HfK Jazzclub: Julian Costello Quartett
“And All the Birds Were Set Free” is the latest album by London saxophonist Julian Costello. With Maximilian Suhr on drums, Oliver Poppe on piano and bassist Martin Gruet, Julian Costello will be touring Germany in fall 2024. The quartet will be performing compositions from the new album as well as other original compositions and arrangements.
Julian Costello (saxophone)
Maximilian Suhr (drums)
Oliver Poppe (piano)
Martin Gruet (bass)
Jazz critic Sammy Stein of Jazz in Europe once wrote: “Julian Costello is a sax lyricist, telling his stories of life's ups and downs with perfect alteration of tone to impart strength, humor and even frailty...” Julian Costello lives and works in London as a musician, composer and lecturer. He writes music for various ensembles and always takes life with the necessary dose of humor, which is also reflected in his music. This is also reflected in his new album. He observes, questions, fantasizes, naturally and naturally. “Why” poses the question: Why do we love? If you were the land, I would be the sky. In “And All the Birds Were Set Free”, the musicians are the birds. Free! It begins with the sustaining bass, followed by a slow tenor saxophone melody with bass riffs and dark chords. This is followed by a change of mood and tempo for an exciting piano solo and then a dialog with the drums. The theme returns until it comes to rest again. “The Octopus” is complex and fragile and in ‘The Gecko’ all the birds get a chance to sing. Winter” is dark, cold, restless until the major chord. Everything will be fine! “Sunflowers” with lyrics by Rebecca Morse is a very personal song. “You turn your face, into the sun”. “London Is Blue” - It often is. Ambiguous? A blues in Phrygian. “There's Always One Track You Fast Forward!” There's always one track you fast forward - don't do that! “Song For Anna” is a ballad composed for Julian's wife in the style of the 1950s. “No Dragons Here” is the name of the band's WhatsApp group... 3/4, no wait, 4/4, um, who knows! “Dippy The Diplodocus” A tribute to the dinosaur that greeted everyone in the Great Hall of the Natural History Museum for over a hundred years. Powerful titles meet a powerful band. The Julian Costello German Quartet has written these and many other songs on the program for the current tour. Maximilian Suhr from Bremen on drums, Oliver Poppe from Lüneburg on piano and Martin Gruet from Paris on bass accompany the charismatic Englishman on this tour.
The "hfk jazzclub" is the venue for contemporary jazz in Bremen. Concerts and sessions with musicians from the university and local and national musicians take place every Tuesday of the semester at 9 pm in the basement vault of the University of Music. Passionate jamming takes place here, or student tryout programmes are presented. Semester projects by the Rehearsal Band and themed concert programmes are also on offer. In short: a think tank for jazz and a meeting place for Bremen's jazz scene.
Important information
Admission
Normal: 5 Euro
HfK students: 2 euros
Tickets are available at the box office from 8 pm
The HfK is barrier-free to a limited extent at the Dechanatstraße location.
The entire building is fully accessible via two lifts, in the west wing and in the middle wing, from the basement to the 2nd floor. Due to a height offset on the ground floor, the toilet for people with limited mobility can only be reached barrier-free from the entrance via the basement and the 1st floor.
Public disabled parking spaces are designated on the street immediately adjacent to the courtyard entrance. In addition, a disabled parking space can be allocated on the premises by the caretakers and the security service. The colleagues can be reached by telephone at +49 421 9595-1400.
