JEWISH JAZZ

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

Songs ( Arrangement: Michael Wilhelmi )

ERWIN SCHULHOFF (1894-1942)
Hot Sonata (1930) ( arrangement for chamber orchestra by Harry-Kinross White )

BOHUSLAV MARTIN Ů (1890-1959)
Jazz Suite H 172 (1928)

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Jazz Suite No. 1 (1934)

Jelena Kuljić, singer

Koryun Asatryan, saxophone
Daniel Grossmann, conductor

JEWISH

Jews and jazz? Numerous Jewish musicians were involved in the early success of jazz: Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and George Gershwin are probably the most prominent names. Classical composers were also unable to escape the new musical style in the 1920s and 1930s, for example Darius Milhaud or Dimitrij Shostakovich, who was even a member of the official 'Soviet Jazz Commission'.

TODAY
Hear jazz songs like never before: Kammerspiel actress Jelena Kuljić , front woman of the band KUU!, together with the JCOM, brings classic songs and evergreens by George Gershwin and Duke Ellington into the present day.

FOR ALL
Last year's Jewish Jazz concert sold out quickly and showed that jazz is still music for everyone today! Secure your seats for More Jewish Jazz and a new, exciting program!