Jazzklub

Without registration. Free entry.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-hr-bigband-with-special-guest-sasha-berliner-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-25-9-2025/e2418538.

Described a “young mallet master” by JazzTimes, Sasha Berliner is an award winning vibraphonist and composer based in Los Angeles, CA. The Downbeat Critics Poll #1 Rising Star Vibraphonist and NPR Jazz Night in America’s Class of 2024 Youngbloods pick has notably shared the stage for recent projects with Christian McBride, Tyshawn Sorey, Marcus Gilmore, Justin Brown, and Cecile Mclorin Salvant, and leads her own quintet for international touring. She is also a faculty member at University of California Irvine and a frequent lecturing guest of California Institute for the Arts, both for jazz ensemble and composition courses.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-hr-bigband-with-special-guest-sasha-berliner-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-25-9-2025/e2418539.

Described a “young mallet master” by JazzTimes, Sasha Berliner is an award winning vibraphonist and composer based in Los Angeles, CA. The Downbeat Critics Poll #1 Rising Star Vibraphonist and NPR Jazz Night in America’s Class of 2024 Youngbloods pick has notably shared the stage for recent projects with Christian McBride, Tyshawn Sorey, Marcus Gilmore, Justin Brown, and Cecile Mclorin Salvant, and leads her own quintet for international touring. She is also a faculty member at University of California Irvine and a frequent lecturing guest of California Institute for the Arts, both for jazz ensemble and composition courses.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-conic-rose-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-27-9-2025/e2418540.

Hypnotic city night drives and light-drenched places of longing. A journey into the no-man’s-land between dream and reality, hope and disillusionment, everyday life and escape. Trying to fit the music on Berlin band Conic Rose’s debut album into a conventional formula is nearly impossible. Depending on your perspective, you might call it indie-pop, jazz, ambient, electronica, or a soundtrack that conjures up images of its own. It is all of these things, and yet far more than just the sum of its stylistic parts.The distinctive flair of this album lies in the unmistakable rasp of a trumpet tone set against tranquil soundscapes created by electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass, and a stoic drum set. It merges influences from J.S. Bach, Krautrock, Thom Yorke, or Bonobo into a sound aesthetic that evokes associations with Jon Hassell, Nils-Petter Molvaer, or Toshinori Kondo’s unforgettable band IMA. For trumpeter Konstantin Döben and pianist/keyboardist Johannes Arzberger — who know each other from playing in Clueso’s band — as well as guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bertram Burkert, bassist Franziska Aller, and drummer Silvan Strauss, the magic formula is an openness free of boundaries in every direction. As focused as the band’s cascades of sound may seem, many of them were created just once — born out of improvisation, recorded, and ultimately produced. Nothing was prearranged. The band surrendered to inner moods that could only be made audible by playing them. The recipe was a perfect balance of intuitive calculation and calculated intuition. This passion for their own sound can be felt in every single moment of Conic Rose. It translates into images whose haunting casualness lingers on the inner screen of the listening observer — and continues to live on.

The Fachtag Jazz offers topics relating to jazz in the classroom for all school types and age groups with keynote speeches, practical workshops and a guided tour of the exhibition Jazzklub. It is intended as an opportunity to get to know each other and network in a relaxed atmosphere. The all-day event is aimed at Frankfurt music teachers who want to learn about current methods for teaching jazz in music lessons.
Participation is free of charge.

Registration required. If interested please contact:
Nina Hacker (project management)
Mail: kontakt@schuljazz-frankfurt.de
Web: https://schuljazz-frankfurt.de
Phone: 0178 6359570

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-pablo-held-trio-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-2-10-2025/e2418541.

Pablo Held (*1986) is an acclaimed German pianist, composer, podcaster and educator. He is a significant figure in international jazz, celebrated for his adventurous spirit, originality, and musical mastery. DOWNBEAT calls him “a restlessly creative artist with virtuosic skill”.
Praise also comes from jazz legend Wayne Shorter: „I like what you’re doing. You’re going to those other places. And you have that inside-velocity and storytelling! I hear you going your way, down the path least taken in life. Yeah! That’s an adventurous path and it takes courage“

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-shake-stew-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-11-10-2025/e2418542.

Hardly any other band has shaken up the Central European jazz scene in recent years quite like Shake Stew. While Die ZEIT hailed them as “Austria’s jazz band of the moment” and German broadcaster NDR was quick to elevate them to “cult band” status, it became undeniably clear—at the latest with their wins at the 2023 Amadeus Music Awards and the 2021 German Jazz Prize in the category “International Band of the Year”—that something has been set in motion here that hasn’t existed in this form before. And it shows no signs of slowing down.
From the very beginning, this ensemble—founded by bassist and composer Lukas Kranzelbinder—has been surrounded by a mystical aura that unfolds an irresistibly hypnotic effect in live performance, one that few can escape. “The unspoken magic words are ‘energy’ and ‘mysticism’—Shake Stew brings something ritualistic to contemporary jazz, a real enrichment!”, wrote the German Record Critics’ Award jury in its statement for including the group in its 2020 best-of list. The British magazine MOJO put it even more viscerally: “Able to blind you into a trance and make you dance to your knees, Shake Stew twists, blisters and burns like a fevered dream!”
Despite its unusual lineup—two drummers, two basses, and three horns—the band consistently manages to strike a chord with listeners of all ages in a remarkably direct way, whether performing in a packed standing-room club or a sold-out Great Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus.
“You don’t have to like jazz to love Shake Stew: the band led by Lukas Kranzelbinder is tuned for ecstasy from head to toe. Or, to paraphrase Nietzsche: this isn’t music, it’s dynamite!” (Wiener Zeitung)
Hypnotic soundscapes and driving rhythms have defined the band’s sound from the start. But just when you think you’ve cracked the code of their magical musical stew, Shake Stew reveals the full tonal spectrum of its unique instrumentation. At the edge of absolute silence, sonic structures emerge from nowhere—delicately crafted from trance-like repeated bass lines and gong patterns—that move the listener with their fragility and stillness just as deeply as the explosive grooves that came before.
“There is something about this band that is new and special—and incredibly compelling,” wrote Die ZEIT in its analysis. And no matter which side of Shake Stew grabs you more forcefully: your body will still be resonating long after the final note.

At the Frankfurt Students’ Jam Sessions the city’s youngest jazz scene meets once a month at the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst. Pupils aged 12-18 can jam together, and all friends, parents and jazz enthusiasts who are looking forward to a lively jazz feeling with young people can listen.
Participation is free of charge.
Participating big bands receive preparatory coaching.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst and is part of the Deutsches Jazzfestival Frankfurt.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-der-temporaere-elekronische-salon-plus-specials-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-24-10-2025/e2418543.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-jrocc-kariem-riggens-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-30-10-2025/e2418544.

One of the original turntablist, J.ROCC founded the beat junkies in Los Angeles with DJ Curse, Melo-d and Rhettmatic. Soon after forming, the beat junkies became a seminal force in the rise of dj crews with members Babu, Mr. Choc plus Shortkut and D-Styles from the invisible Skratch Piklz. J.ROCC is known for creating classic mixes for labels such as Rawkus (Soundbombing 2), Blue note (Droppin’ science), Jazzman (vs J.ROCC), Salsoul vs. Westend and 2 Mixes for the streetwear brand Supreme. He has also shared the stage with legends like J Dilla, Madlib, Moodymann, Peanut Butter Wolf, Egyptian Lover, Jazzy Jeff, Giles Peterson, Kaytranda, Dām Funk, Andre 3000, Azymuth, DJ Koco and one of your favorites. J.ROCC playing music is always a good time.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Karriem Riggins found sanctuary in music from an early age. His father, Emmanuel Riggins, played with the renowned Grant Green Band; he introduced Karriem to many jazz greats and their shared passion for creativity and precision. With a foundation of work ethic, and a flair for the playful, Karriem developed his art into an industrious career as a drummer, record producer, rapper, and DJ.
Karriem’s depth of sound, ranging from the pioneering to the nostalgic, can only come from a deep understanding of the human experience. He feels that the blessing of music is found in the sincere care put into its creation, and its ability to touch people and inspire.
Whether he’s working with his hip hop supergroup collective, August Greene (alongside Common and Robert Glasper), or as Jahari Massamba Unit (his jazz duo with Madlib), Riggins is sure to show his far-reaching range. Among his prolific list of collaborations and accolades, Riggins holds an Emmy award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, was nominated for an Album of the Year Grammy for his production with H.E.R., and has also lent his talent to Paul McCartney, Ray Brown, Stevie Wonder, J. Dilla, The Roots, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu.
His work with these cultural giants places Riggins among the few producers with the balance of vision, style, and technical prowess to steer effortlessly between the most revered players in jazz, hip-hop, and R&B.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-kassa-overall-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-31-10-2025/e2418545.

Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer and drummer who melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and rap in unmapped directions. On his first two studio albums GO GET ICE CREAM AND LISTEN TO JAZZ and I THINK I’M GOOD, Kassa layered virtuosic drumming, meticulous production techniques, and incisive lyricism to establish himself as a rhythmic innovator and visionary poet, using his voice to address the injustices of the carceral system, the pharmaceutical industry, and anti-black racism, while wrangling with the perils of his own mental illness.
On ANIMALS, his Warp Records debut, Kassa pushes his kaleidoscopic, subversive vision further. He layers Roland 808s against avant-garde drumming in the vein of his mentors Elvin Jones and Billy Hart, the latter of whom he studied with at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Virtuoso musos appear alongside rap poets, including Danny Brown, Wiki, Lil B, and Shabazz Palaces. Top-flight jazz improvisation weaves in and out of orchestral string arrangements by Jherek Bischoff. The album’s diverse, all-star roster of collaborators includes several of his close friends, like vocalists Nick Hakim, Laura Mvula, Francis and the Lights, and jazz stars like Theo Croker and Vijay Iyer.
ANIMALS pushes Kassa’s message further too, the title a loaded metaphor for the paradoxes of his life as an entertainer and as a black man in America. ANIMALS is the sound of an artist aware of the cost of embodying one’s natural self in the public eye, a deep reckoning with the two-sided truth that to perform one’s freedom for an audience can mean succumbing to life inside a cage.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-flur-27-bse-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-1-11-2025/e2418546.

On a quest for cosmic grooves of unity, Àbáse is the imagination of Hungarian producer and keyboardist Szabolcs Bognár. Creating an exquisite blend of jazz, West African, Brazilian, hip-hop and electronic music, he set to release his second album ‘Awakening’ in collaboration
with Analogue Foundation in summer 2024.
Created following a move to Berlin, marriage, new parenthood, and the inevitable interrogation of mortality that takes place when a loved one
has transitioned, the album demonstrates a deep understanding of music’s ability to cross time and geographic boundaries, conveying a message of unity, dialogue and self-reflection.
Recorded in four days at Berlin’s Brewery Studios with an ensemble of close collaborators, the album coalesces Àbáse’s varied musical influences and reference points (classic Lagos Afrobeat, traditional Hungarian folk, Yoruba rhythms, house and techno, hip-hop et al) with the exquisite modal improvisation spurred by Szabi’s introspection.
His work as an artist has drawn widespread critical acclaim. Debut album ‘Laroyê, recorded entirely during a five- month trip to Brazil, found global praise from the likes of The Guardian, BBC Radio 6, Selection, KEXP and Complex. As a keyboard player, Szabi has collaborated with the likes of Wayne Snow, Dele Sosimi, Pat Thomas and Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-faezz-bigband-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-2-11-2025/e2418547.

FÄZZ is a collective of young musicians from Frankfurt and the national jazz scene. In 2023, they were awarded the Frankfurt Jazz Scholarship and are now hosting their own concert series “FÄZZ am Freitag” (“FÄZZ on Friday”) for the second consecutive year at the Romanfabrik Frankfurt. There, they regularly perform in various formations with different guest musicians.
The absolute highlight is their very own big band. In this formation, fresh ideas meet raw energy: they perform exclusively original compositions by the band members – sometimes groovy, sometimes experimental, but always captivating.
FÄZZ stands for collective creativity, stylistic diversity, and a genuine passion for rethinking jazz.
Every concert is a statement for contemporary jazz with attitude.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-perfektomat-und-der-retrogott-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-7-11-2025/e2418548.

For Perfektomat and Retrogott, both hip-hop and jazz represent a musical attitude rooted in maximum openness to creative experimentation, free of blinders. The band’s signature sound is distinctive, scene-rooted, ambitious, and at the same time effortlessly grounded – born within a musical compass that spans soulful bass lines, straight-up boom bap beats, and playful funk.

Added to that is the lyrical quality of Retrogott’s verses – something that needs no explanation to anyone with even a basic familiarity with German rap beyond commercial clichés. The themes revolve around connection and its impossibility, difference and unity as two sides of the same coin.

Following their debut album Zeit Hat Uns (2023), which made considerable waves, the band is now set to release their new album on November 7, 2025. Tentatively titled “Enteignung!” (Expropriation!), it will be released on the ENTBS label.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-theo-croker-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-8-11-2025/e2418549.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-landesjugendjazzorchester-hessen-kicks-sticks-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-9-11-2025/e2418550.

The Kicks & Sticks Big Band, founded in 1985, is the first of four ensembles of the State Youth Jazz Orchestra (Landesjugendjazzorchester, LJJO) of Hesse. Its members, aged between 18 and 26, are distinguished by their exceptional instrumental talent. All LJJO ensembles meet twice a year for week-long working phases at the Hesse State Music Academy in Schlitz, where they work intensively with renowned instructors such as Maria Schneider, Jiggs Whigham, and Florian Ross.
Founded in 1985, the State Youth Jazz Orchestra of Hesse is one of four state youth ensembles under the umbrella of the publicly owned Junge Musik Hessen gGmbH. As a selective ensemble—meaning new members are only admitted through a successful audition—it promotes the most talented young jazz musicians in the state of Hesse.
The LJJO Hesse has performed all over the world, including Australia, Japan, Canada, Eastern Europe, and the USA, and regularly collaborates with top international soloists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nils Landgren, and Till Brönner. It also serves as a cultural ambassador for the state of Hesse at official events, such as the celebration of “75 Years of Hesse”, where Kicks & Sticks performed together with Max Mutzke and the Kicks-Voices at the Rheingau Music Festival in Wiesbaden’s Kurpark in 2021.
For many members, their time in the LJJO Hesse lays the foundation for subsequent music studies. Numerous alumni have gone on to successful careers as soloists or as part of renowned bands in the jazz scene, such as with the hr-Bigband.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-mariana-froes-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-13-11-2025/e2418551.

Mari Froes is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. The artist brings compositions that carry a unique identity as she moves through Brazilian rhythms with sensitivity and insight.
In 2019, Froes released the first two tracks of her career, the singles “Moça” and “Rosa e Laranja”. In 2020, he released his first EP “Nebulosa”, featuring five tracks that complement each other, totalling more than 13 million streams. Before that, he collaborated with Rodrigo Alarcon on the song “15b”. He made his stage debut with shows at the Bananada Festival (GO) and two sold-out sessions at the Bruta Flor Theatre (SP). In March 2023, she made her first tour of Europe together with Agnes Nunes, with sold-out shows.
About her first EP, Rolling Stone Brasil comments: “Froes’ voice is mature, with a very simple gravity and a hoarseness that adorably scratches here and there. It’s important to emphasise the sensitive musicality of this artist with each new single. There’s a vast universe for Mari Froes to traverse, and she has plenty of gumption for it”.
A rising star in the digital world, the singer has accumulated more than 100,000,000 views on YouTube and more than 800,000 fans subscribed to her channel, winning over audiences across the country and abroad. With a large audience in countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Portugal, it’s clear that Mari Froes’ art transcends borders.

At the Frankfurt Students’ Jam Sessions the city’s youngest jazz scene meets once a month at the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst. Pupils aged 12-18 can jam together, and all friends, parents and jazz enthusiasts who are looking forward to a lively jazz feeling with young people can listen.
Participation is free of charge.
Participating big bands receive preparatory coaching.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

With Anke Helfrich, Athina Konkou and Franziska Buhre.

The event takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-panel-jazztalk-gaeste-anke-helfrich-athina-konkou-franziska-buhre-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-20-11-2025/e2418552.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-eli-keszler-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-22-11-2025/e2418553.

Eli Keszler is a grammy nominated artist, composer, and percussionist based in New York. He has garnered critical acclaim for his solo records released through labels such as LuckyMe, Shelter Press, Empty Editions, ESP-DISK’, PAN, and REL Records.
In the realm of film, Keszler has provided over ten original scores. Notable examples include Olmo Schnabel’s ‘Pet Shop Days,’ starring Willem Dafoe and Emmanuel Seigner, which premiered at La Biennale Di Venezia (2023). He also composed for Lofty Nathan’s ‘Harka’ (2022), winner of the Best Actor award at Cannes, and Dasha Nekrasova’s ‘The Scary of Sixty First’ (2021), which received the GWFF Best First Feature Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Additionally, Keszler made contributions to Daniel Lopatin’s score for ‘Uncut Gems’ (2019).
As a composer, Keszler has received commissions from esteemed institutions and ensembles, including the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, ICE Ensemble, Brooklyn String Orchestra, and So Percussion. He has collaborated with notable artists such as Oneohtrix Point Never, Skrillex, Laurel Halo, Jordan Wolfson, Kevin Beasley, Rashad Becker, Laure Prouvost, and David Grubbs.
Keszler’s artistic reach extends internationally, with his music, installations, and visual works showcased in venues like the Whitney Museum, Cologne Philharmonie, Lincoln Center, MIT List Center, Victoria & Albert Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Sculpture Center, The Kitchen, Hessel Museum, Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Barbican-St. Luke’s, Walker Art Center, LAX Art, and MoMA PS1.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-bundesjugendjazzorchester-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-23-11-2025/e2418554.

In the fall of 2025, the Bundesjazzorchester (National Youth Jazz Orchestra) will honor its founding father and longtime artistic director, Peter Herbolzheimer. He would have turned 90 this year and is still regarded as one of Europe’s most influential bandleaders, composers, and arrangers. He shaped the big band sound for decades and laid the foundation for youth development in German jazz.
The musical direction will be taken over by Jörn Marcussen-Wulff. Together with instructors, all of whom have played under or with Peter Herbolzheimer, the Bundesjazzorchester will create a program that brings the unmistakable sound of this legendary big band heavyweight back to life. Alongside his own compositions, selected arrangements from longtime collaborators of Herbolzheimer will be featured, arrangements that have shaped the sound of the Bundesjazzorchester for decades. With this program, the Bujazzo is making a musical statement of appreciation for Peter Herbolzheimer. The young talents of the current lineup will have the unique opportunity to discover his music in the original arrangements, and the audience can look forward to a very special experience.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-christof-lauer-trio-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-28-11-2025/e2418555.

The saxophonist Christof Lauer has earned a top spot in the jazz world with his powerful virtuosity. In early 2019, he launched an extremely successful new format with his Jazz Meditation: On the first Wednesday of each month, he plays 30 minutes of freely improvised music at the Alte Nikolaikirche in Frankfurt’s Römer. He inspires listeners and spontaneous visitors, allowing them to connect, immerse themselves in sound worlds, and directs their mental energies towards creative, deep reflection.
Without a doubt, Christof Lauer is one of Frankfurt’s standout musicians, alongside the Mangelsdorff brothers or Heinz Sauer, serving as a trademark of the jazz city of Frankfurt. Raised in a pastoral family in northern Hesse, he studied in Frankfurt and Graz. After returning to Frankfurt in the late 1970s, he became a soloist in the jazz ensemble of Hessischer Rundfunk, took Charlie Mariano’s place in the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble in 1994, and joined the Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet in 1996. He remained a member of the NDR Bigband until the end of 2018. He is a busy globetrotter: With his numerous band projects – for example with Michel Godard or Patrice Héral – he performs worldwide. He has been awarded the SWR Jazz Prize (1986) and the Hessian Jazz Prize (2005). In 2015, he received the Echo Jazz for “Petite Fleur” as Big Band Album of the Year.

With Wolfram Knauer, Sebastian Sternal and Pablo Held.

The event takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-panel-jazztalk-gaeste-wolfram-knauer-sebastian-sternal-pablo-held-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-4-12-2025/e2418556.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-dorian-concept-trio-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-11-12-2025/e2418557.

Oliver Johnson aka Dorian Concept latest album “What We Do For Others” is out now on Brainfeeder Records. It’s the third studio album by the Austrian producer and synthesizer savant, famed for his singular, beautifully detailed sonic tapestries and wild, utterly joyful live keyboard jam videos.
“What We Do For Others” is a relaxed, quietly confident and intimate record, founded on delightfully loose arrangements, feedbacked soundscapes and blessed with snatches of his own cryptic vocals that are presented more as additional instrumentation rather than lyrical phrases. All the elements and layers were recorded without interruptions and deliberately not edited. “I think that’s why this record has something of a ‘band sound’” says Oliver. “It’s me playing all kinds of different key-instruments, singing and using fx-units to create these freeform compositions.”
The title came to Oliver in a dream and stuck with him. “One thing I often find interesting about my creative process is that when I believe to be making something that others could like, it tends to not really connect with people,” he says. “Whereas when I get to that special place and just work from my gut – the music tends to often speak to the outside world naturally.” Johnson says that he tried questioning his internal voice of self-judgement and temper his constant urge for improvement during the making of the album.
In the early years Dorian Concept climbed an ascent perhaps exemplary of this generation’s brightest production talents: after experimenting with production software, piano and saxophone throughout his teenage years, he studied multi-media art at university before catching the internet’s attention with virtuosic video footage of himself shredding on a microKORG and dropping out to pursue music-making more seriously. In the span of a few years he had caught the attention of such sonic agenda-setters as Gilles Peterson, Benji B and Mary Anne Hobbs; released a flurry of EPs; performed with The Cinematic Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall; joined the ranks of other promising upstarts at Red Bull Music Academy; got spotted by Flying Lotus and invited to tour in his live band. After finding a home on Ninja Tune, he enjoyed underground success with the release of an album “Joined Ends”, dizzyingly intricate singles which made the rounds on experimental dancefloors worldwide, and subsequent live touring from Glastonbury to Sonar to MoMA PS1’s Warm Up.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-johanna-summer-trio-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-12-12-2025/e2418558.

Formed during their shared music studies, the trio has developed a distinctive, clearly structured sound. The balance between unpretentiousness and highly interactive, impulsive playing is at the forefront of this classic jazz ensemble, featuring Tobias Fröhlich (bass) and Jan-Einar Groh (drums). The compositions, mostly written by Johanna Summer, never lose their connection to the musical roots of the bandleader. Having grown up with classical music and always surrounded by established pop and rock music, she sees it as her duty to acknowledge the legitimacy of all these influences within modern jazz music.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-emma-rawciz-gwiliam-simcock-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-13-12-2025/e2418559.

This new duo brings together the talents of celebrated pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock and rising star saxophonist and composer Emma Rawicz. This musical collaboration has a special depth and freedom that has blossomed in just a short space of time, maturing rapidly
into a unique and exciting musical force. Emma and Gwilym have composed for each other and collaborated on arrangements, drawing on the many common influences they share. Such has been the success of this musical venture; they have already been into the studio to record their
first album as a duo – eagerly anticipated and scheduled for release on the prestigious ACT label on the 1st of November.
Emma and Gwilym will be performing music from their exciting upcoming duo release including original works and arrangements of a variety of other music from the Great American Songbook to Stevie Wonder! Their collaboration has been a cross-generation revelation, but possibly a predictable success – given they both had a similar significant classical and jazz training at the prestigious Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester and Royal Academy of Music in London. The duo’s connection as labelmates on the ACT label makes a collaboration even more fitting, and they are very excited to see where their adventure as an established ensemble will take them. Their love of engaging, energetic and joyful music is evident throughout this set, and the intimate chamber concert is a perfect setting for this very special project to be heard!

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-finn-heine-bigband-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-14-12-2025/e2418560.

Founded in 2024, the Traumfabrik Jazz Orchestra brings together young, talented female musicians from the German jazz scene, who infuse the ensemble with their energetic enthusiasm and give it a distinctive sound. Among them are former members of the renowned Bundesjazzorchester, who have already worked with international jazz giants at a young age.
The musicians come from all over Germany and bring their individual artistic perspectives, creating a unique and multifaceted sound that captivates and moves the audience.
For the festive Christmas concert on December 14, 2025, at the Museum of Applied Arts, the Traumfabrik Jazz Orchestra will be expanded for the first time to include a vocal ensemble. Together, they will present a soulful program with Christmas carols arranged specifically for this occasion—both imaginative and emotional, at times gentle and at times powerful. The arrangements are by Finn Heine, who already impressed audiences with his compositions during the summer program. As a former fellow of the WDR Big Band Composer Fellowship program, where he studied with Vince Mendoza and Florian Ross, Heine knows how to give traditional Christmas sounds a new, jazz-inspired glow.
The music of the Traumfabrik Jazz Orchestra blends modern big band traditions with innovative and experimental elements—this time embedded in festive soundscapes that invite dreaming, enjoyment, and awe. A special concert experience for the Christmas season.

At the Frankfurt Students’ Jam Sessions the city’s youngest jazz scene meets once a month at the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst. Pupils aged 12-18 can jam together, and all friends, parents and jazz enthusiasts who are looking forward to a lively jazz feeling with young people can listen.
Participation is free of charge.
Participating big bands receive preparatory coaching.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

The concert takes place in the Jazzklub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Jazzklub is a cooperation between the Museum Angewandte Kunst and Jazz Montez.

Tickets can be purchased under the following link: https://jazzmontez.reservix.de/tickets-riverside-winter-edition-in-frankfurt-am-main-jazzklub-museum-angewandte-kunst-am-20-12-2025/e2418561.