Upcoming Release:
November 24, 2017
Art Zoyd — 44 ½ : Live & Unreleased Works Box Set
(12 CDs, 2 DVDs, 2 Booklets)
Current Releases: October 2017
Raoul Björkenheim — Doors of Perception (CD + Digital Download)
Schnellertollermeier — Rights (LP, CD + Digital Download)
The Ed Palermo Big Band — The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren (CD + Digital Download)
Raoul Björkenheim / eCsTaSy celebrate their new release on Cuneiform, Doors of Perception, out October 6, 2017!
November 23 - RUSK Festival - Schauman Hall - Pietarsaari/Jakobstad, Finland
Listen to Raoul Bjorkenheim's Ecstasy:
November 18 - Jack London Revue - 529 SW 4th Ave - Portland, OR - w/ 1939 Ensemble
Listen to Swim:
Celebrating their Cuneiform release, A Night Walking Through Mirrors
May 2018 - Details TBA - European Tour
Listen to A Night Walking Through Mirrors:
Italy, Switzerland & Austria tour starts in Graz as part of John Hollenbeck's artist-in-residence at KLUG Jazz Institute
Listen to Super Petite:
Stay tuned for an upcoming book:
John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet "Playbook"!
Empirical's radical musical experiment - bringing jazz directly to the public via Pop-Up Jazz Lounges - expands into Europe!
Listen to Connection:
Celebrating their new release on Cuneiform: Tilt!
November 15 - The Early Bird - Innsbruck, Austria
November 16 - Generalmusikdirektion – Graz, Austria
November 17 - The True Harry Nulz [The Great Harry Hillman w/ Edi Nulz] - Sargfabrik - Wien, Austria
December 2-23 - [Artists in Residence at Uncool 2017], Poschiavo, Switzerland
December 14 - TBA - Bormio/Tirano, Italy
December 16 - Casa Hasler - Poschiavo, Switzerland
December 27 - Die Letzten Tage Jazzfestival - Bern, Switzerland
2018
January 26 - The True Harry Nulz [The Great Harry Hillman w/ Edi Nulz] - Les Murs du Son – La Chaux-de-Fonds CH
January 27 - BeJazz Winterfestival - Vidmarhallen Bern-Liebefeld – Bern, Switzerland
January 29 - Isebähnli – Baden, Switzerland
January 30 - Stadkirche - Darmstadt, Germany
January 31 - Kulturcafe Elbphilharmonie - Hamburg, Germany
February 2 - Donau 115 - Berlin, Germany
February 3 - Tangobrücke - Einbeck, Germany
February 22 - Im Schatten des Irrlichts, Humboldthain Club - Berlin, Germany
March 6 - Weekly Jazz – Chur, Switzerland
March 9 - Literaturcafé – Biel, Switzerland CH
May 4 - Jazz Station – Sierre, Switzerland CH
May 5 - Salon Hombis – Zürich, Switzerland
Listen to Tilt:
November 12 - Match & Fuse Present Led Bib + Schnellertollermeier + WorldService Project at The London EFG Jazz Festival - Rich Mix - London, UK
Listen to The Good Egg & The People In Your Neighbourhood:
Visual Art Exhibition:
September 16 - November 18 - "Constellation Scores": prints, objects, paintings & sound - URDLA - Villeurbanne, France
Listen to Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra:
DECEMBER 9 - The Kitchen - 512 W. 19th St - NYC, NY 10011
[this is an AMAZING triple bill of great New York jazz and beyond bands who all started in the 80s and continue making great music today: The Microscopic Septet, Kamikaze Ground Crew and The Jazz Passengers!]
Listen to Been Up so Long it Looks Like Down to Me:
Celebrating their Cuneiform release, Bye!
Listen to Bye:
Celebrating their new album, The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren, released October 6, 2017
November 13 - The Iridium - NYC, NY - The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren record release party
December 16 - The Iridium - NYC, NY - Christmas Show!
December 23 - The Falcon - Marlboro, NY -Christmas Show!
Listen to two EPBB 2017 releases:
November 16 - Festival Ingraciones - Lima, Peru
November 18 - Duo with Makoto Kawabata - Lima, Peru
November 19-25 - TBC/TBA -Peru & South American Tour
Listen to Process and Reality & Mu:
November 8 - The Jazz Bar - Edinburg, UK
November 9 - The Cinnamon Club - Altrincham, UK
November 10 - EFG London Jazz Festival - The Spice of Life - London, UK -w/ Tori Handsley & Tori Handsley Trio
Listen to Golden Years:
Celebrating their new album on Cuneiform - RIGHTS - released October 6, 2017!
November 4 - Point 11 - Sion, Switzerland
November 12 - Match & Fuse Present Led Bib + Schnellertollermeier + WorldService Project at The London EFG Jazz Festival - Rich Mix - London, UK
November 23 - Flatterschafft - Basel, Switzerland
December 1 - Art & Jazz @ Kulturwerk 118 - Sursee, Switzerland
December 2 - Yarn @ Spinnerei - Bern, Switzerland
December 8 - Chäsi - Gysenstein, Switzerland
December 9 - Kaff-Kulturarbeit für Frauenfeld - Frauenfeld, Switzerland
2018
February 16 - Cinema Sil Plaz - Ilanz, Switzerland
March 1 - Le Singe - Biel, Switzerland
Thumbscrew is the collaborative trio: Michael Formanek / Tomas Fujiwara / Mary Halvorson
November 2 - Masada Club - Milan, Italy
November 4 - JAZZ FEST SARAJEWO - Dom Policije - SARAJEVO, Bosnia
November 5 - Area Sismica - Forli, Italy
November 6 - TBA - Rome, Italy
November 7 - Tante Betty - Nürnberg, Germany
November 8 - Thalhaus Theater - WIiesbaden, Germany
2018
May 3 - The Stone at the New School - 55 W. 13th St - NYC (Thumbscrew and special guest)
June 14-24 - West Coast USA and Canada tour - dates tba
July 17-22 - residency at The Village Vanguard - 178 Seventh Avenue South - NYC, NY
August 10-20 - TBA - Argentina and Brazil tour
Listen to Convallaria & Thumbscrew:
Winner of Jazz Journalist Association's
and
DownBeat 2017 Critics Poll Awards for Trumpeter of the Year, Jazz Artist of the Year, & Jazz Album of the Year-America's National Parks
December 15 - Wadada Leo Smith curates CREATE Festival West - The Lab - 2948 16th St - San Francisco, CA
December 16 - Wadada Leo Smith curates CREATE Festival West - The Lab - 2948 16th St - San Francisco, CA
Listen to America's National Parks & Ten Freedom Summers:
