By the second day the rain had settled in but the audience’s spirits weren’t dampened- they were there for the music. The line up of trumpeter Franz Hackl’s IDO was surprising- Pete Drungle’s Classically-influenced piano style, Reggie Washington’s electric bass, [...]
At the farm run by Festival Director Paul Zauner, the audience was gathering in the huge barn, with its cavernous wooden roof. The walls had just a little red velvet to soften the sound. The audience had to squeeze between [...]
This year is the 30th Inntoene Jazz Festival. It takes place from May 22nd-24th in a functioning agricultural building, a barn seating over 800 people on an organic farm in Diersbach, Austria. Inntoene has often punched above it is weight. [...]
Mon. 30th June, Emilia Anastazja Duo; Pipeline. Tues. 1st July, Les Faux Frères; Peirani-Parisien-Fisseau. Wed. 2nd July, Rafaelle Rinaudo; Julien Desprez; Didier Levallet’s Voix Croisées. Mon. 30th June, Bolzano (Bozen) It was hard to walk through Bolzano’s streets without stopping [...]
London has many great jazz venues but none with mountain views. ‘New Sounds, Beautiful Views’ is the slogan of the Suedtirol Jazz Festival. It sounds like a long way away, but a flight to Verona brings you very close. The [...]
The German band Trio Elf are Gerwin Eisenhauer (drums), Walter Lang (piano), and Sven Faller (double bass), plus sound engineer Mario Sutel. Alison Bentley met Sven Faller at Jazzahead 2014. In their conversation he talked about: – what it means [...]
There’s a Grimm fairy tale (The Musicians of Bremen) where various creatures keep talking about ‘going to Bremen to become town musicians.’ Now just as in the 19th Century, Bremen offers musicians a place to play- at Jazzahead. Bands from [...]
Imagine a world where everything is about jazz. Imagine a dream where you go to an ideal home exhibition and find all the stalls (hundreds) are about jazz- labels, promoters, bands, from all over the world- everyone chatting about jazz. [...]
DAY TWO At this festival nothing seems impersonal or over-commercial. Of course, it has sponsors: numerous regional council and arts groups, and private companies. But it’s all about the music, and loyal festival-goers return again and again, trusting Jean-Pierre Bissot’s [...]
Imagine starting your own jazz festival in the countryside. Imagine that festival keeps on growing, and here it is in its 29th year, in the South Belgian (Wallonian) region of Gaume. It’s put together by a close-knit group of friends. [...]
