Pauline Peek - vocals (NL)
Béla Meinberg - piano (DE)
James Banner - bass (UK)
Jordan Dinsdale - drums (UK)
When it comes to American culture, few people have made as deep an impact as Cole Porter. He was a Broadway Musical hit machine, churning out classics for Fred Astaire to dance to. As one of the most recognisable and universally praised composers of the twentieth century, he created some of the most famous and well-loved tunes in the English language, such as I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Night and Day and Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love. Known for his cheeky lyrics and catchy melodies, his legacy carries on well into this century and a tribute to his genius in the Zig Zag is long overdue! A fresh band, consisting of some of Berlin’s most talented and in demand young musicians will dedicate an entire evening to the Cole Porter Songbook.
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.
Pauline Peek was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, into a classical music-loving family. She sang in the church choir and the violin was her first instrument for years. Almost by accident did she discover Jazz. The freedom to improvise fascinated her. She quickly gravitated towards it and started studying at the Utrechts Conservatorium during her last year of high school. She majored in Jazz Vocals at the Conservatory of Amsterdam - a wonderful 4 years where her love for music deepened. She met some fantastic musicians and was lucky enough to be mentored by a number of inspiring teachers. After graduating cum laude in 2017, eager for a new challenge, Pauline moved to Berlin to pursue a degree in history and political science. Currently residing in Kreuzberg, you can find her singing all around town. with her band Bitter Blond, for example, or the Swing collective Pauline Peek and her Sweet Nothings.
Béla Meinberg is a German pianist, based in Hamburg and Berlin. He has worked with some of the finest Jazz musicians around including Billy Hart, Seamus Blake, Matt Penman, Chris Cheek, Doug Weiss and John Stowell. His playing characterises a lyrical approach, always swinging and a good sense of humour - constantly aiming to build on his musical ability. Whilst respecting the tradition of jazz, his priority is always searching for something new, both as a instrumentalist and as a composer. Béla has been featured in great festivals and locations during his career, such as the ElbJazz Festival, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus Las Palmas and Jazzsommer Augsburg. He was awarded first prize at the Steinway solo piano competition of Hamburg, as well as third prize at Yamaha solo piano competition Nuremberg. With trio MMO he released the album „MMO feat. Chris Cheek - the hiker“. The „Béla Meinberg Trio“ released its first album „It’s a Game“ on Bandcamp.com in May 2020.
Jordan Dinsdale As a young British drummer based in Berlin, Jordan has studied and played with some of the greatest names in Jazz including Jimmy Cobb, Chris Cheek, Jimmy Wormworth, Mike Kanan and Yasushi Nakamura. Studying at Leeds college of Music on a scholarship (2010-2017), he graduated with a first class honours and was awarded the CBE Peter Roberts Memorial prize for achieving the highest marked recital performance. In January 2017, Jordan returned to New York to study with some of the masters including Jimmy Cobb, Johnathan Blake, Ari Hoenig and Eric McPherson.
James Banner is an improvising musician and composer based in Berlin. He performs in variety of situations across jazz, improvised and contemporary music in projects such as James Banner's USINE, Birgitta Flick Quartet and Tilo Weber Quartet: Four Fauns, as well as composing for collaborative projects with artists and collectives such as Stephanie Lamprea and The Arc Project. His music has been supported and featured by BBC, PRS Foundation, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Initiative Musik and the Berlin Senate. James currently co-curates the monthly residency Practically Married (with Declan Forde) at Berlin’s Donau115, and is a visiting lecturer in improvisation at Leeds College of Music
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.