Arthur Donnot Group

Festival

Arthur Donnot is an up-and-coming musician from Lausanne whose calm breath on the saxophone unfolds a warm sound all its own, almost reminiscent of organic singing. His compositions are rich and somber, yet have a luminous note. His influences range from Mac Demarco to Serge Gainsbourg, from hip hop to indie folk. Festival pass (qualifying rounds, final and jury concert) for CHF 70.- available via https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/zkb-jazzpreis-festival-2023?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63456

ARBRE

The sound of the Bernese collective ARBRE is rooted in clear and gnarly rhythms composed of carefully selected sounds played with a light, precise hand. Their groove spans densely woven acoustic and electronic textures and deeply branching soundscapes.

Saxophon

Guitar

Bass

Drum Kit

Filippo Valli Quartet

The Filippo Valli Quartet from Ticino brings together four young musicians who combine their talents and collaborative spirit to create a fascinating and cohesive musical experience. Their collective artistry and seamless interplay results in performances that captivate audiences with their fusion of traditional and contemporary jazz, R&amp;B, soul and hip-hop influences. Festival pass (qualifying rounds, final and jury concert) for CHF 70.- available via https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/zkb-jazzpreis-festival-2023?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63456

Knobil

Knobil is a vocal jazz quartet founded by Louise Knobil, a double bass player, singer and composer living in Lausanne. Inspired by Esperanza Spalding, Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford, she interprets her own compositions with her double bass and voice in a style between singer-songwriter, post-bop and glitery jazz.

Piano

ZKB Jazzpreis @ 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.

Masterclass mit Rabih Abou-Khalil

Traditional Arabic meters and scales combined with European classical music up to open jazz and distinct improvisations. The result Rabih Abou-Khalil conjures from his instrument is a fresh music, fascinatingly complex, virtuosic, sensual. The starting point of this masterclass is his extraordinary instrument - the oud - and from there the conversation develops. The further content depends on the composition of the participants. Open to musicians and those interested in music. No registration required. Duration: 1 hour

ZKB Jazzpreis 2023 FINALE

The two selected bands will compete in the final of the ZKB Jazzpreis Festival and play for the victory. The first concert starts at 20:30, the second at 21:30. Afterwards, the award ceremony will take place, including the announcement of the winners of the ZKB Audience Award. Festival pass (qualifying rounds, final and jury concert) for CHF 70.- available via https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/zkb-jazzpreis-festival-2023?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63456

Elina Duni Trio feat. Rabih Abou-Khalil

ZKB Jazzpreis Jurykonzert

Born in 1981 as the daughter of a writer and a director in the Albanian capital Tirana, Elina Duni first appeared on stage at the age of just five. A lot has happened since her first musical steps on radio and television: today, Elina Duni is an ECM artist and, since 2017, a laureate of the Swiss Music Prize. In this ZKB Jazz Prize Special, the oud virtuoso Rabih Abou-Khalil meets the Elina Duni Trio with Marc Méan and Matthieu Michel. A unique constellation that will probably bring some golden moments. Festival pass (qualifying rounds, final and jury concert) for CHF 70.- available via https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/zkb-jazzpreis-festival-2023?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63456

Vocals

Flugelhorn

Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

As a driving force of the highlife and Afrobeat scene in Ghana, Pat Thomas earned the nickname &quot;The Golden Voice of Africa&quot; in the 70s. And he bears this title quite rightly. He knows how to fuse different styles into an unmistakable sound; Afro-Latin meets reggae and becomes funky African disco. Together with the Kwashibu Area Band, he comes back to Moods and turns the dance floor into a wild dance floor.

Ina Forsman

In this kind of music, the emotions are so alive that you can almost touch them with your bare hands, says Ina Forsman about the appeal of soul, blues and jazz. And hardly anyone captivates her audience as much as the Finnish singer with the honey-colored voice, who, inspired by Aretha Franklin or Etta James, has found her very own, unique and emotional music: she therefore also describes her music as Cinematic Soul, which hits the nail on the head. Her songs take up space, follow a certain dramaturgy, show up like kaleidoscopic color palettes with sometimes explosive character. We are looking forward to a show at Moods that will leave a lasting impression.

Keyboards

Baile Funk

Favela Funk

The Zürich Baile Funk is back at Moods on September 30th - and every last Saturday of the month. Here, the captivating beats merge with voices calling for respect, equality and love. The lineup is a true celebration of diversity, with cis people, trans people and individuals of any other identity, all taking center stage, spreading their energy on the turntables, the stage and the crowd! As a new addition to the line-up we&#x27;re also welcoming funk dancer Roberto Soli from Rio de Janeiro. This Baile is much more than just music; it&#x27;s a resistance of joy. We want to show that together, we can create a society where all bodies and identities are respected and have the right to express themselves. We remind everyone that this is a safe and free space. Safe for swaying bodies to dance and kiss at will, and free from lenses as photography and videos are strictly prohibited (except those authorized by the event organizers). We won’t allow any kind of oppressive behavior. Get ready for an explosion of freedom, audacity, and lots of dancing! The Zürich Baile Funk aims to support social projects in the favelas of Brazil. Buy your soli-ticket and be part of this cause.

Disk Jockey

Performance

Dance

Summer Pearl

From her hometown of London, singer Summer Pearl is currently taking the music world by storm. Her sound of jazz, soul, hip-hop and dub, is reminiscent of the one of the great Erykah Badu, both powerful and touching at the same time. Summer Pearl herself describes it as &quot;a meditation on my past and a reflection of our present. It is both a personal and political message exploring black and female liberation and love gained and love lost.&quot;

Domi Chansorn - Arthur Hnatek - Mario Hänni

Domi Chansorn

Domi Chansorn invites you to dance at his second Carte Blanche evening. Chansorn, Mario Hänni and Arthur Hnatek will improvise the music together on three drums. A combo you can&#x27;t miss! The Moods Carte Blanche offers six selected artists the opportunity to realize their own projects - they are free to choose the venue, the time and the type of project.

Ian Paice (Deep Purple) feat. Purpendicular

«The Human Mechanic Tour 2023»

In Deep Purple frenzy: Ian Paice is the legendary drummer and the only remaining founding member of Deep Purple. He’s coming to Moods now with the band Purpendicular to bring his Best-Of-Classic-Deep-Purple-Show on stage. Purpendicular, which Ian Paice calls the best Deep Purple tribute band in the world, has the ability to convey the unique magic of the original live at every performance. You can hear Deep Purple classics like Child In Time, Black Night, Smoke On The Water, Woman From Tokyo and Hush.

Hammond organ

HSLU @ JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

Das Gewebe

Anna Frey

In a world where there seems to be no outside, people try to cope with the confinement of spaces. Fortunately, their identities are fluid, windows and screens are gateways to inner worlds, and everyone is intertwined with everyone. The film made in Lockdown is a declaration of love for the surreal. Maxi Schmitz is a photographer, cinematographer and actress. Her photographic work Egotopia was nominated for the 2019 VFG Young Photographer Award. She has created several music videos for the band Anna &amp; Stoffner, as well as poetry clips to texts by Anna Frey. Now she presents her first short film in the context of this Carte Blanche. With: Anna Frey, Katrin Heydekamp Bettina Klöti, Mara Thurnheer Andi Joller Martina Brümmer Linnéa Racine, Nele Jahnke, Maria Kaur Bedi. With a text by Julia Weber, read by Laura Lo Zito With the song &quot;Lovely as ever&quot; by Bettina Klöti Sound and music: Florian Götte Direction, camera, editing: Maxi Schmitz Production: Susi Schwack Films Duration: 27 minutes The Moods Carte Blanche offers six selected artists* the opportunity to realize their own projects - they are free to choose the venue, the time and the type of projects.

Stoffner & Frey mit Frantz Loriot und Nicola Romanò

Anna Frey and Flo Stoffner have been making music together as the band Anna &amp; Stoffner for over ten years. In 2019, a duo EP was released for the first time on the label Wide Ear Records, which was all about free improvisation. In 2022, the second release followed. These are pieces that demand attention and challenge common listening habits. Anna Frey&#x27;s vernacular flow – at times hard, percussive staccato, at times plaintive monotone – together with Stoffner&#x27;s improvised guitar artistry never ceases to amaze. Now, for the first time, they expand their duo into a quartet on the stage of Moods. Together with violist Frantz Loriot, who moves at the crossroads of improvised music, contemporary music and electro, and Nicola Romanò on cello, who is a member of the «ensemble für neue musik zürich» among others, they dare a musical venture with an uncertain outcome. It is to be expected that the music and the spoken text will enter into a dialogue that has hardly ever been heard before.

Regie

Iiro Rantala HEL Trio

After a decade and a half, Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala returns to his roots. He is joined by two congenial improvisers and partners: British bassist Conor Chaplin, a member of the Mercury Prize-nominated band Dinosaur, and Swedish-Norwegian drummer Anton Eger, one of the most colorful drumming personalities on the European jazz scene. Where exactly the musical journey with the HEL Trio will go, he does not reveal yet. But those who know Rantala, the classically trained master pianist with a mischievous streak, know that they can expect virtuosity with catchy and comprehensible melodies, serious music without the sacred seriousness and with plenty of surprising twists and turns. Entertaining and thrilling performances between classical music and jazz, fiery as hell (maybe that&#x27;s why the name of the trio!) and presented with a lot of humor are guaranteed.

VIP Session by Jur Records

Technimatic (UK) ( Technimatic Music / Shogun)John-B (UK) (beta- recordings /  Metalheadz)

Sun, sea, bass and good vibes – if you didn&#x27;t make it to Sun and Bass this year, we&#x27;re bringing two of the legendary acts to Zurich: none other than John B and Technimatic. We&#x27;re also looking forward to Subkey, Ivory Towerz, Agent C, &#x27;nade and Darius D., who will provide hot beats and massive bass all night long.

Boubacar Traoré

In the early years of Mali&#x27;s independence, 20-year-old Boubacar Traoré picked up an electric guitar and shaped the sound of the young state. But with the military coup in 1968, his songs were banned from the radio and Traoré had to support his family as a farmer and small trader. In the late 1980s, however, his comeback was abruptly interrupted once again by the death of his wife. Traoré went to Paris and made a living as a construction worker. Finally, in 1990, he re-emerged as a musician and recorded six albums in short intervals. Very soon, Vincent Bucher&#x27;s harmonica became the sonic alter ego of Traoré&#x27;s voice and guitar playing. Since the turn of the millennium at the latest, he has been celebrated as one of the great fathers and ambassadors of modern Mandingo music, combining characteristic playing techniques and ideas from West Africa with the philosophy of the blues from the southern United States.

Mundharmonika

Percussion

K.O.S Crew Dancehall Mood

Party

Dancehall Mood is the monthly reggae and dancehall party at Moods. Like on every first Saturday of the month, the K.O.S crew will make the Moods club cooking with hot riddims. This promises an evening full of dancehall hits and reggae rarities, perfectly tuned to the respective audience and immaculately presented by the K.O.S crew and their guest.

Trio KFE (Keller-Friedli-Eden)

Keller–Friedli–Eden play music today as if there were no yesterday - highly energetic, rhythmic music with a subtle punk attitude. Lionel Friedli plays with almost all Swiss jazz greats and international high-flyers like Stephan Eicher, Marc Ribot and Fred Frith and also won the Jazz Award of the Fondation SUISA in 2015. Second in the group is Beat Keller, who is one of the most important Swiss musicians in the field of experimental and improvised music and has developed a unique musical expression through the exploration of extended playing techniques, prepared guitar and consciously used feedback. Pianist, co-founder of the collective Gamut, co-curator of STUENZI (Rote Fabrik) and genre boundary crosser Philipp Eden completes this constellation, which one can be very excited about.

Indra Rios-Moore

«Freedom Road»

A lot has happened since New York-born Indra Rios-Moores first performed at Moods in 2016: not only did she win various awards (such as the BMW Welt Jazz Award, the Danish Music Award/Best Vocal Jazz Album and many more), but she also left a lasting impression on a whole series of renowned festivals and concert stages (Jazzopen, Festival da Jazz, Rheingau Musik Festival, Enjoy Jazz Festival, Musikfest Bremen, to name just a few). In doing so, she consistently pursues her own jazz approach, which is influenced by emotive gospel, earthy blues understanding and the pop music of great heroes. Now she returns to the Schiffbau with her new album «Freedom Road». It features her own compositions as well as classics like Tom Petty&#x27;s «I Won&#x27;t Back Down» - with virtuosity she gives these songs her very own touch and lets them shine in a new light.

Rymden

Bugge Wesseltoft, Dan Berglund, Magnus Öström

After their excursions into the outer cosmos - the highly acclaimed studio albums Reflections and Odysseys, Space Sailors and the powerful live album RYMDEN+KORK - RYMDEN have returned to earth with their new album Valleys and Mountains. But as you would expect from the trio Bugge Wesseltoft, Magnus Öström and Dan Berglund, the music is not strictly earthbound - the inner cosmos, dreams and visions offer new spaces to explore alongside bucolic rambles and wanderings. Instrumentation and techniques have once again become more diverse, styles have multiplied, and yet all remains undeniably the music of RYMDEN.

Latin Night @ JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

Gessica Zinni aka. Taimashoe und David Meier im Duo

Gessica Zinni, aka Taimashoe loves to experiment: with language, with the echo of images and voices, pitched zithers, samples, all kinds of electronic devices and chaospads. The loose and yet narrative, sometimes almost dadaistic narrative strands of her unruly singing voice, join object-like sound figures, condense into a finely arranged, fragile sound structure, which every now and then almost threatens to collapse. At Helsinki she meets the drummer David Meier, whom one might know from Schnellertollermeier and various collaborations in the field of improvised music. He also plays in Taimashoe&#x27;s band. The two jump into DIY Rabbit Hole, improvisationally mixing gospel and shoegaze, experimental noise and codeine pop. It can get crooked and exact at the same time, the harmony is strangled sometimes, and the old feminized singer-songwriter image is squeezed through a mayonnaise tube.

Anna & Stoffner mit Membrez und Mantel

Anna Frey – Albumtaufe «Wenig»

The band Anna &amp; Stoffner with Membrez and Mantel captivates with a highly energetic interplay of virtuoso musicians and urgent, unsparing lyrics. The album «Wenig», which will be released this evening, further defines their style as a fusion of rap, pop, punk, jazz and improvisation and is radical in its idiosyncrasy. Rapper Anna Frey and guitarist Flo Stoffner, with Vincent Membrez on synthesizers and Lukas Mantel on drums, develop an intensity that is hard to resist. «Less than little is nothing, but little is more than nothing, little makes a difference.» This band is not afraid of the void and does not cover it up, but faces it, follows it and thus develops its own language, with driving grooves, poppy melodies, free improvisation, idiosyncratic guitars and dark, engaging basses. Rapper Anna Frey moves over this musical diversity with her poetic lyrics. Sometimes in singsong, sometimes in harsh phrasing. Always in search of the immediate expression.

Haïdouti Orkestar

Haïdouti Orkestar is a fiery brass band with a powerful rhythm section, hot accordeon and sultry voices at the forefront. The Paris-based band, with musicians* from France, Greece, Turkey, Romania and Serbia, has been exploring the musical heritage of the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East and beyond for 14 years. In their latest album, Yuh Yuh, released this April, they show up more in concert than in party mood, singing about joy as well as suffering, exploitative politics, anger and hope. The Haidouti Orkestra is a human and musical adventure that prides itself on representing France in its diversity. In the fight against hate speech and cultural isolationism, the band does not want to build walls - on the contrary, they prefer to dance over them.

Afterparti

Global Beats way beyond the Balkan borders: with the BalkanEkstra Parti there are no stops for Oriental sounds or Arabian rhythms – what’s important is the motto: danceable! Where the journey will take us through the night is unclear, but one thing is certain: dancing until the hips hurt, the feet burn and the stars dissolve with the dawn.

Sousaphon

Trumpet

Tuba

Accordion

Derbouka

Ida Nielsen & The Funkbots

lda Nielsen&#x27;s life was turned upside down when she joined music legend Prince in 2010 and began touring with “The New Power Generation” and the 4-piece powerhouse rock band “3rdeyegirl”. She describes playing with Prince as the most magical musical journey ever. An ongoing learning experience beyond imagination. That journey continues after her years with Prince with a notable solo career. In 2019, she was named one of the top ten bassists in the world in the annual Music Radar poll (along with bassists Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten). Ida Nielsen &amp; The Funkbots deliver an energetic funk show full of good vibes, tight grooves and subtle references to her former employer and teacher Prince.

Afrobeats Explosion

The Afrobeats scene has virtually exploded in recent years, which is also reflected in the lively party scene that has developed around this genre. At the forefront from the beginning: &quot;Afrobeats Explosion&quot; at Moods. From its origins with Fela Kuti in the 70s to Wizkid - get ready for a dance explosion of a special kind!

Masterclass mit Ida Nielsen

kostenlos

This Masterclass was originally announced for October 13, 2023. Ida Nielsen&#x27;s life was turned upside down when she joined music legend Prince in 2010 and started touring with The New Power Generation and the 4-piece powerhouse rock band 3rdeyegirl. But it wouldn&#x27;t do justice to Ida Nielsen&#x27;s musicality to reduce it only to this time, because she has not only been playing in many different formations for years, but is also on the road with her own project. On her sixth solo album, More Sauce, Please! the songwriter and bandleader visibly influenced by her musical background combines funky beats, slap-bass virtuosity, lively rap and pop earworms. What fascinates the bass virtuoso about funk? How did she get her own signature instrument, a 4-string Sandberg California electric bass? This masterclass gives musicians and music enthusiasts alike the opportunity to ask Ida Nielsen all the questions that are burning on the tip of their tongue. The conversation will then evolve from the composition of the participants. No registration required.

Joyce Moreno & Louis Matute Large Ensemble

Active since 1968, Joyce Moreno has composed more than 400 songs interpreted by the biggest names in Brazilian music: from Elis Regina and Gal Costa to Milton Nascimento and Sergio Mendes. Outside Brazil, her works have been picked up by Annie Lennox, Wallace Roney, Omara Portuondo, the Black Eyed Peas and others, which has already earned her four Grammy nominations. Louis Matute, who was awarded the Evidence prize by the Académie du Jazz in 2022 and the Audience Award at the ZKB Jazz Prize Festival, is recognized as one of the most interesting Swiss jazz guitarists of today. He is now one of the artists of the Fondation Montreux Jazz and is Artistes Associés à l&#x27;Abri. Louis is passionate about Brazilian music and its historical relationship with the guitar, which is why he invited the great composer, singer and guitarist Joyce Moreno for this unique collaboration.

Shake Stew

Austrian band Shake Stew has become a true phenomenon. With their premiere at the Saalfelden Jazz Festival in 2016 and their subsequent debut record &quot;The Golden Fang&quot;, they exploded onto the scene seemingly out of nowhere. Since then, their energetic blend of hypnotic Afrobeat and jazz grooves has brought them enormous success not only in their home country, but throughout Europe. Led by the up-and-coming bassist Lukas Kranzelbinder and the unusual line-up with two drums, bass or guembri and three horns, they quickly became one of the hottest live acts on the scene. In autumn their new album &quot;LILA&quot; will be released.

Flute

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde vertont von SPILL

Silent Horror Film Night presented by the IOIC, Misterioso Jazz Club and Moods

Double bill of two classic silent horror films with new live scores by SPILL and Vicente-Dikeman-Parker-Drake 20:00 Uhr	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde John S. Robertson (USA 1920, 79 min) Virtuoso loss of control The elegant, venerable Dr. Jekyll creates a substance in his laboratory that brings out the evil in man and with which he transforms himself into the diminutive, malevolent Mr. Hyde. But he soon loses control of his alter ego. John S. Robertson&#x27;s film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson&#x27;s famous novel, with the never enough praised John Barrymore in the double leading role, was already the tenth film adaptation of the material, with additional elements of Oscar Wilde&#x27;s novel &quot;The Picture of Dorian Grey&quot; being incorporated here. Brilliantly staged and virtuously acted are the moments when the protagonist loses control and Mr. Hyde gets the upper hand. This early horror film is set to music by SPILL, the Berlin duo featuring German improviser Magda Mayas on piano and clavinet and Australian drummer extraordinaire Tony Buck, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. Magda Mayas makes use of both the interior and exterior of the piano, using amplification, preparations and objects that become extensions of the instrument itself. Tony Buck, on the other hand, has been a staple of improvised and contemporary music for over 30 years, not least with his Australian avant-garde jazz trio The Necks.

The Phantom of the Opera vertont von Vicente-Dikeman-Parker-Drake

22:00 Uhr	The Phantom of the Opera Rupert Julian (USA 1925, 90 min) The phantom behind the mask Even before Frankenstein and Dracula, there was the Phantom. Rupert Julian&#x27;s &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; is inspired by Gothic fairy tales like &quot;Beauty and the Beast&quot; and &quot;Bluebeard,&quot; but also by the disfigured veterans of the First World War. He anticipates both superheroes and psychotics, with future grand masters of horror film like Alfred Hitchcock celebrating his monstrous unveiling, the moment of unmasking and horror, over and over again. The main role of the deformed phantom, which terrifies the Paris Opera House, is played by Lon Chaney, the man of a thousand faces. The gruesome make-up he himself spent many hours applying was kept a top studio secret until the film&#x27;s premiere. This masterpiece of classic horror film is set to music by one of the most exciting free jazz quartets of the present day, featuring trumpeter Luís Vicente from Portugal, Holland-based U.S. tenor saxophonist John Dikeman, and the Rhythm Section, which first came together 30 years ago in Peter Brötzmann&#x27;s quartet &quot;Die Like a Dog,&quot; has been at the forefront of the avant-garde for decades and needs no further introduction in this setting: William Parker on double bass and Moroccan bass lute and Hamid Drake on drums and percussion.

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

Violeta García

Violeta García&#x27;s biography is impressive through and through. She is a cellist, composer, improviser and curator from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who lives in Bern and is active in the independent scene but is well versed in contemporary and cross-media experimental repertoire for cello and electronic music. Last but not least, her more than 50 albums in various editions attest to this. In 2015, García also founded a digital label and music series called TVL-REC (www.tvlrec.com), dedicated to releasing new music, experimental groups and collectives from Latin America and beyond, and running noise and extreme music series and festivals in Latin America and Europe. The Moods Carte Blanche offers six selected artists the opportunity to realize their own projects - they are free to choose the venue, the time and the type of projects. Concert location: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich

Camille Émaille und Anna Frey

In the context of this Carte Blanche, Camille Émaille, who is a shooting star of the improvisation scene, plays together with the rapper and lyricist Anna Frey for the first time. The audience can be curious about the immediate interplay of these idiosyncratic musicians. Percussionist Camille Émaille&#x27;s performances, among gongs and barrels, cymbals and skins, is both rope dance and sound sculpture. It is an architecture at once precarious and spectacular that comes together, a delicate and tense dramaturgy, a graceful and animalistic body-to-body with a sound material that kneads and actuates her. When she is not devoting herself to the music of our contemporaries (from Cage and Scelsi to Sciarrino or John Zorn), this musician - a graduate of the Basel Music Academy and Mills College in Oakland - moves between a wild concert with the # collective and one of her many collaborations in improvisation. She says she sees all her practices as components of the world and of life, cells of all things. Elemental. Concert location: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich

Die Lücke

A video installation by Maxi Schmitz and Anna Frey, (13 min, loop) 2021, developed at the Gessnerallee Zurich, supported by Migros Kulturprozent. The collaboration between the film and photo artist Maxi Schmitz and Anna Frey has resulted in several music videos, photo series and texts to date. In 2021, they developed a film installation that is now being presented publicly for the first time as part of this Carte Blanche. The installation entitled ‘The Gap’ is a cinematic poem that deals with the fragility of existence, the crack, the pause and the simultaneous longing for gaplessness and a controllable whole. The texts by Anna Frey, which also appear in a different form in her poetry collection «So eine ist sie» and in her musical work, were recorded by Maxi Schmitz. Image and text intertwine, reinforce and expand each other. The installation is presented in the foyer of the Kunstraum Walcheturm and is open before and after the concert. Admission to the installation is free. Concert location: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich

Cello

Schmidi Schmidhauser & The Hasta Luegos

Abschiedskonzert

What luck: Mrs. Schmidhauser buys a guitar but doesn&#x27;t find enough time to practice. So she gives the instrument to her boys. Beat and Jürg don&#x27;t waste much time and start rocking. Some time later Beat, meanwhile matured to Schmidi, plays his first gig at the age of 14. Today, about 1500 concerts and 46 years later, Schmidi delights us for the last time live on stage, because – and to our regret – &quot;it&#x27;s enough of a good thing.&quot; From now on, he wants to devote himself to things that have came up short in all these years. Schmidi has experienced indescribable things on a thousand and one stages, on the road with &quot;Stop the Shoppers&quot;, &quot;HOT DC&quot;, &quot;Los Hobos&quot;, &quot;Chica Torpedo&quot;, &quot;Traktorkestar&quot;, &quot;Oso loco&quot;, with Polo, Kuno, Endo, Büne, Sina, Lo &amp; Leduc - and again and again with Jürg/Jiri, the beloved brother. So then: clear the stage!

Pablo Nouvelle & Nativ

«Embrace Tour»

Pablo Nouvelle and Nativ are two important figures in the Swiss music scene. At first glance, the orientation of the two may seem quite different: While Pablo Nouvelle is primarily active in the electronic realm, Nativ is considered one of the most relevant exponents of the Swiss rap scene. Nevertheless, or perhaps because of that, they harmonize excellently: repeated collaborations now result in the album Embrace and a first joint tour together with Amos Fankhauser and Matthias Nydegger.

Electronics

Michael Heitzler's Klezmerband

Concert & Workshop

Michael Heitzler became known as the clarinetist of the group &quot;Kolsimcha&quot;, with which he has traveled the world since the early 90s and led Klezmer music to new, modern shores. A few years ago, Michael Heitzler formed his own band with the three outstanding musicians Christian Gutfleisch (piano), Michael Chylewski (double bass) and Daniel Schay (drums) to pay homage to the great American and Eastern European bands of the 1920s to 1950s. In addition to stirring pieces, there are beautiful, deep and touching ballads that go straight to the soul. Before the concert, a Klezmer workshop will be held at Galotti. Workshop or combined-tickets can be found on their website: https://www.galotti.ch/

Clarinet

Tingvall Trio

The Tingvall Trio celebrates its twentieth band anniversary in 2023. It is particularly noteworthy that the trio has always performed with the same lineup since its founding until the present ninth album &quot;Birds&quot;. In addition to the pianist Martin Tingvall, these are Omar Rodriguez Calvo on double bass and Jürgen Spiegel on drums and percussion. And the three Hamburg-based musicians have managed to write a success story in these many years that is unparalleled: several ECHO JAZZ awards as ensemble and live act of the year, a total of six JAZZ Awards in gold, two Impala Awards for international sales, a whole series of No.1 Jazz Chart albums and four times high placements in the German Top 100 Album Chart. With BIRDS this development now reaches its temporary climax: titles with catchy tune character alternate with wonderful ballads, introverted moments and virtuoso passages.

Zurich Jazz Orchestra feat. Cinzia Catania

«Vocal Artistry Series»

The voice of the young Swiss singer and composer Cinzia Catania is unique - crystal clear and yet warm and soft. Light as a feather and with rhythmic precision she sings Bossa Nova and Swing. Due to her versatility and vocal flexibility, she is active in numerous national and international projects of different styles: from jazz, Latin, world, pop and electronic music to Swiss folk music. Cinzia studied jazz composition in Lucerne with Ed Partyka and has established herself as one of the most interesting composers of music for jazz orchestras of her generation.

Director

Trombone

Islandman

Moods & jazzhane present

Islandman is a fictional character, a musical personality, a dreamer who composes the stories of a non-existent place, born from the musical dreams of Istanbul-based musician and producer Tolga Böyük. Islandman performs as an electro-acoustic live trio. Their music can be described as a unique blend of smooth electronic textures and dance beats with spacey live guitars backed by shamanic rhythms. The power of the band comes from the perfect balance between electronic structures and acoustic harmonies: Turkish psychedelica meets African roots music.

Live Elektronic

Anıl

Afterparty

Co-founder of jazzhane, Anıl believes that his search for melancholy in music and the perception of home (or the lack thereof) is a search for belonging: a feeling that can be fictitious. Believing that stories are told through music, Anıl blends melodramatic tunes from Anatolia and the Levant with the Andalusian cadence, Rumba, or Cumbia, accompanied by deep basslines. Depending on the night and setting, the stories can be dark, joyful, ecstatic, or humorous, oftentimes energetic and with explosive energy.

Mokoomba

Tusona Tour

Mokoomba&#x27;s blend of Afrobeat and Zamrock captivates the audience with their driving rhythms, electrifying beats and unique harmonies. When the six musicians from Zimbabwe take the stage and send the audience into ecstasy, the earth shakes. Since the release of their breakthrough album Rising Tide in 2012, Mokoomba has been wowing audiences and critics, which has already earned them appearances at the biggest festivals (including Roskilde, Womad, Sziget and North Sea Jazz). After their last, acoustic album Luyando in 2016, Mokoomba returns to Moods with their powerful new album Tusona - a sound that is second to none!

The monthly Baile Funk Party at Moods is where captivating beats merge with voices calling for respect, equality and love. Our lineup is a true celebration of diversity, with men, women, and trans individuals, all taking center stage, spreading their energy on the turntables and the stage! This Baile is much more than just music; it&#x27;s a resistance of joy. We want to show that together, we can create a society where all bodies and identities are respected and have the right to express themselves. We remind everyone that this is a safe and free space. Safe for swaying bodies to dance and kiss at will, and free from lenses as photography and videos are strictly prohibited (except those authorized by the event organizers). We won’t allow any kind of oppressive behavior. Get ready for an explosion of freedom, audacity, and lots of dancing! The Zürich Baile Funk aims to support social projects in the favelas of brazil. Buy your soli-ticket and be part of this cause.

Linda & Lukas Vogel

Linda Vogel

Hardly any other classical instrument still has as many clichés attached to it as the harp: It is supposed to sound sensual, harmonious, fragile, even ethereal. Swiss musician Linda Vogel already showed that the harp can also elicit completely different sounds with her debut album Maps to Others, released in 2019, on which she used effects devices and computer-controlled hammers to make the instrument sound sometimes like a guitar, sometimes like a synthesizer in experimental pop songs. Together with her brother Lukas Vogel, part of the internationally successful piano-electronica duo Grandbrothers, things are now much heavier, darker, more industrial. Between fragmented beats, distorted violin-like sounds and cutting-metallic spectra, the typical harp arpeggios flash out only briefly, only to be immediately alienated again and absorbed into the duo&#x27;s shimmering-electronic overall sound. Lukas Vogel operates synthesizers, effects and at the same time is able to make the strings of the harp vibrate electromagnetically via an apparatus. Electronic and acoustic, mechanical and organic, strings and oscillators merge irrevocably here - always carried by a third instrument that pervades the songs: Linda Vogel&#x27;s voice, dark, repetitive, hypnotic.

Harp

Synthesizer

Masterclass with Azymuth

One of Brazil&#x27;s most influential and longest running bands, Azymuth has created an entirely new sound: Jazz-funk and samba fused into an infectious blend known as “Samba Doido”. They have played with just about everyone throughout Brazil’s golden era of MPB, jazz, soul and funk (including Jorge Ben, Milton Nascimento, Tim Maia, Elis Regina and Marcos Valle, to name just a few). In addition to their influence on jazz and funk, Azymuth&#x27;s worldwide contribution to electronic music and hip-hop is undeniable. They have collaborated with greats such as 4hero, Madlib and Jazzanova and can be heard in various remixes. Fifty years after their formation, Azymuth have released over thirty albums and are still busy writing, recording and playing. And with the same energy as at the beginning of their career. Even after the unexpected death of drummer and founding member Ivan Mamão Conti in the spring of 2023, there are no signs of fatigue. With Renato Massa, one of Brazil&#x27;s most renowned drummers, a more than worthy replacement has been built to honor Mamão&#x27;s memory and legacy and keep the spirit of Azymuth alive. This masterclass is an opportunity for both musicians and music enthusiasts to ask the Jazz Funk legends any questions they&#x27;ve always wanted to ask. The conversation will then evolve depending on the composition of the participants. No registration required.

AZYMUTH 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR

One of Brazil&#x27;s most influential and longest running bands, Azymuth has created an entirely new sound: Jazz-funk and samba fused into an infectious blend known as “Samba Doido”. They have played with just about everyone throughout Brazil’s golden era of MPB, jazz, soul and funk (including Jorge Ben, Milton Nascimento, Tim Maia, Elis Regina and Marcos Valle, to name just a few). In addition to their influence on jazz and funk, Azymuth&#x27;s worldwide contribution to electronic music and hip-hop is undeniable. They have collaborated with greats such as 4hero, Madlib and Jazzanova and can be heard in various remixes. Fifty years after their formation, Azymuth have released over thirty albums and are still busy writing, recording and playing. And with the same energy as at the beginning of their career. Even after the unexpected death of drummer and founding member Ivan Mamão Conti in the spring of 2023, there are no signs of fatigue. With Renato Massa, one of Brazil&#x27;s most renowned drummers, a more than worthy replacement has been built to honor Mamão&#x27;s memory and legacy and keep the spirit of Azymuth alive.

Hervé Samb & Teranga Band

Herve Samb, who comes from Dakar (Senegal), has already worked with Jimmy Cliff, Amadou &amp; Mariam, David Murray, Marcus Miller, Salif Keïta, Lisa Simone, among others, and his guitar playing can be heard on over 100 albums. In 2018 he played a fantastic concert at Moods (you can check it out here: https://www.moods.ch/streaming/stobern/alle/herve-samb-2018-01-30), so the joy is correspondingly great that he is finally coming back with a new album. The musical mixture is idiosyncratic, virtuosic and at the same time coherent. It brings together West African and Afro-Brazilian rhythms, combines them at times with hip-hop and the charm of griot music. Jazz Sabar could perhaps be called this style, with which Hervé Samb honors his country of origin and invites the audience on a musical journey to Senegal.

Sabar Percussions

Afra Kane

Afra Kane, born in Vicenza, Italy, now residing in Switzerland, began playing the piano to accompany church services. Her enormous talent led her to classical piano training at prestigious conservatories. To satisfy her wide-ranging musical interests, she began writing her own songs, fusing her classical training with elements of jazz, soul, R&amp;B, funk and gospel to create a nuanced, cinematic sound. In 2019, she was honored with the Montreux Jazz Talent Award for her efforts. An international tour followed, ranging from headlining shows in New York City and Europe to a sold-out performance at Café Carlyle in Hong Kong. 2022 saw the release of Kane&#x27;s debut album “Hypersensitive” rich with expansive production, soulful sensibility and her truly unique lyrical voice.

Leenalchi

Leenalchi shows us how experimental and avant-garde the K-pop scene can be. The band from Seoul has dedicated itself to reinterpreting the Korean storytelling genre Pansori, which is characterized by a special performance style with vocals and percussion. The band sings verses of traditional Korean fairy tales and draws musical inspiration from alt-rock and eighties new wave. By dissecting and rearranging traditional elements, the result is music that is forward-looking, but at the same time strongly rooted in tradition. In Korea itself, the band has long been established, filling concert halls, winning various Korean Music Awards, and appearing in a Netflix production. Leenalchi gained international attention in 2020 with Tiger Is Coming and subsequently thrilled audiences at renowned festivals including Roskilde, Pohoda, Womad, Fusion and the FMM Festival in Portugal.

Matthew Halsall

«An Ever Changing View»

Trumpeter Matthew Halsall is a pioneer. With his compositions and his label Godwana Records, he has succeeded in developing jazz and bringing it into the present. In contrast to his London colleagues, who rock the scene with danceable club sounds, Matthew Halsall convinces above all with clear, calm arrangements that leave room for improvisation. In his music Halsall amalgamates elements of the British jazz scene with the inspiring sounds of spiritual jazz by Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. Added to this are the powerful rhythms of global sound and the futuristic sounds of electronica.

Yellowjackets

For over 40 years, the Yellowjackets have played their way into the hearts of fusion fans, consistently developing their music and thus becoming a driving and creative force in the international jazz scene. 30 albums and 17 Grammy nominations are impressive proof of this. The Yellowjackets present their sophisticated mixture of melodic jazz, funk, pop and Latin on their latest record Parallel Motion - and of course live at Moods!

Keziah Jones

In cooperation with Culturescapes 2023 Sahara

Olufemi Sanyaolu aka Keziah Jones was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. Shuttling between London and Paris and always accompanied by his guitar, Jones earned a reputation as a unique musician and charismatic performer with his distinctive hard funk style. In 1992, he released his debut album Blufunk Is A Fact! with the first single and the now classic Rhythm Is Love, which became a worldwide hit. Keziah has cited Fela Kuti, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix as important musical influences. His now legendary sound has been described as blufunk, which is basically a blend of punk-funk attitude and Yoruba rhythms that he has developed over the years. The concert is in collaboration with Culturescapes, a cross-disciplinary arts festival. With each edition, Culturescapes seeks to promote cross-border dialogue and mutual learning between cultures, as well as collaboration and networking. The founders of the festival believe that cultural relations and understanding are a fundamental prerequisite for more inclusive, open and just societies. The festival takes place every two years and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

Mauricio Caruso Solo

Moods & Adalu present

The Solar - Brazil Music Festival is an event organized by the Adalu Association that presents the cultural richness of Brazil with a fresh, active and conscious approach. It is a bold movement to promote Brazil&#x27;s multicultural synergy through dialogues between popular traditions and modern experimental music. Solar 2023 is the fourth edition of the festival and presents four concerts by artists who reside in Brazil, as well as Brazilian artists who live in Europe. In his musical diversity, guitarist and composer Mauricio Caruso, who trained at the University of São Paulo, has spent the last two years researching guitar composers who are enormously relevant to Brazilian music of the early 20th century. These musicians used elements of popular music from different regions of Brazil, as well as elements of nature and their regional culture. Among them are Villa Lobos, Garoto, Guerra Peixe, João Pernambuco, as well as Astor Piazzolla (Argentina) and Leo Brouwer (Cuba). Get your festival pass for both days for CHF 85.– via: https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/solar-2023-festivalpass?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63405

Bala Desejo

Bala Desejo is the fruity taste of Guaraná Antarctica, the ardor of a burning sun on the skin, the scent of tar watered by tropical rain, the comfort of an empty deckchair on Ipanema beach, or the charm of a brigadeiro after a too strong coffee. On a 60s tropical base and its 70s psyche ramifications, add pop, jazzy and syncopated rhythms, sophisticated harmonies, soft and soothing melodies, nostalgic and joyful voices, you will obtain a truly nova bossa tropicália.

Leo Middea Solo

The Solar - Brazil Music Festival is an event organized by the Adalu Association that presents the cultural richness of Brazil with a fresh, active and conscious approach. It is a bold movement to promote Brazil&#x27;s multicultural synergy through dialogues between popular traditions and modern experimental music. Solar 2023 is the fourth edition of the festival and presents four concerts by artists who reside in Brazil, but also Brazilian artists who live in Europe. Leo Middea comes from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 27 he has already traveled the world with his guitar and currently lives in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Anyone who sees him on stage is immediately gripped by the energy of his delightful and catchy songs and his tireless presence. Now his latest album Gente was released in May this year. Get your festival pass for both days for CHF 85.– via: https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/solar-2023-festivalpass?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63405

Gilsons

Formed in 2018, the trio Gilsons, consisting of Francisco, João and José Gil, is currently taking the music world by storm. With the auspicious, as well as obvious, band name Gilsons referring to their family name, they also allude musically to the classic MPB music of their father and grandfather Gilberto Gil, incorporating elements of pop-rock, samba, reggae and bahiano.rAfter a string of successful hits, including Várias Queixas and Devagarinho, the band released their debut album Pra Gente Acordar last year, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Pop Album in Portuguese in September 2022. In it, they sing with confidence about journeys and encounters, about light and about love, to which one should surrender without fear.

Da Cruz

Brave songs for confused times: The sixth album by Da Cruz (Bern/São Paulo) is called Baladas da Luta (Ballads for the Struggle), and that&#x27;s exactly what it sounds like. It is profound, urban music against hate, delusion and political short-sightedness. It is a musical reappraisal of the last four years, during which Brazil has undergone an uncanny transformation politically and socially.

Solar Afterparty with DJ Vim Vim

Mark Guiliana

&quot;One of the most influential drummers of his generation&quot; raves JazzTimes magazine. We are talking about Mark Guiliana, who is particularly known for his rhythmic refinements, his inventive playing and his unmistakable sound. In 2022 he released his new album &quot;Music for Doing&quot; on which he repeatedly proves that the boundaries of his music are infinitely stretchable. Few artists are as adept at combining the warmth of electronic music with intricate and propulsive rhythms driven by the subtleties of jazz improvisation.

Leyla McCalla

Deeply influenced by Creole music as well as American jazz and folk, Leyla McCalla&#x27;s music is at once earthy, elegant, soulful and witty. Her music vibrates with three centuries of history, yet feels strikingly fresh and unique. Leyla McCalla draws inspiration from her past and present, whether it&#x27;s her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans. The bilingual multi-instrumentalist and former member of the Grammy-winning African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, has developed a distinctive sound that reflects her roots and her experiences. Her latest album, &quot;Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever,&quot; explores the legacy of Radio Haiti, the first private Creole-language radio station in Haiti, as well as the journalists who risked and lost their lives to be on the air for nearly 50 years. The result is simultaneously a work of radical performance art, historical scholarship, and personal memoir, a sweeping and powerful meditation on family, democracy, and free expression that could not have come at a better time.

Kassa Overall

Kassa Overall, jazz musician, MC, singer, producer and drummer, reaches new heights with his fusion of jazz and rap. His musical background of West Coast G-Funk is just as audible as sounds from the New York underground. In his decade and a half in the Big Apple, Kassa Overall played with jazz greats such as Christian McBride, Ravi Coltrane and Geri Allen. In addition, he participated in recordings by Yoko Ono, worked with the alternative rap project Das Racist and played in the TV house band of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. After the constant hustle, Kassa was tired and decided to devote himself to his own project. On his latest album, Animals, Kassa continues to push his kaleidoscopic, subversive vision. He layers Roland 808s against avant-garde drumming in the spirit of his mentors Elvin Jones and Billy Hart.

Takuya Kuroda

Takuya Kuroda is considered one of Japan&#x27;s leading contemporary jazz musicians. The Kobe-born, New York-based trumpeter is a forward-thinking musician who has developed a unique hybrid sound that blends soulful jazz, funk, post-bop, fusion and hip-hop. In his luggage, Takuya has his latest and already his seventh,studio album Midnight Crisp (released 2022) which he produced entirely himself and which follows the highly acclaimed album Fly Moon Die Soon from 2020.

WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc)

WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc) were Zambia&#x27;s biggest rock band in the 1970s and were at the forefront of a new genre called zamrock. They fused influences ranging from the Rolling Stones to Black Sabbath to James Brown, and blended them with traditional African rhythms and songs. At the height of their popularity, the band often needed police to keep fans at bay while their lead singer Jagari - whose name is an Africanization of Mick Jagger&#x27;s name - roiled the crowd. As Zambia&#x27;s economy stagnated and the country suffered from the AIDS crisis, WITCH disbanded. Jagari, now the only surviving member of the original lineup, retreated to a life of quasi-anonymity as a university music professor before being wrongfully arrested in Zambia&#x27;s toughest hour. Now a man in his 60s, he spends his time mining gemstones. WITCH didn&#x27;t receive greater attention outside their home country until 2012, when Now Again Records reissued their entire discography. In 2016 Jagari began a collaboration with Dutch musicians Jacco Gardner and Nic Mauskoviç, and together with them WITCH is coming to Moods in November.

Schenker und Berner

Daniel Schenker

Churches and jazz clubs have one thing in common: in both places you can hear improvised music - but what happens when these two worlds meet? Daniel Schenker (trumpet, flugelhorn) and Elisabeth Berner (organ) enter into an improvised dialogue about church hymns and their own compositions. In doing so, they are connecting the rhythmic and harmonic peculiarities of jazz into with the tonal peculiarities of the church organ, creating truly experimental and surprising sounds. Concert location: Predigerkirche, Zähringerpl. 6, 8001 Zürich

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Yoni Mayraz Trio

Yoni Mayraz, who grew up in Tel Aviv and lives in London, has made a name for himself in the British new jazz scene since 2020 with a few singles and the EP «Rough Cuts». On his debut album «Dybbuk Tse!» he combines jazz with elements of 90s New York hip-hop, old-school breakbeats and Middle Eastern music. In Jewish folklore, the «Dybbuk» in the title is the spirit of someone dead in sin who drives into a living body. «Dybbuk Tse!» is the command to the spirit to leave the afflicted body. In this sense, the debut album can be read as the exorcism of evil spirits.

Fendika & K-Sanchis

Melaku Belay is one of the most renowned dancers in Ethiopia. He has immense knowledge of traditional dance forms from the different regions of Ethiopia and knows how to combine them with modern elements (which has earned him the nickname &quot;Walking Earthquake&quot;). At the same time, he is also the founder of the Fendika Cultural Center and a member of the house band of the same name. Fendika &amp; K-Sanchis is a collaboration with Zurich musicians Jeroen Visser (baritone sax) and Steve Buchanan (alto sax), who did a short residency at Moods in 2021. This resulted in the album &quot;GOJO&quot; in 2022. On nine tracks, they pay refreshing tribute to the golden age of ethio-jazz, with Ethiopian instruments such as the krar (Ethiopian lyre), the masinqo (one-stringed violin) and the kebero (hand drum) taking center stage. Rhythm changes, experimental improvisations and wild outbursts complete the hypnotic and energetic overall mood of the album, creating a charged playing field for the captivating voice of Nardos Tesfaw. On stage, the atmosphere is brought to a boil by the dynamic performance of Melaku Belay and singer and dancer Emebet Woldetsdik.

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