JAZZWERKSTATT FESTIVAL, Berlin-New York November 26, 2010

JAZZWERKSTATT
BERLIN – NEW YORK
November 26, 27 & 28
@ Irondale, Brooklyn

What: 3 day mini-festival/Jazzwerkstatt Berlin-New York
When: November 26, 27, 28
Where: Irondale Center, 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY (2/3/4/5/ to Atlantic, C train to Lafayette
Cost: $25 suggested donation
Info: www.irondale.org

Brooklyn, NY: Jazzwerkstatt, a wide-ranging European record label, will present an eclectic, exciting 3 day mini festival at the Irondale Center, November 26, 27 & 28. Founded in 2006 by Ulli Blobel, Jazzwerkstatt has documented historical moments in jazz at concerts and workshops occurring in Berlin. The creation of Jazzwerkstatt has enabled both old and new recordings to be released, encouraging a new generation of musicians to thrive in a broad stylistic range. Jazzwerkstatt Berlin – New York opens up a fascinating dialogue between musicians from two cities essential to the creation of improvised music.

Full Schedule of Events:

Friday, November 26, 8pm
Hyperactive Kid
Philipp Groppe, tenor saxophone, Ronnie Graup, guitar, Christian Lillinger, drums
Hyperactive Kid always has their finger on the pulse and has become the poster child of Berlin youngsters.

Der Moment
Gerhard Gschlößl, trombone, Johannes Fink, bass, Baby Sommer, percussion
A relic of improvisation is embraced by two young guns. Imagination enters into a dialogue with power, revolt and clashes with experience. Here we have a trio as contradictory, logical and vibrant as life itself.

Saturday, November 27, 4pm
Squakk
Christof Thewes, trombone, Jan Rode, bass, Michael Griener, drums
Humour and freedom but no extremism. With brilliance and subtleness Squakk answers the probing questions of today’s jazz with virtuoso understatement.
Ulrich Gumpert & Günter Baby Sommer
Ulrich Gumpert, piano, Günter Baby Sommer, percussion
One of the oldest still performing duos of German Jazz weaves together marches, waltzes and folk songs creating a metamusic full of esprit and a sense of history.
Saturday, November 27, 8pm
Paul Brody’s Sadawi
Paul Brody, trumpet, Matt Darriau, saxophone, clarinet, Brandon Seabrook, guitar, banjo, Jan Roder, bass, Michael Greiner, drums
This is where Klezmer clashes with Country: Paul Brodys transatlantic band Sadawi is bringing radical Jewish culture to the Blue Mountains and the Indian summer to the heart of the German capital.
Rolf Kühn & Tri-O
Rolf Kühn, Clarinet, Ronny Graupe, guitar, Johannes Fink, bass, Christian Lillinger, drums
Here one of the pioneers of the German Jazz scene not only meets his musical grandchildren but their opposing concepts of playing also form a new kind of mainstream – almost.

Sunday, November 28, 8pm
Henrik Walsdorff Trio
Henrik Walsdorff, tenor saxophone, Christian Lillinger, bass, Jonas Westergaard, drums
One of the most powerful voices on the Berlin jazz sector. Saxophone titan Henrik Walsdorff performs with his own trio – his musical revolt is a natural phenomenon.

Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band
Ulrich Gumpert, piano, Michael Thieke, alto saxophone, clarinet, Ben Abarbanel-Wolff, saxophones, Henrik Walsdorff, soprano saxophone, Paul Brody, trumpet, Christof Thewes, trombone, Jan Roder, bass, Michael Griener, drums
The core of East German jazz disobedience after the ‚retreading’. The Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band unites in 2010 east and west, old and young and, what is more, expands across the Pond.

FUNDED BY THE GERMAN FEDERAL CULTURAL FOUNDATION

About Irondale
As a 26 year old Ensemble, Irondale have received national and international accolades for their theatrical performances which are often driven by themes that emerge from the social and political climate, as well as the ability to take unique approaches to well known tales. This season will be no exception. Now with their own space, the Irondale Center in Fort Greene they can also be instrumental in creating new work and supporting the work of other local companies.

The Irondale Center, The first performing arts space to open in the BAM cultural district is uniquely and entirely run and maintained by the Irondale Ensemble. A beautiful and historic space, the center is an old Sunday school building attached to the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian church. The church boasts an incredible history in its own right being a shelter for runaway slaves in the 1860’s and proving through history a commitment to positive social activism. Irondale’s mission is serendipoduously complimentary.

Irondale’s Mission
Through the power of the ensemble process, Irondale creates and presents theater, performance and education programs that challenge traditional assumptions about art, and help us to better understand today’s world. The Irondale Center, our theater, laboratory and classroom, is a home for ensemble artists of all disciplines and cultures, and a resource for our community.