Heute spreche ich mit dem Kontrabassisten und Komponisten Dirk Strakhof über die aktuelle Lage der Honorarkräfte an Berliner Musikschulen. Für viele Jazzmusiker*innen stellt die Tätigkeit an einer Musikschule eine wichtige Einkommensquelle dar. Deshalb ist es an der Zeit sich hier mal einen Überblick über die neuesten Ereignisse zu verschaffen. Was kommt nach dem sogenannten Herrenberg Urteil auf Honorarkräfte und Musikschulen zu und welche Veränderungen stehen der Musikschullandschaft in Berlin gegebenfalls bevor?

Weiterführende Links:

https://www.ig-jazz-berlin.de/news/pressemitteilung-neue-geschaftsfuhrung-der-ig-jazz-berlin?token=06dc36fa1cbba75297ec0cf34da4754508e31cdb

In the 20th episode of B:jazz, I talk to concert photographer Cristina Marx about her documentation of the Berlin scene, her love for and the necessity of music, community and exchange, the importance of a present and accessible music scene, the audience perspective on jazz and improvised music and feeling welcome in spaces, as well as the necessity of meeting places for creative music such as Sowieso, Miss Hecker and Au Topsi Pohl. We also discuss the archival nature of film and music, Berlin door gigs, and how labels and film companies can impact the immediacy and representation of artists’ work.

Heute spreche ich mit dem Pianisten, Arrangeur und Komponisten Marc Schmolling über das Residenz Programm Stop Over an dem er als Künstler

In episode 18 of B:jazz, I talk to trumpet player, composer and improviser Brad Henkel about musician collectives in Berlin and the US, the legendary Schillerkiez venue and space Sowieso, the importance of local spaces for the jazz and improvised music scene, the impact of modernisation and gentrification on project spaces and his involvement and experience of the Stop Over residency at the Alte Münze.

Heute spreche ich mit der Klavierstudentin Wolle in einer weiteren Folge zum Thema 

In the 16th episode of B:jazz, we talk to musician Weston Olencki about their genre crossing electro-acoustic work, the role of AI and machine listening in music, career compartmentalisation, their connection to the sociomusical and cultural venacular of the American South, musical and social origins and their infuence on conceptual development, and the meaning behind sound.

In der 15. Ausgabe B:jazz widmen wir uns dem Thema Jazz Jam Sessions.

Weiterführende Links:

https://www.ig-jazz-berlin.de/

In episode 14 of B:jazz, I talk to musician, author and composer Maria Reich about the relationship between texts and music, the changing role of improvisation in the classical concert, as well as structures, formalities and conventions around music performance and education.

In der 13. Ausgabe von B:jazz bin ich im Gespräch mit dem Schlagzeuger, Komponisten

Weiterführende Links:

https://www.ig-jazz-berlin.de/about-us https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=700750888750874&set=gm.142915602245766 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy0EpYksnvj/ https://panel.zentrum-under-construction.berlin/media/pages/artikel/stopover/a48596f4e3-1698911945/stopover-open-call-fur-kollaboration-and-improvisation-de.pdf https://panel.zentrum-under-construction.berlin/media/pages/artikel/stopover/127321a755-1698911953/stopover-open-call-for-collaboration-and-improvisation-en.pdf https://friedemerzmusic.com/BLOG

In episode 12 of B:jazz, I talk to composer and improvising drummer Max Andrzejewski. We discuss the role of balancing his personal voice on drums in ensemble contexts where he is also the composer, his individual and collaborative work with video and video artists, and combining and managing freedom with improvisors in ensembles. As a composer working across multiple stylistic and professional contexts, we also talk about working with music, stories and text from cultures outside of our own, the work of canonised problematic composers, writing for soloists, as well as his work in theatre productions.