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Bob Degen is a legend. Recently celebrating his 80th birthday, he graced the Schmiede with a musical celebration alongside some of his friends and musical companions. From that unforgettable night we present the performances of his two compositions 'In the Honour of Spring' and 'Parting'. Enjoy the beautiful music of Bob Degen (p), Matthias Nadolny (ts), Christian Ramond (b) und Peter Weiss (dr)

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Degen / Nadolny / Ramond / Weiss
In the Honour of Spring (comp. B. Degen)
Parting (comp. B. Degen)

Fr 02. 02. 2024

Bob Degen (p), Matthias Nadolny (ts), Christian Ramond (b), Peter Weiss (dr)

00:00 In the Honour of Spring Piano Intro
02:45 Sax joins in
05:45 Parting Bass Solo / Intro
07:36 Parting Theme
08:40 Sax Solo
11:40 Piano Solo
13:51 Drums!
15:11 Parting Last Theme

Recorded live at Jazz-Schmiede Düsseldorf
Recording&Video: Jazz-Schmiede Düsseldorf

Ben Miller Trio performing the Element of Crime tune "Am Ende denk ich immer nur an dich" live in Sept 2023. Musicians are Benedikt Müller (git), Marius Lamm (dr) and Moritz Götzen (b)

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Ben Miller Trio
Am Ende denk ich immer nur an dich

Sa 30. 09. 2023
Benedikt Müller (git), Marius Lamm (dr), Moritz Götzen (b)

https://www.instagram.com/benmiller.guitar

Recorded live at Jazz-Schmiede Düsseldorf
Recording&Video: Jazz-Schmiede Düsseldorf

For the 15th time, the Landesmusikrat NRW and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia are awarding the Spielstättenprogrammprämie NRW to small and medium-sized stages in the independent music scene for their special commitment and their ambitious and dedicated live programme.
The awards will be presented on Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at the Jazzclub Henkelmann in Iserlohn.

We are delighted that the Jazz-Schmiede is once again one of this year's award-winning venues!
With the zakk and the KIT Café, two other venues from Düsseldorf are also among the 16 award winners, and we congratulate our colleagues there!

Minister Ina Brandes: "The number and diversity of our cultural events in North Rhine-Westphalia is unique in Europe. We also owe this to the many small and medium-sized stages in the independent music scene. With their outstanding programmes and excellent musicians, they whet our appetite for live music. This makes it possible to attract new audiences and at the same time inspire the regular audience. The stages thus make a valuable contribution to the rich cultural offering in our country."

"Live music is an indispensable part of a vibrant culture. Providing small and medium-sized forums with a financial incentive for outstanding and experimental programming creates scope for innovation and promotes cultural diversity," says Prof. Dr. Christine Siegert, President of the Landesmusikrat NRW.

The award-winning venues were selected by an expert jury consisting of Christina Lux (musician), Ulla Oster (musician), Tim Isfort (moers festival) and Thomas Baerens (Head of the Music Department, Ministry of Culture and Science).

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The Big Christmas Session
Sa 16. 12. 2023

It's a wrap, thanks to everyone who joined our Christmas session: all the guests in the sold-out Schmiede and all the musicians of the evening:
Nico Brandenburg (b), Peter Weiss (dr), Carlotta Ribbe (vib), Anna Karina Barthel (voc), Jörg Kaufmann (ts), Rainer Maassen (trb), Tom Lorenz (vib), Genevieve O’Driscoll (b), Michi Knippschild (dr), Axel Fischbacher (git), Philipp van Endert ( git), André Nendza (b), Christian Schröder (dr), Philip Wisser (git), Vincent Pinn (trp), Denis Gaebel (ts), Mathias Haus (vib), Sebastian Gahler (p), Inga Lühning (voc), Simon Busch (dr)

Nina's Rusty Horns
Too Much Is Not Enough

https://www.ninasrustyhorns.de/

https://ninasrustyhorns.bandcamp.com/album/zuviel-ist-nicht-genug

1. Too Much Is Not Enough 03:56
2. The Thing That I've Got 03:42
3. Baby, You Can Take Me Home 03:22
4. I Hate Myself (For Being So Mean To You) 03:46
5. Surrogate 03:12
6. Back In Swabian Forest 03:17
7. Where Are All The Little Angels 04:15
8. Alone 04:32
9. Go And Get It Somewhere Else 04:31
10. Everybody Loves My Baby 03:13
11. You Got Me Running Wild 06:00
12. Bonus: Ol' Man River 04:51

Nina Lentföhr - vocals
Christian Saettele - clarinet & saxophone
Clemens Gottwald - trombone
Peter Kowal - banjo (& electric guitar on track 9)
Martin Henger - guitar (& vocals on track 4)
Pinguin Moschner - tuba
Christian Nink - drums & washboard

feat. Boris Odenthal cornet on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
& Julia Zech vocals on track 4

Writers:
N. Lentföhr on tracks 1 / 2 / 3 / 8 / 9 / 11
M. Ager / B. Davis / J. Young on track 4
A. Jansen on tracks 5 / 7
C. Gottwald on track 6
P. Kowal on track 8
S. Williams / J. Palmer on track 10
J. Kern / O.Hammerstein II on bonustrack 12

Recorded by Lars Wallat, January 2023, Jazzschmiede Düsseldorf
Mixed by Marcus Reineboth, mastered by Christian Zimmerli / zimmerli SOUNDS Düsseldorf
Photos by Stefan Flach
Artwork by Knut Schötteldreier
Special thanks to MfKuW NRW!

CD jw 238 PETER EHWALD / STEFAN SCHULTZE
STAMP

https://jazzwerkstatt.eu/cd-dvd/jw-238-ehwald-schultze-stamp-rgb-2/

PETER EHWALD tenor saxophone
TOMASZ DĄBROWSKI trumpet
STEFAN SCHULTZE piano
ANDREAS LANG double bass
MORITZ BAUMGÄRTNER drums

1 No One
2 Return To Sender
3 Oumuamua
4 Captain Underpants
5 How High
6 Imago
7 Suntrooper
8 Too Old For Too Many

The quintet line-up around Peter Ehwald and Stefan Schultze with its traditional form of tenor saxophone, trumpet plus piano trio is a declaration of love for jazz and at the same time creates a context that is an invitation to reposition oneself. The basic principle of the STAMP quintet is the idea of developing music that leaves as much room as possible for development within a limited framework. No over-information - the compositions formulate the most important conditions for creating improvisational moments for the ensemble - directly and emotionally. Two very different and exciting soloists (trumpeter Tomasz Dąbrowski from Malmö and saxophonist Peter Ehwald from Berlin) set contrapuntal accents. The piano trio with Stefan Schultze from Berne and the Berliners Andreas Lang (b) and Moritz Baumgärtner (dr) fills and interprets the spaces of this music in a surprising and grandiose way.
"Basically, it's not about pitches, rhythms or harmonies, but about what the jazz quintet sound means to us. We wanted to translate a kind of nostalgia, or the meaning of an earlier time into our sonic language and into the here and now," explains Schultze.

On 23 October, the Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, presented the APPLAUS once again, and for the 10th time, in recognition of live music venues and their programmes for their cultural and socio-political commitment.
Live music venues are honoured for their cultural excellence and impact in the previous year. The award-winning venues were selected by a jury of experts and the award ceremony took place at the Pavillon Hannover.
With the Programme Award, the Minister of State for Culture honours concert programmes by independent music clubs and event series from all areas of popular music and jazz. Every year, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) provides prize money totalling around 2 million euros, making the APPLAUS one of the most highly endowed federal cultural prizes.
This is the 5th time that Jazz-Schmiede Düsseldorf has been honoured with the APPLAUS. Following its nomination for the German Jazz Award as Venue of the Year last year and the award of the NRW Venue Programme Prize at the beginning of the year, the APPLAUS once again underlines the status of the Jazz-Schmiede as an important and high-quality venue for contemporary jazz music in Germany.

Joscho Stephan's Transatlantic Guitar Trio
Wed 11. 10. 2023

Guitar: Joscho Stephan
Guitar: Richard Smith @richardsmithmusic@richardsmithmusic
Guitar & Vocals: Rory Hoffman
Special Guest: Volker Kamp (Bass)
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Music: https://www.joscho-stephan.de/shop
Instagram: https://instagram.com/joschostephan
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Video & Audio Mix: Malte Weber

00:00 Intro
00:12 The Mad Russian
05:50 Hey!
06:25 Transatlantic Bolero
10:21 Rory
11:33 Rory's Waltz
14:27 Richard
14:56 Mr Lucky - Richard Smith - Solo
19:14 Sponsor - GypsyGuitarAcademy
20:04 Düsseldorf Stomp
24:50 Nuages - Joscho Stephan - Solo
29:35 Rory's Xaphoon
29:54 Time on my hands
35:22 Night Life - Rory Hoffman - Solo
44:00 The Band
45:00 Tiger Rag
49:45 Thanks for watching!