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“What Love”

The three musicians of Oùat have consistently demonstrated their versatility and wide interests. But when French pianist Simon Sieger, Berlin-based Swedish bassist Joel Grip and German drummer Michael Griener first worked together, they pursued a rather focused model, tapping into the idiosyncratic strain of vibrant bebop derived from a lineage of pianists starting with Thelonious Monk and winding through Elmo Hope and Herbie Nichols and up to Per-Henrik Wallin, whose classic mid-1980s album “Coyote” they interpreted front-to-back.



But something happened to Oùat last year, as they suddenly unleashed their collective knowledge and remarkable improvisatory ability to utterly blow open those original strictures.

The process of embracing all possibilities is ongoing, but last December they unveiled early discoveries with a musical advent calendar they presented online, sharing four-and-a-half hours of music that borrowed widely from disparate traditions, but was all fed by their own peculiar aesthetic filter. Suddenly, Oùat have arguably emerged as Berlin’s most vivacious and ambitious improvising band.

The trio isn’t afraid to groove or play tunes, but each performance highlights familiar and utterly alien stops along an unplanned journey. Oùat are also hosting a late night jam session at Quasimodo each night of the festival.


Line-up

  • Simon Sieger – piano, flutes, vocals, percussion
  • Joel Grip – double bass, guimbri, percussion
  • Michael Griener – drums, percussion

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Jam-Session & Afterparty

On all four days of the festival, the daily jam sessions at Quasimodo will revive an old Jazzfest Berlin tradition. Musicians from the festival programme will be invited to improvise together in entirely new constellations in a relaxed atmosphere until late at night.

following Jam-Session


DJ Set

Hermes Villena and Matti Nives are two friends and music lovers with a shared passion for DJing. Villena is the programmer at Cologne's King Georg jazz club and a radio show host on Dublab. Nives is the founder and artistic director of the Helsinki-based label, festival and magazine We Jazz, as well as the host of a radio show on Radio Helsinki. Together, the pair arrives at Jazzfest Berlin with a healthy pile of vinyl ranging from different jazz styles via Latin variations to soul, funk, and regional music from different parts of the world – the common thread running through their selection being the organic nature of the music.


with

  • Hermes Villena – DJ
  • Matti Nives – DJ

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Dates
November 2024
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