Program

Lauer Large (DE/SWI/DK) + Urban Tunnéls (NO)

Line Up:
JOHANNES LAUER TRB / COMP MATTHIAS SCHRIEFL TPT / FLHN MATS SPILLMANN TPT / FLHN KASPER TRANBERG TPT / FLHN ANDI TSCHOPP TRB SIMON HARRER TRB ED PARTYKA BTRB / TU FLORIAN TRÜBSBACH SAX / FL RETO SUHNER SAX / CL CHRISTIAN WEIDNER SAX MATTHIAS ERLEWEIN SAX / CL STEFFEN SCHORN SAX / CL / FL RONNY GRAUPE GIT COLIN VALLON PNO HENNING SIEVERTS B PETER BRUUN
Johannes Lauer is far more than a trombonist, composer, and band leader; he also collects ideas and thinks outside the box. Questioning the innovative traditions of the twentieth century with great respect, he adapts them to fit his own style and transcends them for the future. He has explored jazz from every conceivable angle; as a student, as a participant in workshops and competitions, as a member of big name and experimental big bands on the one hand and smaller groups on the other, in the European diaspora, on tour all over the world, and not least during his personal retreat into solitude. All these diverse exploits, constellations, and worlds subtly culminate in his "Konstanz Suite."

The 15 members of the band all belong to the young driving fources in their homecountries Germany, Switzerland and Denmark and have been closely involved in their globetrotting leader's career - Lauer knows exactly what he wants to express and with whom, and needs no external justification for his actions.

Lauer makes no pretenses to jazz soap. He is master of the rare art of connecting the banal with the spiritual - not only inside his own personal sound world, but also by synchronizing his perceptions and transformations with what the listener experiences. Lauer Large makes unheard music heard, but does so without permanently drawing attention to its own innovativeness.

Urban Tunnéls Klezmerband består av Morten Michelsen på klarinetter, Sondre Meisfjord (Come Shine, Orange) spiller kontrabass, Jovan Pavlovic (Bengalo) trekkspill, Stig Rennestraum (Dinosau, Orange) trommer og Tor-Petter Aanes spiller piano og synger.
Urban Tunnéls Klezmerband er en av få norske grupper som spiller klezmer. De har røttene i den tradisjonelle klezmertradisjonen, men gjør også ting på sin egen måte. Bandet har til nå gitt ut to plater med tradisjonell klezmermusikk, og kommer i løpet av 2007 ut med et remix-album, hvor DJ og elektronika-artist DJ Kohib har fått leke seg med bandets innspillinger.

Under en konsert med Urban Tunnéls Klezmerband spenner stemningen i musikken fra vár og sødmefull til lystig og energisk. Den intense musikken river publikum med seg på en helt spesiell måte. Klezmermusikk er lagd for å spilles på fest - og dét er noe Urban Tunnéls Klezmerband tar på alvor. Og du er selvfølgelig invitert!