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Dear members,

as some of you may already know, others have only just heard the sad news: Wolfgang Engstfeld, who had been seriously ill for some time, passed away unexpectedly on 18 September.

His death is a great personal loss for me as a friend! But also as a musician - and this certainly applies to many other colleagues - we have lost one of the most important representatives of his instrument. As a teacher and inspirer, the saxophonist had a lasting influence on the next generation of musicians. "...One of the best that Europe has ever produced, a real personality with a sound that always got under your skin... thank you, Wölfi, without you I would never have become a musician," said Reiner Witzel, among others, in honour of his former teacher. An appreciative statement that is shared by colleagues such as Paul Heller, Mathias Nadolny and many others. As the response in the social media also shows.

I will miss his vital, intense playing, which is at the same time so lyrical, with an unmistakable tone!

We will be remembering our friend and colleague "Wölfi" in a private setting at the Schmiede in October.

Peter Weiss

Peter Baumgärtner
My Choice

Tracklist
Alice in Wonderland (Bob Hilliard / Sammy Fain) 07:06
Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper) 06:07
Somewhere (Leonard Bernstein) 06:39
Soul Eyes (Mal Waldron) 06:42
Isfahan (Billy Strayhorn) 07:11
Here, There and Everywhere (Lennon & McCartney) 05:59
Time After Time (Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne) 06:20
Darn That Dream (Jimmy van Huesen) 05:36
So Tender (Keith Jarrett) 06:07

produced by
Peter Baumgärtner

Executive producer
Philipp van Endert & André Nendza

Musicians
Peter Baumgärtner (dr)
Thomas Rückert (p)
Martin Gjakonovski (b)

About the album
It has long been a wish of well-known drummer Peter Baumgärtner to record his favourite jazz standards in a studio. With these two exquisite partners he succeeded in the legendary MPS Studio in Villingen in the Black Forest. Spontaneity, openness and creativity - Standards today!

Release Date: 2023/03/24
Catalogue-No.: 8011JSS

https://www.koeln-news.com/krajenski-hammond-trio-konzert/38409

"On his organ - this queen of instruments - Krajenski truly becomes a dazzling magician. Starting with quiet, barely audible, always finely nuanced playing, he escalates from filigree to powerful phases to the point of obsession."

https://nrwjazz.net/jazzreports/2023/Tobias_Weindorf_mit_Parable_in_Jazz_Schmiede/

"This band plays at the highest level, from the phrasing to the sensitive handling of dynamics. The result is music of the highest quality and it is a great pleasure to experience it. The audience at the Jazz Schmiede will experience a wonderful concert evening full of special moments with the Tobias Weindorf Quartet."

https://nrwjazz.net/jazzreports/2023/Frederik_Koester_Die_Verwandlung_in_Jazz_Schmiede/

"The band clearly feels at home in the well-filled Düsseldorf Jazz Schmiede and is in a great playing mood."

We are delighted to have been awarded the "NRW Venue Programme Award" again this year - and for the 13th time!

Yesterday evening we were at the Bunker Ulmenwall where Gonca Türkeli-Dehnert, State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Science, presented the awards. The NRW Venue Programme Prize is awarded for outstanding programmes by venues that are committed to jazz, improvised music and advanced pop/rock music and offer a forum to up-and-coming artists or bands with a regional impact.

We would like to thank the jury (consisting of the musicians Christina Lux and Ulla Oster, Tim Isfort (moers festival) and Head of the Music Department at the Ministry of Culture and Science Thomas Baerens), the hosts of the evening - Eva Luise Roth from the Landesmusikrat NRW and the team from Bunker Ulmenwall - as well as Luah for the beautiful music at the award ceremony, and the Cultural Office of the City of Düsseldorf for their continuous support of our work to make a place like the Jazz-Schmiede possible!

Our congratulations also go to all the other 14 award-winning venues: our Düsseldorf colleagues at Zakk, the Loft (Cologne), Klangbücke (Aachen), Loch (Wuppertal), Bandfabrik (Wuppertal), Black Box im Cuba (Münster), Bunker Ulmenwall (Bielefeld), Goldkante (Bochum), Domicil (Dortmund), In Situ Arts Society (Bonn), Jazz Initiative Dinslaken, Jazzkeller Krefeld, King Georg (Cologne) and the venue (Wuppertal).

https://www.lmr-nrw.de/aktuell/detail/15-spielstaetten-des-jazz-und-der-popmusik-erhalten-praemien-des-landes-fuer-herausragende-programme

https://www.nrwjazz.net/jazzreports/2023/Ana_Carla_Maza_in_der_Jazz_Schmiede_/

"After cheering applause, the encore also becomes a small party with dancing, singing and clapping, more audience participation is not possible. Ana Carla Maza is not only an excellent musician, but also a real entertainer who takes the audience with her and brings Caribbean flair to the German winter."

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A gift voucher for a concert at the Jazz-Schmiede is always the right choice!

https://www.nrwjazz.net/jazzreports/2022/Fuchsthone_Orchestrain_der_Jazz_Schmiede_Duesseldorf/

"Programme full of energy and emotion"

"I've been following the Fuchsthone Orchestra since their first concert in 2019 in the Stadtgarten and I have to say that this concert was the most intense concert experience for me so far. ... Reloaded V is an incredibly captivating, lively and diverse section of this journey. a sound journey that allows our lives, inner world and outer world to emerge and experience anew. "