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Natascha Roth, Oktober + Band

James

Sat Dec 18 2021 at 09:00 pm to Sun Dec 19 2021 at 12:00 am

B-Flat-Berlin | Berlin


Nathascha Roth (voc), OKTOBER-„Clara Rothländer“ (voc), James Scholfield (g), Paul Kleber (b) Chris Farr (dr)

Natascha Roth: genießt seit vielen Jahren ihre Laufbahn als Jazzsängerin, Komponistin und Dozentin für Gesang. Nach Wahlheimaten in Südafrika und New York City, ist Berlin der geographische Mittelpunkt ihres Lebens und künstlerischen Schaffens. Nataschas Musik reicht von “World-Acoustic-Folk”, über Musica Popular Brasiliera bis zum Great American Songbook des Jazz. Sie unterrichtet als Dozentin für Gesang an der Universität der Künste in Berlin sowie an der SRH School of Popular Arts.


OKTOBER: Früher als “Clara Rothländer” erfolgreich bei The Voice Of Germany. Jetzt als Oktober beschreib sie sich als: junge queere Künstlerin und Produzentin aus Berlin. Irgendwo zwischen Übersensibilität, Traumaverarbeitung und weiblichem Empowerment. Oktobers Musik reicht von Singer-Songwriter über Contemporary-Folk zu Indie-Pop. “Die Umarmung, die du bei meinen Texten brauchen wirst, bekommst du von meiner Stimme.”

A-TRANE Berlin PRÄSENTIERT

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2021 SA 02 OKT

LIVE CONCERT – LIVE STREAMING

A-TRANE PRÄSENTIERT:
BILL PETRY
THREE PLUS ONE
FEAT: PETER WENIGER

20:15|:Live Concert-Live Streaming,modern jazz

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BILL PETRY
THREE PLUS ONE

Bill Petry – Trumpet
James scholfield – Guitar
Niklas Lukassen – Bass
Feat: Peter Weniger – Saxophone

Der in Berlin geborene Trompeter Bill Petry gilt als Lyriker der deutschen Jazz-Szene und schon heute zu den unverkennbarsten Vertretern seiner Generation. So sagte Till Brönner über ihn: „Ich muss nur zwei Töne hören und ich weiß: Es ist Bill“An diesem unterhaltsamen Abend, der wunderschöne Melodien aus dem Great American Songbook mit Originals vereinen wird, trifft er in einer intimen Besetzung auf den virtuosen und vielseitigen Peter Weniger, der zu zu den herausragendsten Saxophonisten Europas gehört.

©Foto: Till Brönner

European Tour 2020 with Melanie Schlotz

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Fall Tour 2020

Smallest Kingdom

  • Freitag 18.09.2020 Orania Berlin
  • Samstag 19.09.2020 Badische Hof
  • MO 21. 09. 2020 – OSTRAVA-South/Jih,    
  • Dienstag 22. 09. 2020 – BOSKOVICE-castle, 
  • Mittwoch 23. 09. 2020 – ŽĎÁR n/Sáz.-castle,
  • Donnerstag  24. 09. 2020 – UHERSKÉ HRADIŠTĚ, 
  • Freitag 25. 09. 2020 – BRNO-Stará pekárna
  • Samstag 26. 09. 2020 – LIPTOVSKÝ MIKULÁŠ 
  • Sonntag 27. 09. 2020 – DOLNY KUBIN (SK), 
  • Montag 28.09.2020 – ZWE (AUT)
  • Dienstag 29. 09. 2020 – ČESKÁ LÍPA-U bílýho černocha, 
  • Mittwoch 30. 09. 2020 – PRAHA-Jazzdock, 
  • Donnerstag  01. 10. 2020 – CHOMUTOV–churche, 
  • Freitag  02. 10. 2020 – MILEVSKO, 
  • Samstag 03. 10. 2020 – TEPLICE-jazzclub, 
  • Sonntag 04. 10. 2020 – KLADNO-Petr Kratochvil, 
  • Montag 05.10.2020 – Abensberg Jazzclub

Concert

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vive le jazz -Trio 

DJANGO REINHARDT …. FOREVER

Mit großem Einfühlungsvermögen tauchen hier drei Spitzen-Musiker der Berliner Jazzszene in die musikalische Welt des legendären Swing – Jazz- Gitarristen

James Scholfield – Gitarre

Lars Gühlcke – Kontrabass

Rolf Römer – Saxofone

Freitag 23.3.2018 um 20.30 Uhr

Eintritt 15,00 EUR, erm. (Schüler/Stud.) 12,00 EUR

Cape Town Dates

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Nicky Schrire & James Scholfield at Alexander Bar & Cafe

Nicky Schrire & James Scholfield15 May 2016
Vocalist/Songwriter Nicky Schrire and Berlin-based jazz guitarist James Scholfield team up to present an intimate duo evening of jazz standards and folk songs. Nicky Schrire has performed in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, London, Dublin and South Africa, with musicians ranging from Sibongile Khumalo to Grammy-nominated pianist Gerald Clayton. James has performed at venues including Ronnie Scotts (UK), Royal Albert Hall (UK), the Monte Carlo Jazz Festival, and the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.

“Not for a moment did she or the band cease to be anything less than mesmerizing. This was sheer talent and harmony, perfectly housed in the Mahogany Room which provided a small yet intense space for a very happy audience.” – Read more on Nicky Schrire by Christine Hogg

Venue: Alexander Bar & Café, 76 Strand Str, Cnr Loop, Cape Town
Time: 7.30pm
Cost: R90 – R100

Tel: 021 300 1652
Email: info@alexanderbar.co.za | upstairs@alexanderbar.co.za
Website: alexanderbar.co.za
Facebook: Alexander Bar, Café and Theatre
Twitter: @AlexanderBarCT

 

On Tour

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On Tour with Curtis Stigers:

22.09.2014 D-Berlin Heimathafen Neukölln web
24.09.2014 D-Hamburg Mojo Club web
25.09.2014 D-Herford Marta (AUSVERKAUFT) web
26.09.2014 D-Verden Stadthalle web
07.11.2014 D-Dresden Boulevardtheater web
08.11.2014 D-Halle Händelhalle web
09.11.2014 D-Helmbrechts Bürgersaal (AUSVERKAUFT) web
10.11.2014 D-Nürnberg Maritim web
11.11.2014 D-Mainz Frankfurter Hof web
12.11.2014 D-Bochum Christuskirche web
14.11.2014 A-Linz Posthof web
15.11.2014 A-Wien Porgy & Bess web

All Stations-Challenge Records Int.

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Artist: James Scholfield, Billy Hart

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James Scholfield born in Manchester, England and moved to South Africa in his childhood. After playing in all kind of different bands he was bitten by the Jazz-bug. That made him decide to study at the excellent Jazz school in Graz, Austria for several years, but South Africa eventually pulled him back. In Cape Town he met Dutch producer/bassplayer Hein Van de Geyn, who was visiting South Africa at that time. Hein immediately was impressed, not only by his excellent playing, but also by his prolific compositions. As you will hear yourself James’ music has a very personal signature, deeply rooted in the tradition, hints of the Cape, on the edge and above all original. Not too long after hearing James’ demo Hein bumped into Dutch hammond player Arno Krijger and he immediately realised that he should get these two wonderful musicians together at some point. The only thing they missed (according to Hein) was a great drummer. In his mind it couldn’t be anybody else than the amazing, exciting Billy Hart. And if it had to be, Billy was up to it and even better, going to be on tour. So now they had a tour and the possibility to record. The result of their wonderful week, of great music and good food can be heard on this CD. It’s strong, potent, gentle, sensitive, grooving, original, accesible and creative. And on top of all that recorded in the SACD format, which gives this music even more intensivety then a normal recording would do. So listen and enjoy!

Hein Van De Geyn

Challenge Records Int. – All Stations.

Way Out South, Natascha Roth and JS

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Produced, engineered, arranged, composed, played –  James

“Way Out South” – A journey into a world of sounds and space and hypnotic rhythms. The South is a spiritual place within as well as a physical reality without. A world of extremes where light and dark meet, where music heals and reconnects the spirit.

South African duo Natascha Roth and James Scholfield were lucky enough to borrow some particularly tasty gear for the making of this album, and they’ve made full use of it. Their sound layers arpeggiated guitars from Schofield with Emmylou Harris-style warbling from Roth, and since the overall feel is very gentle and downbeat, there is precious little room for bad sounds to hide. Happily, then, the playing, singing and recording are all excellent

“Sound On Sound”

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The Scotsman review, Curtis Stigers, Edinburgh

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Review: Curtis Stigers, Dirty Martini, Edinburgh
Curtis Stigers, Dirty Martini, Edinburgh, Monday December 3rd *****

The four months which have passed since Curtis Stigers last walked off the stage at the Dirty Martini evaporated in a nanosecond on Monday night when he didn’t so much start a new residency in the opulent, and intimate venue – as pick up where he left off in the summer, greeting the packed audience like old pals, and engaging in the same sort of cosy, often confessorial, banter that had marked his July appearances and helped make them so enjoyable.

Stigers clearly thrives in this “Up Close and Personal” type of gig, accompanied by just guitarist James Scholfield. Not only is there the engagement with an adoring audience which hangs on his every word from an unusually close vantage point, but there’s an informality and looseness to the show, which allows Stigers’s dry sense of humour to flourish – and inspired him on Monday to play well beyond last bus time.

Anyone who heard Stigers in the summer knows that his repertoire spans his old pop hits, more recent singer-songwriter material, original songs and standards from the Great American Songbook. Only at a Stigers gig would you hear the sublime and rarely sung Rodgers and Hart ballad You Are Too Beautiful followed by the US biker drama Sons of Anarchy’s hard rock theme tune, on which Scholfield unleashed his inner Jimi Hendrix to memorable effect.

And the variety doesn’t end there: with his vocals, two saxes and acoustic guitar, plus Scholfield’s electric guitar, there is a rich palette of sounds for Stigers to work with. Consistent throughout, however, were his energy; his gutsy, emotionally honest and utterly mesmerising singing and the rapport between two like-minded, top-notch musicians. If you don’t catch them this week, it surely can’t be long until they’re back …

First published in The Scotsman on Wednesday, December 5th

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Cape Town International Jazz Festival-25 March

James

February 23 2011 at 10:17am

THE LATEST artist announcement of performers destined for Cape Town International Jazz Festival stages on March 25 and 26 at the CTICC should offer a little something for most punters.

In addition to ensuring the choice of listening to 40 bands on five stages, the festival’s organisers have put together four concept bands specifically assembled for the event.

A Tribute to Oscar Peterson will feature pianist Jack van Poll, globetrotting guitarist James Scholfield and Dutch bassist Hein van Geyn.

Opting for a piano-guitar-bass format that resembles the definitive Oscar Peterson-Ray Brown-Herb Ellis trio, the three will dig deep into the late Canadian pianist’s swinging repertoire. MORE………