We’ve never played with an organ before! We are already looking forward to our end-of-year concert at the Jazzclub Moods with the internationally renowned Munich jazz organist Barbara Dennerlein. Dennerlein’s career has been extremely straightforward and determined: she got her first single-manual organ at the age of 11, and at 15, she was already playing […]

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Due to the new measures to contain the pandemic, it will no longer be possible to hold concerts with an audience until at least January 22, 2021. Nevertheless, the Zurich Jazz Orchestra will play at the traditional Christmas concert on December 17 – made possible by the Moods Jazz Club with its platform moods.digital. At […]

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We will play the concert of 20 November in the lecture hall of the Kunsthaus Zürich. The Musikklub Mehrspur is closed at the moment. For the rehearsals we have found shelter at the Miller’s. We would like to thank these two institutions for their support. Their safety and the safety of our musicians are very […]

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Feat. Rainer Tempel (comp., cond.) & Christof Lauer (tenor and soprano saxophones) We would like to use the mid-season for a reunion with an old acquaintance: Rainer Tempel, our musical director from 2006 to 2013. He has written the music for a Sidney Bechet project. For the NDR production, Christof Lauer from Germany played soprano […]

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As the last one of our four potential future musical directors, here is Lars Møller’s turn to introduce himself. He comes from Denmark, and his music is heavily influenced by the melodic northern tradition while at the same time deeply rooted in American music history. A prolonged stay in New Delhi has left its mark […]

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Ella Fitzgerald with her unique, eternally young voice is considered one of the most important female jazz singers. At age 17, she won an amateur contest at the Apollo theatre in Harlem and was hired by Chick Webb for his orchestra shortly after. With her positive radiance, her musical abilities, most of all with her […]

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«Miles oder die Pendeluhr aus Montreux» is an homage to a jazz genius, a man suffering from loneliness and prejudice. It tells about the beauty of Juliette Gréco, Swiss watches, of favourite chords and beloved people. more...

Linda Porter, scion of a very wealthy and distinguished family from Virginia, was married to the American composer and songwriter Cole Porter for 34 years. In the roughly three and a half decades of their life together, she lead a luxurious high society lifestyle as an elegant prominent sociali […] more...

Linda Porter, scion of a very wealthy and distinguished family from Virginia, was married to the American composer and songwriter Cole Porter for 34 years. In the roughly three and a half decades of their life together, she lead a luxurious high society lifestyle as an elegant prominent sociali […] more...

As the last one of our four potential future musical directors, here is Lars Møller’s turn to introduce himself. He comes from Denmark, and his music is heavily influenced by the melodic northern tradition while at the same time deeply rooted in American music history. A prolonged stay in New Delhi has left its mark […]

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