Nik West

Explosive stage presence isn&#x27;t enough to describe the way Nik West moves, wows, and shocks crowds everywhere. She is a real life gumby on stage, all while singing, dancing, and slapping the hell out of her bass guitar! With credits that include work with artists such as, Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame, Prince, John Mayer, Glee and more, bassist, singer and songwriter Nik West is anything more than just another pretty face. Bass giant and former member of James Brown&#x27;s band, Bootsy Collins, said of her: &quot;Nik has clearly put the &#x27;groovement&#x27; of funk back where it belongs and I love everything she stands for.&quot; More flamboyant than ever, she&#x27;s ready to bewitch us with her unbridled funk and explosive tracks that occasionally veer towards rock or jazz. Beware, her technique is unstoppable, her powerful voice will tear you apart and her energy seems inexhaustible.

Cavaliere Spruzzi (Monorecords)

Warm Up & Afterparty

The man for funk in Zurich for 4 decades. Who doesn&#x27;t remember the legendary Cool Mondays? Smoky afternoons in THE record store in Zurich on Froschaugasse? Or the Real Funk for Real People series at Moods? Cavaliere Spruzzi is back! You better put on your dancing shoes!

Vocals

Guitar

Keyboards

Bass

Drum Kit

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam offers an important platform for the Swiss jazz jam scene. After the musical opening of the jam band, lively and exciting sound conversations begin between musicians who spontaneously meet on stage, reflecting the diversity of jazz in all its facets. The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam is supported by the non-profit association JazzBaragge. There is no presale for JazzBaragge, only box office.

Manish Pingle & Shrirang Mirajkar

Indian Music Circle & Moods present

In a loose concert series in collaboration with the Indian Music Circle, Moods presents the richness of Indian music. Manish Pingle stands as one of the foremost exponents of the Indian slide guitar, an instrument that blends the resonant qualities of the guitar with the melodic richness of the sitar. Trained in classical vocals, Manish has developed an distinctive style on the slide guitar that is deeply rooted in the tradition of Indian classical music while also creatively exploring it. His collaborations with international artists showcase to his ability to bridge genres and cultures, making him an captivating performer for audiences worldwide. At Moods he performs alongside renowned tabla player Shrirang Mirajkar, whose rhythmic artistry adds depth and dynamism to the performance. Shrirang is an experienced percussionist with a profound understanding of Indian classical music and brings precision, creativity and intuitive musicality to every collaboration. His mastery of the complex patterns of the tabla and his ability to engage in a spirited rhythmic dialog make him the ideal partner for Manish&#x27;s expressive slide guitar.

Tabla

Gisela Horat Trio

Album Release «Live in Leipzig»

Having grown up in a musical environment in a small mountain village in Uri, pianist, composer and bandleader Gisela Horat founded her eponymous trio in 2009. Drummer Samuel Büttiker and bassist Simon Iten have been on board since May 2015. Both are experienced musicians with impressive versatility. The trio tells musical stories that life writes in all its shades. Based on musical sketches and composed songs by the pianist, exciting encounters between composition and improvisation arise, which are characterized by the different worlds of experience of the individual musicians. In numerous concerts, the three have developed their interplay and their own band sound, inspiring audiences with their strong stage presence and the intense expression of their music. In addition to the influences of Eric Satie, Bill Evans, Enrico Pieranunzi, Esbjörn Svensson, The Necks and Sylvie Courvoisier, the pianist&#x27;s classical background is also unmistakable. This lends a harmonious framework to her lyrical and painterly playing, which also appeals to a non-jazz-savvy audience. We are delighted to welcome Gisela and her trio to Moods for the first time. “With her highly individual approach of giving even the quietest notes in the piano&#x27;s range sufficient time and space to unfold, Gisela Horat is considered one of the most interesting pianists in contemporary jazz.” Jazz portrait by Tom Fuchs in Piano News 5/2020

Piano

Percussion

K.O.S Crew Dancehall Mood

Party

Dancehall Mood ist die monatliche Reggae- und Dancehall-Party im Moods. Wie jeden ersten Samstag im Monat wird die K.O.S-Crew das Moods mit heissen Riddims zum Kochen bringen. Das verspricht ein Abend voller Dancehall-Hits und Reggae-Raritäten, perfekt abgestimmt auf das jeweilige Publikum und makellos präsentiert von der K.O.S-Crew und ihrem Gast.

Jaubi

Spirit Music Society & Moods present

Jaubi (pronounced &#x27;Jaw-bee&#x27;) is an Urdu word that can be loosely translated as &#x27;whatever/whoever&#x27;. This description fits the band from Lahore perfectly. Their guiding principle is to do whatever sounds and feels good. They blend jazz and raga with hip-hop beats to create their unique sound. Although Jaubi describe themselves as a quartet, this line-up is never heard, at least not on albums. They always collaborate with other musicians during the creative process. This is exactly what characterises the band: Internationality, creativity, and the ability to collaborate. This also impressed Tenderlonius. The British jazz producer and Ruby Rushton bandleader recorded &#x27;Nafs at Peace&#x27; with them, helping Jaubi to achieve an international breakthrough. Tenderlonius will accompany them to Moods, where they will perform their sensual new album, A Sound Heart, with the band.

J'peux Tim & Yunus Findus

Warm Up

J&#x27;peux Tim, originally from Kosovo, is the founder and co-owner of Kasheme Zürich and the founder of the Spirit Music Society music label. He has been spinning records in Switzerland and abroad for nearly a decade. Dance music, Jazz Fusion and Spiritual Jazz make his heart beat a tick faster. Yunus Findus, a re-imported Obwaldner export from Istanbul, works as booker at Moods and is co-founder of the Beach Club Underground and Half Notes at the Smoke Floor collectives. He is passionate about living in a world without curly parsley. Together, the two friends ensure healthy curls and dancing hair.

Sarangi

Flute

Saxophon

Synthesizer

Mira Lu Kovacs für Familien

The avant-garde supergroup 5K HD has its voice in the form of Mira Lu Kovacs, who is also the bandleader, grunge-pop guitarist for My Ugly Clementine, sound corporate designer for Vienna&#x27;s Belvedere Museum and theatre musician. Despite her exciting versatility, Mira Lu Kovacs&#x27;s solo project on her latest album, Please, Save Yourself (2024), surprises with its extraordinary calm. Her introspective lyrics, voice and guitar come together to create sophisticated compositions that are perfect for daydreaming and shedding tears to. - Duration of the concert: 50-65 minutes - Kids of all ages are welcome. - We will keep the volume at a reasonable level, but we do recommend hearing protection for the little ones. - Children under the age of 12 can attend the concert free of charge, but we ask that they reserve a free ticket. - Teenagers between the ages of 12 and 16 pay half price. - Can&#x27;t afford a ticket? Send us an email at info@moods.ch.

Mira Lu Kovacs

Mira Lu Kovacs is the voice of the avant-garde supergroup 5K HD, band leader, grunge-pop guitarist for My Ugly Clementine, sound corporate designer for Vienna&#x27;s Belvedere Museum and theatre musician. Amidst this exciting diversity, Mira Lu Kovacs&#x27; solo project on her latest album &quot;Please, Save Yourself&quot; (2024) surprises with an extraordinary calmness. Her voice, introspective lyrics and guitar unfold into sophisticated compositions that become music for daydreaming and maybe even shedding some tears.

30 Jahre Zurich Jazz Orchestra

Since its foundation three decades ago, the Zurich Jazz Orchestra (ZJO) has established itself as one of Europe&#x27;s leading professional big bands. With tireless energy, artistic curiosity and a deep love of the big band tradition, the ensemble has had a decisive influence on the Zurich jazz scene - with its unmistakable sound of swinging elegance, experimental openness and orchestral power. The musical development of the ZJO has been decisively shaped by the various musical directors, who have set new impulses with their signature style and expanded the stylistic diversity of the orchestra. Each era - whether characterized by their own compositions and arrangements, international collaborations or programmatic curiosity - has furthered the ZJO&#x27;s artistic identity. On its 30th anniversary, the ZJO looks back on an impressive musical journey. The anniversary concert program brings together highlights from the repertoire of the past decades - works that have particularly shaped the ensemble and its audience. At the same time, we are opening up the archive and bringing some hidden treasures back to the stage: less frequently performed compositions and arrangements that impressively expand the artistic spectrum of the ZJO. It is an evening full of memories, discoveries and perspectives - a musical homage to the past and a resounding outlook on the future of an orchestra that is constantly changing and yet remains true to its vision.

Leitung

Altsaxophon

Tenorsaxophon

Trumpet

Trombone

Bassposaune

Tuba

Horn

Floriano Inacio

Album Release Tour «Duas Moradas»

Pianist and composer Floriano Inacio Jr. has &quot;Duas Moradas&quot; (two homes) - he moved from the global metropolis of São Paulo to Bülach. And so his fifth album, which tells the story of this journey, is called Duas Moradas. The songs were written all over the world and recorded in a studio in the Brazilian hinterland. Inacio Jr. was inspired by nature, his family and his musician and poet friends, whose memory resonates in every note. The album captivates with a variety of Brazilian rhythms, which are also strongly influenced by the aesthetics of jazz. With engaging melodies, contemporary harmonies and expressive improvisation, the work reveals Floriano&#x27;s passion for jazz, especially Brazilian jazz.

Cavaquinho

E-Gitarre

E-Bass

Chief Adjuah fka Christian Scott

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, formerly Christian Scott, is a two-time Edison Award-winning, six-time Grammy Award-nominated, Doris Duke Award in the Arts awardee. He is a sonic architect, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, designer of innovative technologies and musical instruments (including the Adjuah Trumpet, Siren, Sirenette, Chief Adjuah’s Bow and Chief Adjuah’s N’Goni). He is also the founder and CEO of the Stretch Music App and Recording Company. Adjuah is Chieftain and Oba of the Xodokan Nation as well as the current Grand Griot of New Orleans. He is the grandson of Louisiana luminary and legend, the late Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr., Guardians Institute founder and Grand Griot, Herreast Harrison. Since 2001, Adjuah has released thirteen critically acclaimed studio recordings, four live albums, and one greatest hits collection. He is widely recognized as the progenitor of the “Stretch Music,” style. A 21st-century approach that asserts genre blindness and an ethnomusicological approach to limitless fusion that heralded NPR to hail him as “Ushering in a new era of Jazz&quot; and JazzTimes Magazine to mark him as &quot;Jazz&#x27;s young style God.&quot; and “the architect of a commercially viable fusion”. He has collaborated with a number of notable artists, including Prince, Thom Yorke, McCoy Tyner, Marcus Miller, Flea, Eddie Palmieri, Robert Glasper, rappers Mos Def (Yasin Bey), Talib Kweli, as well as heralded poet and musician Saul Williams. Adjuah scores music for his identical twin brother’s, writer/director and visual artist Kiel Adrian Scott, filmic works. It is our pleasure to have Chief Adjuah return to moods after 6 years, in time to start our 2025-2026 season.

Matthias Lincke «Aufhebung der Alpen»

Altfrentsche Besetzung mit Andrea Kirchhofer

Album Release «Altfrentsch²»

The Lincke-Menzi-Härtel trio has been on the road as the Altfrentsche Besetzung since 2015. Violinist Matthias Lincke, Elias Menzi on the Appenzell dulcimer and bass fiddler and yodeller Matthias Härtel skilfully combine their traditional roots with their urge for free musical expression. Andrea Kirchhofer and her duo Zugluft are known for their unhinged folk music for the 21st century. When she meets the Altfrentsche line-up, she mixes home-made Altfrentsche string music with new sounds from klezmer, minimal music and tango. When the trio, which has been expanded into a quartet, plays for the dance, original and at the same time innovative music is created in the field of tension between the oddball jazz of Thelonious Monk and classical Appenzell string music, influenced by families of musicians such as the Mosers or Alders. A musical departure, also on the dance floor!

Violin

Hackbrett

Zither

La Yegros

La Yegros is considered the queen of nu-cumbia. Traditions from her birthplace Buenos Aires meet innovation; acoustic instruments such as accordion and wind instruments meet electronically produced grooves and basslines between funk, house and dancehall. This duality runs through the entire album “Haz” (2024, X-Ray), which is characterized by personal experiences. The intimate, sometimes melancholic themes, performed with her inimitable energy, make each of her concerts an unforgettable celebration. For fans of Cumbia, Folktronica or Dancehal and bands like Sotomayor, El Gato Negro, Meridian Brothers or Los Wembler&#x27;s de Iquitos (on 02.11 at Moods) There are only a few seats available for this event.

El Gayo Negro

Born and raised in the big city jungle of Mexico City El Gayo Negro (The Black Roast Chicken) had concert contact with urban art. There – and meanwhile in Europe – he played various Latin American instruments in diverse bands. As talented Remixer, in his DJ-Sets he blends his own creations into colourful composite artworks, from Latin American Folklore, Salsa, Cumbia and on to Drum &amp; Bass and Techno.

Accordion

Electronics

Marie Krüttli Trio

Jurykonzert

The Marie Krüttli Trio captivates audiences with its bold style, distinctive aesthetic and virtuoso performances. They create music that evokes vivid, cinematic images. Drawing inspiration from love, time and nature, the trio blends dreamlike passages with earthy rhythms. Their latest album, Scoria, released in 2024 by Intakt, celebrates this duality.

Hutchinson – Grissett – le Flemming

All three have been performing on stage for decades, have played with various jazz greats, have shaped the scene with their work – and each one would be a force to be reckoned with as a solo artist. For the ZKB Jazz Prize Festival, they have now formed a trio that is truly one of a kind. A genuine jazz supergroup that will bring the ZKB Jazz Prize Festival to a fitting close.

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Nik West

Cavaliere Spruzzi (Monorecords)

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

Manish Pingle & Shrirang Mirajkar

Gisela Horat Trio

K.O.S Crew Dancehall Mood

London Jazz Calling

Jaubi

J'peux Tim & Yunus Findus

Familienkonzert

Mira Lu Kovacs für Familien

Mira Lu Kovacs

30 Jahre Zurich Jazz Orchestra

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

Floriano Inacio

Chief Adjuah fka Christian Scott

Matthias Lincke «Aufhebung der Alpen»

Altfrentsche Besetzung mit Andrea Kirchhofer

La Yegros

El Gayo Negro

ZKB Jazzpreis Festival

Marie Krüttli Trio

Hutchinson – Grissett – le Flemming