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Jazzahead says outstanding music is increasingly to be found beyond jazz

The German 'jazz convention & festival' foregrounds music including folk, electronica, chamber music, afrobeat, punk, funk and the 'outernational'

Jazzahead, the trade fair held each spring in Bremen, Germany, says it has “always had the mission to track down and to help people discover outstanding bands – increasingly to be found beyond the boundaries of jazz”.

Accordingly, its 2025 edition (24-26 April) will have among its 38 concerts – put together by artistic advisor Götz Bühler – jazz-related music rubbing shoulders with “folk, electronica, chamber music, afrobeat, punk, funk, outernational music, Afro-Cuban sounds…”

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Among its performers will be singer/kora player Momi Maiga, the Scottish folklore/electronica duo Norman&Corrie (sic) and Kenyan drummer Kasiva Mutua, who fuses “traditional music with modern influences from funk, reggae and other styles”. Jazzahead say the final night will rock to the sounds of Smag På Dig Selv from Denmark, who describe themselves as a “three-piece punk jazz machine”.

Nevertheless, say the organisers, Bremen will, from Thursday afternoon until Saturday night, “once again become the focal point of the jazz world”.

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Jazzahead says that in 2024 around 3,000 professional participants from 66 nations were registered for its ‘jazz convention & festival’, including artists, bookers, labels, agencies, publishers, festivals and clubs, distributors, production companies, lobby institutions, associations, press and more. More at jazzahead.de.

The full concert lineup is:

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Thursday 24.04.2025
Carlos Bica 11:11 (PT)
Carl Wittigs Aurora Oktett (DE)
Korhan Futaci (TR)
Ilaria Capalbo (SE/IT)
Juanjo Corbalán Quartet (PY)
Andreas Polyzogopoulos Trio (GR)
Momi Maiga (ES)
Schubert NOW! (HU)
Louis Matute Large Ensemble (CH)
Benjamin Jephta Sextet presents ‘Born Coloured, not Born-Free’ (ZA)
Shalosh (IL)
Monsieur Mâlâ (FR)

Friday 25.04.2025
Nils Kugelmann Trio (DE) Harald Lassen (NO)
‘Oumuamua Orchestra (DE)
Maik Krahl – The Magic of Consistency (DE) Roger Corrêa Quartet (BR)
hilde (DE)
Irene Reig quartet (ES)
Yilian Cañizares (CH)
Norman&Corrie (UK) (Scotland)
Lucía (MX)
Enji (DE)
Kasiva Mutua (KE)
Smag På Dig Selv (DK)

Saturday 26.04.2025
Manon Mullener 5tet (CH)
Besson – Sternal – Burgwinkel Trio (DE) Adèle Viret Quartet (FR)
Unleashed Cooperation (PL)
Henry Spencer (UK)
Marco Mezquida Trio (ES)
Svante Söderqvist – THE ROCKET (SE/ EE) Maridalen (NO)
Eva Klesse Quartett – STIMMEN (DE) Hervé Samb & Teranga Band (SN/FR)
Sam Newbould Quintet (NL)
Rolando Luna (CU)
Robinson Khoury (FR)

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