tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 7.30 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CEST
SoKo Steidle is distinguished by a sound that is entirely unique and timeless. This quartet has devoted itself entirely to free improvisation, a style of playing born of musical necessity that is celebrated today more than ever around the world.
Oliver Steidle – the quartet’s namesake and winner of the 2022 German Jazz Award in the Drummer of the Year category – has long been considered one of the hottest, most accomplished, and forward-thinking musicians of the young European avant-garde. Through numerous prominent engagements and his own bands – Oli Steidle & the killing Popes, Oliwood, and SoKo Steidle – he has established himself on the international concert scene and has become an indispensable part of it. He was a member of PHILM (German Jazz Prize 2021 Band of the Year) for many years, and remains a member of Der Rote Bereich and Klima Kalima; he has played with Peter Brötzmann, Andrea Parkins, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase, Louis Sclavis, Tristan Honsinger, Trevor Dunn, and many others; he constantly jets around the world, writes music, is undogmatic, has won numerous awards, and has played at all major, noteworthy festivals....
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tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 7.30 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CEST
SoKo Steidle is distinguished by a sound that is entirely unique and timeless. This quartet has devoted itself entirely to free improvisation, a style of playing born of musical necessity that is celebrated today more than ever around the world.
Oliver Steidle – the quartet’s namesake and winner of the 2022 German Jazz Award in the Drummer of the Year category – has long been considered one of the hottest, most accomplished, and forward-thinking musicians of the young European avant-garde. Through numerous prominent engagements and his own bands – Oli Steidle & the killing Popes, Oliwood, and SoKo Steidle – he has established himself on the international concert scene and has become an indispensable part of it. He was a member of PHILM (German Jazz Prize 2021 Band of the Year) for many years, and remains a member of Der Rote Bereich and Klima Kalima; he has played with Peter Brötzmann, Andrea Parkins, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase, Louis Sclavis, Tristan Honsinger, Trevor Dunn, and many others; he constantly jets around the world, writes music, is undogmatic, has won numerous awards, and has played at all major, noteworthy festivals.
https://oliversteidle.com/
The same applies to Rudi Mahall, Henrik Walsdorff, and Jan Roder, who, like Steidle, are among the leading figures of the international avant-garde.
Here, within this collective of outstanding musicians, enormously versatile and atmospheric sound creations emerge, ranging from rivalrous competition to harmonious interplay. Spontaneity and freedom in performance, along with the necessary responsibility to create without predefined guidelines, are the essential foundations of this music. Furthermore, in addition to dedication to the art, it requires the ability to come together—that is, to find the optimal combination of musicians within the ensemble.
https://oliversteidle.com/soko-steidle/
So it’s no surprise that Alexander von Schlippenbach once wrote about SoKo Steidle:
They play together like devils and swing like motherfuckers.
To mark their 20th anniversary, a new album was released in 2022, featuring the veteran himself, Alexander von Schlippenbach, who appeared as a guest at all of SoKo’s concerts during the album’s release tour… and he’ll also be joining them for the concert on May 9 at the LOFT!
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