James P Scannell (UK) - sax., clarinet, flute
James Scholfield (UK) - guitar
Scott White (CAN) - double bass
Marcin Lonak (PL) - drums
The Zig Zag is proud to announce a brand new and fresh Sunday concert series that showcases a community of jazz artists responsible for bringing about an explosion of energy and life into the Berlin jazz scene. The series will feature some of the most in demand, highly skilled and exciting young jazz talents in the scene today. Going against the trend of complexity, abstraction and the “academization” of the arts, these young masters have taken the jazz scene by surprise by packing in the clubs and bringing back to life a love and passion for hard swinging music. Performances are completely acoustic with little to no amplification. Subtle interaction, melodic focus and soulful virtuosity is at play here. If you’re interested in listening to some of the finest swinging sounds of jazz this is not an event to miss out on.
James P. Scannell Quartet presents „ From Swing to Bop“!
James P. Scannell is performing in a superb quartet of international musicians. Originally from England, but living for 20 years in Berlin, James Scannell´s fluency on saxophone, clarinet and flute is remarkable, as is the ease with which his playings spans the history of jazz, from its beginnings in New Orleans to the present day. The unifying thread through James´ playing is the will to swing and the influence of the blues. Whether on tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet, flute James possesses a unique voice and a different musical approach particular to each instrument. The concert will reflect his own personal musical journey and will include classics from the hard bop era, some of Benny Goodman’s song book, something from New Orleans, fast songs, slow songs, complex songs and simple songs, long songs as well as short songs.
James Scholfield
Currently based in Berlin, James has toured extensively with singer Curtis Stigers throughout Europe and the USA appearing in such venues as the Blue Note New York City, Ronnie Scotts and Montreux Jazz Festival. As a leader he recorded his first album “All Stations” on the Dutch record label Challenge Jazz with legendary jazz drummer Billy Hart, produced by bassist Hein van de Geyn. Early in his career at the age of 19 he formed the band Wired The Floor with singer Gavin Minter, keyboard player Paul Hanmer and drummer Kevin Gibson which went on to become one of the leading bands in South Africa during 90′s and opened shows for artists such as Paul Simon and Eric Clapton. Played on guitarist/songwriter Coleman Mellett solo album produced by Barry Miles featuring James Taylor, Steve Gadd, Will Lee, Larry Goldings.
Scott White
Scott White resides between Berlin and Canada's west coast. Recent stints include performances with Canadian Roots legends the Bills in USA, recording with Rob Frayne in Ottawa, and returning to Berlin for a host of concerts in town.
Marcin Lonak
is a drummer long known in the Berlin jazz scene. Despite his clear passion, triplet based music, he is afflicted with all kinds of influences. He has worked in Latin American-, rock- and pop music projects such as in musicals, symphony orchestras, theatre and studio productions.
Location:
Zig Zag Jazz Club GmbH
Hauptstr. 89, 12159 Berlin
Beginn 21:00 Uhr( Einlass 20:00 Uhr)
Eintritt frei – Beitrag erwünscht
ENTRANCE FEES
One of the reasons that makes the zig zag jazz club so unique is that it is the first and only jazz club in the world that manages to finance world class events through a crowd funding concept. How do we do it? Its quite simple… during the break of the concert we make an announcement regarding the collection for the evening. For most concerts (excluding the jam session) we inform our customers that a fee of around 15€ per person will allow us to fairly compensate the musicians. Some people give more and some give less… and that´s ok… we ´ve already successfully promoted hundreds of concerts like this!!!
EINTRITT
Einer der Gründe, die den Zig Zag Jazzclub so einzigartig machen, ist, dass er der erste und einzige Jazzclub der Welt ist, dem es gelingt nur durch freiwilligem Eintritt/Crowdfunding Events von Weltklasse zu finanzieren. Und wie machen wir das? Ganz einfach. Während der Konzertpause geben wir bekannt, dass wir Geld einsammeln werden. Bei den meisten Konzerten (außer Jam Sessions) informieren wir unsere Kunden, dass ein Beitrag von ungefähr 15 Euro es uns erlaubt die Musiker gerecht zu bezahlen. Manche geben dabei mehr und andere weniger... und das ist auch in Ordnung. Wir haben auf diese Weise schon Hunderte Konzerte organisiert.