Jazzfest Berlin – New York
Jetzt erst recht: Now is the time!
Roulette is proud to be a presenting partner of this year’s Jazzfest Berlin in a two-day concert marathon connecting the vanguard scenes of Berlin and New York. Jazzfest Berlin 2020 features over 120 international artists with live concerts in Berlin’s silent green, Roulette in Brooklyn, and across Germany in eight public radio studios. All performances will be live-streamed and broadcast to your home, fostering intercontinental cooperation in spite of the pandemic. The New York portion of the festival will be moderated by Nate Chinen and Keanna Faircloth of WBGO.org. To learn more about the full 4-day festival, click here.
Joel Ross’ Good Vibes // MEOW!
Joel Ross and his band present his elegant and complex compositions, bursting with extravagant melodies. Something feline surrounds the Berlin based quartet MEOW!, which inspires with changes of direction and surprise attacks.
Livestream from New York // Livestream from Berlin
10:00 am EST at Roulette, New York
Joel Ross’s Good Vibes: Who Are You?
Joel Ross: vibraphone
Immanuel Wilkins: alto sax
Brandee Younger: harp
Or Bareket: bass
Jeremy Dutton: drums
Jeremy Corren: piano
10:45 am EST at silent green, Berlin
MEOW!
Liz Kosack: synth
Jim Black: drums
Cansu Tanrıkulu: vocals
Dan Peter Sundland: bass
Ingrid Laubrock & Kris Davis // Jim Black Trio
The duo Ingrid Laubrock & Kris Davis is devoted to sonic exploration through improvisation, using its written material as meticulously detailed maps into the unknown. The Jim Black Trio creates a pleasurable tension between tender melody and rhythmic fragmentation.
Livestream from New York // Livestream from Berlin
1:00 pm EST at Roulette, New York
Ingrid Laubrock & Kris Davis
1:45 pm EST at silent green, Berlin
Jim Black Trio
Jim Black: drums
Elias Stemeseder: keys
Felix Henkelhausen: bass
Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double // Potsa Lotsa XL
The sextet around drummer Tomas Fujiwara is extremely agile and powerful. Commissioned by Jazzfest Berlin, Silke Eberhard shows new arrangements of legendary Henry Threadgill compositions with her fantastic tentet Potsa Lotsa XL.
Livestream from New York // Livestream from Berlin
4:00 pm EST at Roulette, New York
Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double
Tomas Fujiwara: drums
Gerald Cleaver: drums
Mary Halvorson: guitar
Brandon Seabrook: guitar
Ralph Alessi: trumpet
Adam O’Farrill: trumpet
4:45 pm EST at silent green, Berlin
Potsa Lotsa XL: Silver and Gold Baby, Silver and Gold (commission)
Silke Eberhard: alto sax, composition
Jürgen Kupke: clarinet
Patrick Braun: tenor sax, clarinet
Nikolaus Neuser: trumpet
Gerhard Gschlößl: trombone
Johannes Fink: cello
Taiko Saito: vibraphone
Antonis Anissegos: piano
Igor Spallati: bass
Kay Lübke: drums
www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest
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