Tal Arditi - Guitar
Ben Kreaf - Tenor Saxophone
Tom Berkmann - Bass
Tobias Backhaus - Drums
The Zig Zag Jazz Club is proud to present one of the most exciting up and coming jazz stars in the European Jazz Scene. As a young genius of of just 19 years, Tal has already been featured on many jazz records and has graced some of the greatest stages around the world. His current quartet features some of the most in demand and respected jazz musicians in the German Jazz Scene. The Band will be performing a fine selection of Jazz music inspired by Guitar masters such as Wes Montgomery, John Scofield, George Benson and Pat Metheny. Prepare for an evening of unparalleled virtuosity, spontaneous interactions, and fiery improvisations!
Tal Arditi studied at the prestigious Rimon University Of Music in Israel. At the age of 17 he reached the finales at the "Israeli Jazz Player" competition. After his studies he preformed at several jazz festivals in Israel and Europe including, the "Umbria Jazz Festival," "Red Sea Jazz Festival," ''Jerusalem Jazz Festival’,’ and the "XJAZZ festival." Tal moved recently to Berlin and has quickly become one of the most sought after players in the German jazz scene. Tal has recently released his Debut album, ''Portrait''.
“Over eight tracks Arditi demonstrates he’s certainly an important new voice in European guitar jazz” London Jazz News
"In the wide-ranging improvisations the wonder-kid opens up its entire poetry-free and pastel-free spectrum: it shows what you have on it. this is an eloquent debut, an attack of eight pipes." Jazz Podium
” ‘Portrait’ Leaves the listener with the feeling of listening to a future star in guitar heavens” From a 2 page article on LP Magazine, Nr 1\19
Ben Kraef is a German-Montenegrin saxophonist and composer based in Berlin, In 2007 he relocated to New York City on a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and obtained a Master of Arts from The City College of New York in 2009. He has collaborated with the likes of John Patittuci, Marcus Gilmore and Toots Thielemans
Tom Berkmann is a German Bass player based in Berlin.He was a semifinalist in the Jazz Competition of the International Double Bass Convention “Bass 2010” in Berlin. For composing and performing the soundtrack of the movie “Oh Boy” he received the German Academy Award for Best Filmscore and the German Critic’s Award for Best Soundtrack at the Berlin Film Festival Berlinale in 2013. His latest project “Scopes”, co-lead with drummer Mathias Ruppnig, was just released on Whirlwind Recordings, featuring Ben van Gelder and Tony Tixier.
Tobias Backhaus is one of Germany’s most in-demand jazz drummers and a regular on the Zig Zag stage. A long list of Europe’s finest musicians rely on his versatile, swinging and creative accompaniment.
Beginn 21:15 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.