Sunday, 12/8/2024
at 4:00 PM


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BARRELHOUSE JAZZBAND - FEEL THE SPIRIT!

Energy, joy of playing, enthusiasm. The audience feels it immediately - even in the seventy-first year of the Barrelhouse Jazzband. With the motto FEEL THE SPIRIT! the Barrelhouse Jazzband is performing in the Rhein-Neckar region.

The Alte Oper Frankfurt writes:
"Konrad Adenauer was still Chancellor, no one had ever set foot on the moon, and the thought of the Internet, smartphones, and Artificial Intelligence was far from anyone's mind: In 1953, the same year the Mount Everest was first climbed, a few brave young Frankfurt jazz lovers followed their own mission and founded the Barrelhouse Jazzband."

The Barrelhouse Jazzband plays classic jazz, early swing, New Orleans Renaissance, and Caribbean rhythms - expressive, imaginative music deeply rooted in the blues, spiced with a touch of "show."

In January 2024, REIMER VON ESSEN and HORST SCHWARZ will pass their part in the band to two younger musicians, clarinetist and saxophonist MATTHIAS SEUFFERT and trumpeter JOACHIM LÖSCH. The two have already helped out the band as guests on several occasions and are a guarantee for preserving the tradition and developing the band. They impressively demonstrate their virtuosity in mastering the band's style in the last two tracks of the current CD "70 years Barrelhouse Jazzband - forever new." And as you can hear, they harmonize perfectly with Frank Selten, the band's saxophonist since 1961, who will remain part of the three-part brass section.
MATTHIAS SEUFFERT admired the Barrelhouse Jazzband since he was six years old, took lessons with Reimer von Essen, and has become an internationally sought-after soloist. He deeply regrets that Reimer and Horst are retiring and says: "We have been close friends for many years and occasionally made music together. Now I am very excited about the opportunity to shape the band. It is an honor for me!"
The versatile, virtuoso trumpeter JOACHIM LÖSCH studied in the Netherlands and the USA, played in various formations, and is particularly fascinated by Louis Armstrong's sound and the drive of the big bands of the 1930s: "I am very delighted and honored to make music with the musicians of this legendary band. They are the role models of my youth! I look forward to continuing the great tradition of this band together with them."

In his book "50 Years Backstage," German tour organizer FRITZ RAU writes:
"The Barrelhouse Jazzband has made jazz history. They have bridged the gap between the tradition and preservation of early jazz in New Orleans and its current significance in the context of our time."

FEEL THE SPIRIT!

Doors open: 3:15 PM

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