JazzFest Berlin ’09, which takes place this year from November 4th to 8th, is organized around the theme: Blue Note: 70 years. Both founders of the renowned jazz label, Alfred Lion – It Must Schwing! – and Francis Wolff, were Berlin natives, and both emigrated to the United States in the 1930s.
Francis Wolff photographed the musicians and designed covers for their recordings. On view at Berlin’s Jewish Museum beginning on October 30th is a large selection of these images – an ideal occasion for presenting several choice artists beneath the museum’s glass-topped courtyard, among them Aaron Parks, just 25 years old, who has also recently signed a contract with Blue Note Records. His debut album “Invisible Cinema” was greeted with enthusiasm, and won him inclusion in the elite company of the “New Jazz Visionaries” (JazzTimes).
Unlike has selected a few musical must-sees but be sure to stop by the festival´s website to check the full program.
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It must Schwing!
Established in New York 1939, Blue Note Records became a beacon for jazz music, particularly in the post-war era. The label pro...
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Studnitzky Trio
Sebastian Studnitzky is one of Germany’s most engaged Jazz musicians. His sound and phrasing on trumpet and piano are warm and ...
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Aaron Parks
Somebody once asked me to find two words that describe the music I make, and the words I picked were ‘spontaneous’ and ‘cinemat...
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NDR Bigband feat. Jacky Terrasson
NDR Bigband feat. Jacky Terrasson ‘A Blue Note Tribute to Horace Silver’ The NDR Bigband – a far too sober name for this fir...
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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Written and directed by Julian Benedikt With Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Dexter G...
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Booker T.
Hammond B3 alchemist Booker T Jones is one America's most prolific, distinguished and instantly recognizable musical forces. Bo...
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Sheila Jordan - Steve Kuhn
When George Russell put together a band of completely unknown young Norwegian musicians in the late sixties, bassist Arild Ande...