Dima Bondarev - trumpet (UA)
Igor Osypov - guitar (UA)
Ludwig Hornung - piano (D)
Phil Donkin - bass (UK)
Jesus Vega - drums (USA)
Das Dima Bondarev Quintet ist eines der besten Beispiele dafür, wie Musiktrends und Traditionen, aus unterschiedlichen Kulturen, Regionen und Zeiten unter dem Dach des Jazz verschmelzen können und so einen zwar ungewöhnlichen und individuellen doch aber ausgewogenen und frischen Sound entstehen lassen. Als der Bandleader auf der Suche nach neuen Ausdrucksformen 2013 nach Berlin gezogen war, dauerte es nicht lange, ehe die fünf Bandmitglieder, jeder bereits einen reichen musikalischen Erfahrungsschatz im Gepäck, zu einander fanden. Das renommierte Jazz-Institut Berlin stellte den Treffpunkt dar. Jesus Vega und Phil Donkin bilden die Rhythmusgruppe. Igor Osypov steuert mit seiner Gitarre kraftvolle Melodien bei. Ludwig Hornung sorgt am Klavier für harmonischen Farbenreichtum und Dima Bondarev gibt dem Ganzen mit seinem lebhaften Trompetenspiel den letzten Schliff.
Dima Bondarev
Born in 1984 in Ukraine, Dima Bondarev began playing the trumpet at the age of 9. He discovered his passion for Jazz after initially studying classical music as a child. In 2011 and 2016, he was awarded the Polish Cultural Scholarship “Gaude Polonia” and went on to study in Warsaw and Wroclaw with Piotr Wojtasik and Robert Majewski. Between 2008 and 2013, Bondarev was very active in Ukraine, Russia and Poland taking part in major Jazz festivals and concert tours. He is a member of the famous Ukrainian Jazz band Acoustic Quartet and Magnifika group. Since 2007, he has participated in various international music contests and festivals in Russia and Ukraine. In 2010 he won the grand prize at MuzEnergo Festival, Usadba Jazz Festival and the First Award at International Contest of Young Jazz Performers named after Kim Nazaretov (Rostov-on-Don) in 2011. Since 2013 Bondarev has been based in Berlin where he undertook both Batchelor and Master studies at the Jazz Institut Berlin (JIB) with Gerard Presencer, Tom Arthurs, Martin Auer and Sebastian Studnitzky, as well as John Hollenbeck, Greg Cohen, Geoffroy De Masure, Julia Hulsmann, Tino Derado, Guilherme Castro and Javier Reyes. He received the Deutschlandstipendium in 2017 as well as the JIB-Jazz-Preis der Karl Hofer Gesellschaft in 2015 for the Bondarev/Osypov Quintet. Bondarev’s own group, the Dima Bondarev Quintet, has performed at festivals all around Europe including the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy, Xjazz Festival in Germany, Jazz nad Odra in Poland, Jazz Bez in Ukraine and Poland and Jazz à Montauban in France. His debut Album “I’m Wondering” won the 2nd price of ’50th Jazz and Odra festival’ in Wroclaw (Poland, 2014), the 1st Price of Festival de Jazz à Montauban (France, 2014), and the JIB-Jazz-Preis 2015 Der Karl Hofer Gesellschaft Gestiftet von Toni und Albrecht Kumm. The band was also presented at the Umbria Jazz Festival as a special guest. As a sideman Dima has collaborated with Greg Cohen, Joey Baron, Conrad Herwig, Steve Turre, Nels Cline, Jim Black, Dana Hall, NDR Big Band, Josh Ginsburg, Wanja Slavin, Elias Stemeseder and many others.
Igor Osypov
Born in 1988th, Igor moved from Ukraine to Germany in 2012. Now he is studying at Jazz Institute Berlin with well- known guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Igor's guitar playing is characterized by many different influences - from Wes Montgomery to Adam Rodgers, which makes it strong, melodic and harmonically advanced. He is also active on European and especially Berliner jazz scenes, taking part in major jazz events there and making concert tours through the World.
Ludwig Hornung
Born in 1986, started his education at the age of six with classical piano and drum lessons, during the following years won several prizes at jazz and classic competitions. He finished his studies at Jazz Institute Berlin with top grade, taking lessons with Prof. Hubert Nuss, Prof. David Friedman and Prof. Kurt Rosenwinkel. In parallel, he took classical lessons with Susanne Grützmann. Meanwhile he is an asked pianist, arranger and composer at the Berlin jazz scene, touring with a lot of bands and involved in several CD-Productions. His musical activities led him to Austria, France, Italy, Sweden, Czech, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, South-Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, Netherlands, Denmark and USA.
Phil Donkin (born November 1980 in Sunderland, England) is a British jazz bassist.
Donkin began playing electric bass at 12 years old. At 17 he unsuccessfully auditioned for the then-vacant bass player position in the British band Jamiroquai. At 19 he then moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he completed a degree in music It was here that he began playing the acoustic bass, where this became the instrument he played exclusively.
After graduating in 2003, Donkin was active in the London jazz scene. He worked with musicians such as Kenny Wheeler, Julian Arguelles, Tim Garland, Stan Sulzmann and Gwilym Simcock. In the years that followed, Donkin toured Europe with people such as John Abercrombie, Marc Copland, Bill Stewart, Greg Osby, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chris Speed, Ari Hoenig, Jonathan Kreisberg, Terrell Stafford, David Binney, Tyshawn Sorey and many others. He also performed with some jazz legends such as Quincy Jones, Roger Kellaway and Eddie Henderson. In 2010, Donkin moved to New York City, where he, played with artists including Ben Monder, Kevin Hays, Adam Rogers, Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, Steve Cardenas, Bruce Barth, Edward Simon. As of 2013, Donkin was based in both Germany and New York. Donkin is a member of many projects in Europe, such as Dhafer Youssef's Bird's Requiem featuring Eivind Aarseth and Nils Petter Molvaer He is a member of Rainer Böhm's trio, and a collaborative quartet featuring Pablo Held, Johannes Enders and Nasheet Waits. He also plays regularly with Nils Wogram's 'Root 70', Marius Neset's 'Birds' quartet, the Ben Kraef Trio and the Max von Mosch Tentet.
Donkin has led projects as a band leader, releasing the album Dimaxis in 2006 and the album The Gate in 2015.
Jesus Vega
Born in 1984, Jesus began playing music at very early age, though it was not until the age of 17 that he discovered Jazz, thanks in part to the Education Program at the Monterey Jazz Festival. In 2012, after finishing his studies (Sacramento State University & University of Nevada, Reno), he made the bold move from California to Berlin, where he now resides. He has had the privilege of performing/studying with: Peter Epstein, David Ake, Ingrid Jensen, Joe Lovano, Tia Fuller, Geoffrey Keezer, Ben Wendle, Shane Endsley, Josh Ginsburg, Ernie Watts, Vince Lateano, Julia Dollison, Mike McMullen, Butterscotch, Mike Johnston, Greg Osby, Logan Richardson and many others. Jesus is influenced by everything around him and all the positives and negatives that life brings.
Show: 19:30 Uhr - 20:30 Uhr (Einlass 18:30 Uhr)
Show: 21:30 Uhr - 22:30 Uhr (Einlass 21:00 Uhr)
Eintritt frei - Beitrag erwünscht
IMPORTANT: Please make sure to arrive at the club in time, but at least 15min before the concert starts, as we allocate seats on a first-come-first-serve basis. Arriving too late (less than 15min before the concert) may cause that your seats will be no longer available, especially when the concert is booked out.
In order to comply with the current distance and hygiene regulations, we will from now on present 2 shows per evening with a changing audience, as it is also common in cities like New York and London. This will create a very special, intimate and familiar atmosphere for you and us through the resulting new room layout with sofas and upholstered chairs distributed throughout the entire room and will ensure an even more intense and electrifying live music experience, which you will be able to enjoy more than ever before!
Reservations are limited due to social distance regulations.
We ask for your understanding that due to the newly regulated room layout, group reservations are more likely to receive a seat with a table than single person reservations. Thank you very much
(Our team has been thoroughly informed about the hygiene regulations. Please take note that we strictly adhere to the hygiene regulations and distance instructions).
Hinweise zur Reservierung - WICHTIG: Bitte beachten Sie, rechtzeitig, mindestens jedoch 15min vor Konzertbeginn, am Club zu erscheinen, da wir Sitzplätze auf First-Come-First-Serve-Basis vergeben. Bei zu spätem Erscheinen (weniger als 15min vor Konzertbeginn) können Ihre Plätze wieder freigegeben werden.
Um die aktuellen Abstands- und Hygienevorschriften einzuhalten, werden wir ab sofort 2 Shows pro Abend mit einem wechselnden Publikum präsentieren, wie es auch in Städten wie New York und London üblich ist. Dies verschafft uns und Ihnen durch die daraus entstandene neue Raumaufteilung mit im gesamten Raum verteilten Sofas und gepolsterten Stühlen eine ganz besondere, intime und familiäre Atmosphäre und sorgt für ein noch intensiveres und elektrisierenderes Livemusikerlebnis, welches Sie so mehr denn je genießen können!
Reservierungen sind begrenzt aufgrund der sozialen Distanzierungsvorschriften.
Wir bitten um Ihr Verständnis, dass Gruppenreservierungen aufgrund der neu geregelten Raumaufteilung eine höhere Wahrscheinlichkeit auf einen Sitzplatz mit Tisch erhalten als Einzelpersonen. Vielen Dank!
(Unser Team wurde gründlich über die Hygienevorschriften informiert. Bitte nehmen Sie zur Kenntnis, dass wir uns strikt an die Hygienevorschriften und Distanzierungsmaßnahmen halten.)
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.