Today we visited the Bremen Jazz Festival.
On 3 stages in the city centre of Bremen there will be about 200 musicians performing Jazz and Swing music of different kinds. From traditional New Orleans Jazz to Blues, Free Jazz, Son/Salsa, Improvisations and old fashioned smooth and soft Swing.
It was the first time that Jale was with us late in the evening and we all enjoyed it so much. The first band we met near a shopping mall. A marching band from Netherlands performing the traditional New Orleans Jazz on the streets. Jale had a 30 minutes warm-up for dancing here ;-)
Around 8.00 p.m. we were at the biggest stage on market square to join the concert of the "Flying Soul Toasters". That was impressive!!! A band of 10 musicians including a fantastic horn section and 3 singers. All dressed in black suits and wearing sunglasses they were performing a party-music. They played power Blues and Soul songs of a wide range from Blues Brothers Band, James Brown, Aretha Franklin etc. etc. That was the perfect music for an open-air party and none was able to stand still there. A perfect concert!
After we danced an hour in the first row, Jale began to get tired and so we made our way back to the car. On our way, there was another stage where a band called "Casino" was performing improvisations on traditional Cuban Son and Salsa music. They played "unplugged" and it was fascinating. A mix between fun, hot temper, rhythm but also melancholy and sentimentality. I danced there for some 15 minutes more, with Jale on my arms, before we returned back home.
I am sure that we will remind this night for a long time.
The Bremen Jazz Festival will last from August 09th - 12th and I hope that we will find the time to take part again.
No comments:
Post a Comment