The Fesival Jazzoffensive enters its 10th round! Under the theme "I sing the body...!", the festival invites international musicians and bands to fabrik Potsdam. After the last edition focussing on string instruments, this time one of the most important and personal instruments in jazz is in the spotlight: the voice. Jazzoffensive presents a colourful and multi-faceted line-up, with the usual bold contrasts: the artist Simin Tander (under contract with the famous jazz label ECM) sings in English and Pashto/Afghaani and presents her new project. Serbian singer and actress Jelena Kuljić's band KUU! mixes punk, jazz and noise and brings together some of the hottest jazz musicians, such as drummer Christian Lillinger and the guitarists Frank Möbus and Kalle Kalima. The ensemble Hilde plays chamber music jazz in an unusual line-up with trombone, voice, violin and cello. Korean singer Song Yi Jeon, who was invited by her mentor Dianne Reeves on her European tour last year, celebrates the art of singing in an intimate duo with New York guitarist Vinicius Gomes. Vocal virtuoso Alex Nowitz improvises with sound artist Ignaz Schick on the turntables. The improvisation format JazzLab can also be experienced: Dancer/choreographer Naïma Mazic focuses on polyrhythmic communications between dancers and (jazz) musicians. Together with percussionist Evi Fillippou, Naïma Mazic is sharing methods and ideas in a workshop with the Jugendtanzcompany Potsdam, asking, for example, how a pulse can be shared by everyone. Attuning to bodies and sounds and inviting rhythmical tools and structural elements of jazz music into dance, a lively and playful space / instant choreography is created for the opening of the Jazzoffensive. Based on a shared score, the dancers of the Jugendtanzcompany Potsdam are improvising together live with musician Evi Filippou on drums and vibraphone.
PROGRAMME
Fri 29 Nov 2024 | 19:00 | fabrik Potsdam
JazzLab – JugendTanzCompany with Naïma Mazic (choreography/dance) and Evi Filippou (drums/vibraphone)
KUU! – Jelena Kuljić (voice), Kalle Kalima (guitar), Frank Möbus (guitar), Christian Lillinger (drums)
Sat 30 Nov 2024 | 19:30 | fabrik Potsdam
Song Yi Jeon&Vinicius Gomes Duo – Song Yi Jeon (voice), Vinicius Gomes (guitar)
Hilde – Julia Brüssel (violin) Marie Daniels (voice) Maria Trautmann (trombone) Emily Wittbrodt (cello)
Alex Nowitz & Ignaz Schick Duo – Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion), Ignaz Schick (turntables)
Sun 01 Dec 2024 | 18:00 | fabrik Potsdam
Simin Tander New Quartet – Simin Tander (voice, composition), Harpreet Bansal (violin) Björn Meyer (electric bass, effects), Samuel Rohrer (drums), Raphael Becker (foss)
