tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 7.30 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CEST
With Billy Test on piano, Stefan Rey on bass and Niklas Walter on drums, the young Cologne saxophonist and composer Lennart Allkemper has found three excellent instrumentalists to breathe life into his latest compositions:
unadorned, elegantly staged modern jazz, in which the roots of tradition spill out in colorful blooms in wide-ranging, warmly singing melodic arcs. Inevitably, the quartet grooves its way into the hearts of the audience with strong melodies and...
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tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 7.30 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CEST
With Billy Test on piano, Stefan Rey on bass and Niklas Walter on drums, the young Cologne saxophonist and composer Lennart Allkemper has found three excellent instrumentalists to breathe life into his latest compositions:
unadorned, elegantly staged modern jazz, in which the roots of tradition spill out in colorful blooms in wide-ranging, warmly singing melodic arcs. Inevitably, the quartet grooves its way into the hearts of the audience with strong melodies and
earworm guarantee in the heads of the listeners.
In August 2024, the debut album Awakening by the quartet led by bandleader Lennart Allkemper was released on the Hamburg label “Jazzline”:
https://orcd.co/l-allkemper-awakening
At the concert in the LOFT, Billy Test will be subbed by the wonderful Roman Babik.
Lennart Allkemper studied with Prof. Matthias Nadolny in Essen before moving to the Cologne University of Music and Dance. As a long-standing member of the JugendJazzOrchester NRW and the Bundesjazzorchester, he has traveled to China, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Finland, Estonia, Croatia, Austria, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
https://lennartallkemper.de/
He is the youngest cultural award winner in his home town of Bottrop, a Yamaha Artist, Gottsu Artist and is not only at home in jazz, but has also become a permanent fixture in pop music. In 2022, he toured the stadiums of Germany, Austria and Switzerland with the Fantastischen Vier to celebrate their 30th anniversary, played with newcomer Nina Chuba at the 1Live Krone award ceremony and regularly makes guest appearances on TV productions such as TV Total, ZDF Magazin Royal and was a permanent member of the house band on the show “Täglich Frisch Geröstet” with Jens “Knossi” Knosalla.
In his still young musical career, he has already worked with a number of renowned artists such as Ron Carter, Vince Mendoza, Peter Erskine, Kurt Elling, Dave Liebman, Bob Mintzer, Joshua Redman, Bob Malach, Fred Hersch, Dick Oatts, Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Richie Beirach, Adam Nussbaum, Lizz Wright, Branford Marsalis, Seamus Blake, Jay Anderson, John Riley, Wolfgang Haffner, Joel Frahm, Till Brönner, Stefan Raab, Giant Rooks, Die Fantastischen Vier, Nina Chuba, Clueso, Sasha, Peter Herbolzheimer, Don Friedman, Marius Neset, Melissa Aldana, John Ruocco, Jiggs Whigham, Ack van Rooyen, Peter Weniger, Silvia Droste, Ralf Hesse, Luciano Biondini, Bruno Castelucci, Uli Beckerhoff, Jasper Blom, Florian Ross, Mike Herting, Marcio Doctor, Greetje Kauffeld, Ansgar Striepens, Matthias Nadolny, Fay Claassen, Glenn Miller Big Band, HR Big Band, WDR Big Band, and many other musicians from the national and international jazz and pop scene.
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