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The BMW Welt Jazz Award 2016

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On February 28 and March 20, 2016, the #bmwweltjazzaward will present the final two of a total of six free Sunday matinees at the Double Cone of #bmw Welt. Featuring Latham-Carniaux-Egan: Constellations and Indra Rios-Moore, both hailing from the USA, this #event will showcase two top acts of the international jazz scene. Following the final matinee, a panel of expert jurors will select two of a total of six ensembles to perform at the grand finale on May 7, 2016, at the auditorium of #bmw Welt.

 

Latham-Carniaux-Egan will dedicate their concert on February 28 to Icelander Björk, whose inimitable voice and unconventional performances made her into her country’s most famous musician and generated fans from outside the pop music scene worldwide. Among them is 54-year old American drummer Karl Latham, who was joined by bassist Mark Egan, trumpet player Ryan Carniaux and keyboarder Nick Rolfe to form a quartet and to interpret and record an entire album of songs written by Björk. “Constellations” brings together Björk’s unique musical cosmos and her typical timbre creating a broad range of synthetic sounds reminiscent of Japanese Isao Tomita or Miles Davis’ electric bands.

 

For singer Indra Rios-Moore, who grew up in New York as the daughter of a Puerto-Rican social worker and jazz bassist Don Moore, her new album “Heartland” is an exploration of her roots. With her reduced retro sound, she refers to icons of the pop and rock world such as David Bowie or Pink Floyd. She currently lives in Denmark with saxophone player Benjamin Traerup, but for the recordings under the direction of star producer Larry Klein she made her way back to the USA. This quartet, winner of the Danish Music Award 2012, is completed with bassist Thomas Sejthen and guitarist Uffe Stephen and will perform on March 20 at #bmw Welt.

 

Programme of #bmwweltjazzaward 2016

 

Matinees: 11 am to c.1:30 pm at the double-coned structure of #bmw Welt:

January 24, 2016         Dieter Ilg: Mein Beethoven

January 31, 2016         Oded Tzur Quartet

February 14, 2016       Stefano Battaglia Trio

February 21, 2016       Stucky-Doran-Studer-Tacuma: Play Hendrix!

February 28, 2016       Latham-Carniaux-Egan: Constellations

March 20, 2016           Indra Rios-Moore

 

Admission is free of charge but seating is limited. Tickets are subject to availability. Doors open at 10.30 am.

 

Grand finale at the auditorium of #bmw Welt at 7 pm

May 7, 2016   Final concert featuring the two nominated finalists

 

Tickets for the grand finale on May 7, 2016, will be available as of January 24, 2016, at #bmw Welt and München Ticket.

 

As in previous years, the programme will be hosted by Beate Sampson, jazz expert and editor at the German broadcasting station “BR-KLASSIK”.

 

Jury

 

The distinguished panel of expert jurors will be headed by Oliver Hochkeppel (journalist for music and cultural affairs at the German daily “Süddeutsche Zeitung”) and will include the following members:

Roland Spiegel, editor at the music desk and jazz expert at the German broadcasting station Bayerischer Rundfunk “BR‑KLASSIK“

Andreas Kolb, editor-in-chief of the magazines “JazzZeitung” and “neue musikzeitung” and co-publisher of the new music magazine “SILBERHORN“

Heike Lies, musicologist, Music and Music Theatre Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the state capital Munich

Christiane Böhnke-Geisse, Artistic Director of the international jazz festival “Bingen swingt”