnhkGZXhBav
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eeden.music/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556772732249
𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟰.𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗦𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 & 𝗭𝗔𝗣!
sculpting in time
Theo Altmann - trumpet, electronics
Mads Riis - electric guitar
Mads and Theo met during their studies at the Jazz Institute Berlin and discovered a shared interest in lyrical improvisation.
Influenced by musicians such as Jakob Bro, Bill Frisell and Arve Henriksen, as well as Björk, Radiohead and Puce Mary, they quickly found a common ground, which is in search of something new without becoming arbitrary.
A visual influence was present from the very beginning, whether it was through inspiration from films or the realization of audiovisual projects. The resulting music could be described as cinematic without reproducing the kitsch and pathetics of conventional film music.
The project is very process-oriented, which is why the two are becoming more and more unified through regular rehearsals and playing.
theoaltmann.com
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ZAP!
Bass, Drums, Chords
the chess speaks for itself
𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟳.𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗜 & 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁𝘁
FUTUR II
Neil McCracken - Piano (SCT)
Liam Elion - Bass (IL)
Finn Seemann - Drums (DE)
FUTUR II is the project of three young international jazz musicians from Scotland, Israel and Germany who first met while studying together at the renowned Jazz Institute in Berlin.
The music reflects their respective musical and cultural backgrounds.
They play original compositions in which we also draw on contemporary and classical approaches to re-imagine well-known jazz standards in our own way, sometimes abstract, energetic, free and always embodying the jazz tradition.
Influences include Thelonious Monk, Brad Mehldau, Lage Lund, Will Vinson, John Taylor and Aaron Parks.
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JOHANN GREVE QUARTETT
Bruno Bode - Sax,
Lajos Meinberg - Piano,
Leo Gerstner - Drums,
Johann Greve - Bass/comp
Johann Greve is a young double bassist and composer from Lower Saxony. Since moving to Berlin in 2019, he has worked as a sideman on a wide variety of projects and established himself in the young Berlin jazz scene.
His Quartet was founded in early 2023, though all members worked together before in different settings. The band recorded their debut album in March, which was produced by Michael Attias and is expected to be released at the end of the year.
""…It's always about energy, the interplay of gravity and centrifugal forces, which find a genuine unity with an incredible pull through an undefined mystery. It's not about stringing together virtuoso solo performances, but rather all participants push the expressive limits without getting in each other's way, and Greve himself forms the backbone of the whole with his powerful bass…""
- Wolf Kampmann, Jazz Thing (translated from German).
johanngreve.de
𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟯.𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗜 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗟𝘂𝗰í𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗼/𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 & 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝘇 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁-𝗢
Lucía Boffo & Teresa Luna
Vocals: Lucia, Teresa
Percussion: Leo Gerstner
Lucía Boffo and Teresa Luna are two Argentine singer-songwriters who met in Berlin.
Both were students at the Jazz Institute of Berlin, where they quickly forged an artistic connection. This friendship led them to form a duo that combines their original compositions with folk works.
With their voices and the accompaniment of one or two guitars, Lucía and Teresa create an intimate and evocative sound, performing their music with great emotionality and depth, resonating with the richness of their cultural roots and the innovation of contemporary jazz.
https://luciaboffo.com/
https://www.instagram.com/teresaluna___/
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Latino Jazz Project-O
Drums: David Millan
Piano: Felix Mross
Bass: Urs Johnen
Clarinet: Laurie Rothwell
Percussion: Daniel Catano
This project puts in the table a new jazz style bringing the roots of the different countries in Latinoamerica to the jazz world, creating a new world of possibilities with the ancient sounds, music and the complex of jazz music without losing the simplicity and history behind.
We put together the complex harmonic, melodic and improvisation in Jazz with the traditional latin folk from Latinoamerica.
The Caribbean and Pacific coast music from Colombia, mixed with the native tradition of the mountains, the afro and Indian rhythms Together with Jazz.
https://davidmillandrums.com/latino-jazz-project/
𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟱.𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗘𝘆𝗲 & 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗸𝘁
Prism Eye
Felix Ziebarth - trumpet/efx
Paul Feise - saxophone
Jasche Briand Søndergaard - guitar Chris Seargent - bass
Henry Hahnfeldt - drums
The PRISM EYE consists of five young musicians from the Berlin jazz scene and plays their own compositions, which can mainly be settled in modern jazz, whereby elements from pop, electro and rock cannot be ignored. The personal stories and backgrounds of the band members merge into a unique sound. PRISM EYE wants to reach its listeners and not frighten them away with too abstract melodies, whereby the improvisations don't do without virtuosity, of course!
Thrilling grooves, distorted trumpet sound and the interaction of the quintet take the listener on a journey through space and time and reach new states of consciousness with the audience.
""I could compare my music to white light, in which all colors are contained. Only a prism can separate these colors and make them visible, this prism could be the mind of the listener.” — Arvo Pärt
""We're all broken, that's how light comes in."" — Ernest Hemingway"
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Paul Polster Projekt
Paul Polster
Paul Polster - e-Bass
Maximillian Schlage - piano/keys
Jack Franco Rizzo - guitar
Akim Bakulin - drums
+ guests
Paul Polster, a young bass player/musician from Berlin, typically found in the background as a sideman, steps into the spotlight for the first time, presenting his own compositions to the public. Join him and the Paul Polster Project on their musical journey, and let their tunes take you to new and exciting places of rhythm and sound.
https://www.instagram.com/paul_polster/?hl=de
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Donaustraße 115, 12043 Berlin, Germany, Donaustraße 115, 12043 Berlin, Deutschland,Berlin, Germany
