A good song is like a big house: all sorts of people

Beethoven-Haus Bonn,
Kammermusiksaal
Bonngasse 24-26
53111 Bonn
Bonn-Zentrum
Universität Bonn,
Aula
Regina-Pacis-Weg 3
53113 Bonn
Bonn-Zentrum
Volksbank-Haus
Volksbank Bonn Rhein-Sieg
Heinemannstr. 15
53175 Bonn
Rheinaue
Telekom Forum
Landgrabenweg 151
53227 Bonn
Beuel-Süd
Tickets are available at all
known advance booking offices and
under www.bonnticket.de
Detailed information and audio
samples can be found under
www.jazzfest-bonn.de
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Status of programme
information:
15th January 2015.
Subject to changes.
In our sixth festival year,
we are happy to be able to
present to you a profound,
entertaining programme with
international and German
jazz celebrities and newcomer
bands in ten double-feature
concerts.
Jazz in its most beautiful form:
as a medium without limits and
open for forays into classical
and electronic music, into gospel, blues and … Be amazed!
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7th -16th
may 2015
programme
Haus der Geschichte
Willy-Brandt-Allee 14
53113 Bonn
Museumsmeile
A good song
is like a big
house:
all sorts of
people can feel
at home in it.
Great songs
offer the
opportunity
to go on
a journey
with the heart
and soul.
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Bonn would not be possible.
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53225 Bonn
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Post Tower
Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. 20
53113 Bonn
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Patron:
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Jürgen Nimptsch
A musical journey through the jazz for
vibraphone and vocals
Michael Schiefel – voice
David Friedman – vibraphone
Foto: Lutz Voigtländer
Visually and tonally astounding:
jazz from alto counter bass flute to
piccolo flute
Michael Heupel – flute
Efrat Alony Trio
From fervent to lyrical,
always unpredictable
Enrico Rava – trumpet
Gianluca Petrella – trombone
Giovanni Guidi – piano
Stefan Behrisch – leader, arrangements
Erik Truffaz – trumpet;
Johan Hörlen, Karolina Strassmayer, Olivier
Peters, Paul Heller, Jens Neufang – saxophones;
Wim Both, Rob Bruynen, Andy Haderer, Ruud
Breuls, John Marshall – trumpets; Ludwig
Nuss, Shannon Barnett, Andy Hunter, Mattis
Cederberg – trombones; Paul Shigihara –
guitar; John Goldsby – bass; Frank Chastenier
– piano; Hans Dekker – drums
Foto: Ambrosetti
EUR 65 / 55 / 45; reduced price EUR 52 / 42 / 32
pupils EUR 25; plus fees
Nigel Kennedy
plays Jimi Hendrix
World premiere in Bonn: star violinist Nigel
Kennedy is to introduce his new Hendrix project
here. Look forward to a strong jazz and rock
programme by the punk amongst the classical
violinists.
Nigel Kennedy – violin; Doug Boyle, Julian
Buschberger – guitars; Orphy Robinson –
xylosynth, percussion; Tomasz Kupiec – bass;
Adam Czerwinski – drums
Rebecca Treschers
Ensemble 11
Julia Kadel Trio
„Im Vertrauen“
Charming, intelligent, iridescent
Julia Kadel – piano
Karl-Erik Enkelmann – bass
Steffen Roth – drums
WDR Big Band
& Erik Truffaz
Telekom Forum
Saturday, 16th May 2015, 7:00 pm
Enrico Rava meets Gianluca
Peterella and Giovanni Guidi
Pausing and moving on: chamber
jazz with three masters of
improvisation
Wolfgang Muthspiel – guitar
Larry Grenadier – bass
Jorge Rossy – drums
„A Kit For Mending Thoughts”
Emotional collages set to music and
little audio movies, from playful
purring to massive and dark sounds
Efrat Alony – vocals, electronics
Oliver Leicht –
clarinet, electronics
Frank Wingold – guitar
Oliver Hertkorn – sound design
photo: Nathalie Pallud
Playful trumpet sound with plenty of
room for spontaneous creations
Frederik Köster – trumpet
Sebastian Sternal – piano
Joscha Oetz – bass
Jonas Burgwinkel – drums
Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Thursday, 14th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 35 / reduced price EUR 28; plus fees
Franco Ambrosetti – trumpet
Gianluca Ambrosetti – soprano saxophone
Greg Osby – alto saxophone
Dado Moroni – piano
Buster Williams – bass
Terri Lyne Carrington – drums
Masterly trumpet with electronic
and groovy sound
Frederik Köster –
Die Verwandlung
Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio
Michael Heupel
A musical homage to the young John Coltrane
photo: Nicolas Hudak
photo: Mehmet Dedeoglu
photo: Next
Foto: Rolf Freiberger
Norbert Gottschalk Quintett
Foto: Axel Schulten
Haus der Geschichte
Tuesday, 12th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 33 / reduced price EUR 25; plus fees
Michael Schiefel
& David Friedman
Fresh, unconventional,
imaginative and sensual
Anke Helfrich – piano
Dietmar Fuhr – bass
Jonas Burgwinkel – drums
Hanno Busch Trio
„Absent“
Absent for the rest of the world with
pop influences and jazz improvisations conquering time and space
Hanno Busch – guitar
Claus Fischer – bass
Jonas Burgwinkel – drums
Heiner Wiberny, Florian Trübsbach, Uli Kempendorff, Peter Ehwald, Heiko Bidmon – saxophones;
Benny Brown, Florian Menzel, Bastian Stein,
John-Dennis Renken – trumpets; Simon Harrer,
Felix Fromm, Janning Trumann, Stephan Schulze
– trombones; Martin Schulte, Jürgen Friedrich,
Matthias Akeo Nowak, Daniel Schröteler – rhythm
group; Stefan Schultze – composition, leader
Volksbank-Haus
Sunday, 10th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 28 / reduced price EUR 20; plus fees
photo: Stephen Freiheit
photo: Köster
photo: Shervin Lainez
Jazz without stereotyped thinking and
with the full big band sound
Anke Helfrich Trio
„Stars“
Pearls of modern jazz – cool, profound
and with passionate soloists
Norbert Gottschalk – vocals, guitar
Hubert Nuss – piano
German Klaiber – bass
Michael Küttner – drums
Paul Heller – saxophone
photo: Lena Semmelroggen
Franco Ambrosetti Sextet
A captivating temperament on the
drums: Marilyn Mazur with airy,
spiritual jazz
Josefine Cronholm – vocals
John Taylor – piano
Klavs Hovman – bass
Marilyn Mazur – drums, percussion,
vocals
photo: Bremme-Hohensee
LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn
Friday, 8th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 30 / reduced price EUR 23; plus fees
Stefan Schultze –
Large Ensemble
Foto: Peter Gannushkin
Bundeskunsthalle
Friday, 15th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 40 / reduced price EUR 32; plus fees
Marilyn Mazur‘s
Celestial Circle
An energetic trio – authentic, downto-earth and strictly democratic
Peter Evans – trumpet
John Hébert – bass
Kassa Overall – drums
photo: Ferrigato
„The Moon On My Doorstep“
Powerful, easy-going vocals with a touch
of melancholy
Ulita Knaus – vocals
Tino Derado – piano
Tupac Mantilla – drums
Peter Evans – Zebulon Trio
„Fellowship“
Her voice: an event, her music:
simply exhilarating
Lizz Wright – vocals
Nicholas D’Amato – bass
Robin Macatangay – guitar
Kenny Banks – keyboards, piano
Brannen Temple – drums
photo: Nicole Müller
photo: Jimmy Katz
photo: Steven Haberland
Ulita Knaus
Bundeskunsthalle
Wednesday, 13th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 33 / reduced price EUR 25; plus fees
Multifaceted in every aspect: unusual line-up
with an elegant sound
photo: Swetlana Wist
Lizz Wright
Pat Martino Trio
A living legend and a creative individualist on the guitar
Pat Martino – guitar
Pat Bianchi – organ
Carmen Intorre, Jr. – drums
Brotfabrik
Monday, 11th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 28 / reduced price EUR 20; plus fees
photo: Kadel
Aula der Universität Bonn
Saturday, 9th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 40 / reduced price EUR 32; plus fees
Foto: Carola Schmidt
Post Tower
Thursday, 7th May 2015, 7:00 pm
EUR 40 / EUR 34; reduced price EUR 35 / EUR 29; plus fees
Agnes Lepp – vocals; Hironaru Saito – flute,
basso flute; Florian Bischof – cello; Maja
Taube – harp; Konstantin Herleinsberger,
Markus Harm – saxophones, clarinets; Volker
Heuken – vibraphone; Andreas Feith – piano;
Friedrich Betz – bass; Julian Fau – drums;
Rebecca Trescher – clarinet,
composition, arrangements