Peter Schärli Trio feat. Glenn Ferris

All the best, dear Peter! Peter Schärli has been performing on stage for almost fifty years. In this country, of course, and in the European region, but also at festivals halfway around the world, in Asia, Africa, Central and South America. There are reasons for this constant success - consistent quality at a high level. And the fact that this often prevails sooner or later is one of the comforting realizations of our existence. Glenn Ferris is also one of the few world-class musicians who can claim to have played with the brilliant Frank Zappa: As a very young trombonist, he was a member of the small Wazoo Orchestra, which played a few of Zappa&#x27;s best and most complex compositions on a world tour. Ferris has been working professionally since he was sixteen years old and his discography, with over a hundred CDs under his own name and as a sideman, reads like a Who&#x27;s Who of jazz and pop music: from Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Tim Buckley and the Average White Band to Don Ellis, Quincy Jones, Art Pepper, Tony Scott, Archie Shepp and Billy Cobham to John Scofield, Michel Petrucciani and the Brecker Brothers. Quality also means artistic integrity for Schärli. An artist does not have to fulfill expectations, he has to be himself. Schärli is exactly that, the result is a body of work that is constantly evolving, yet always bears his signature. You can feel it in the music here: there are beautiful melodies, clever chords, plus swing, drive, sophisticated improvisations, virtuoso craftsmanship, empathetic interplay - in short, everything that good music can offer. What more could we want?

Trumpet

Trombone

Piano

Bass

Jacob Karlzon, Benjamin Koppel, Scott Colley, Magnus Öström

Portable Infinity

Portable Infinity is the name of the Scandinavian-American project. The All-star quartet not only has jazz history with it, but also personal meetings with greats such as Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield and Esbjörn Svensson. A lot is connected here: the long experience, the openness to new things and the pure desire to play. “As a child I was always inventing something,” says Benjamin Koppel. “I invented a whole world and a language for this world. I use all that in my music.” The Danish saxophonist and award-winning novelist is a defining figure of European jazz, always in exchange with the American tradition. In the quartet he meets the magically grooving drummer Magnus Öström – a former member of the legendary EST, the incredibly versatile bassist Scott Colley and the energetic pianist Jacob Karlzon, for whom every concert is an event: “For me, performing live in front of an audience is the original place for music, an ecstatic experience for both sides.”

Saxophon

Drum Kit

m4music Festival

5 stages, over 40 shows, several expert talks and an award show: the Migros Kulturprozent&#x27;s m4music Festival is the first festival highlight of the year. On Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Schiffbau, Moods and EXIL. m4music connects, promotes and discovers: This is where the Swiss music scene comes together, exchanges ideas and celebrates the acts of tomorrow. With the festival with shows, conference and award show, and the Demotape Clinic, Migros Kulturprozent creates a platform for exchange, information and talent promotion. The ticket can be exchanged for the festival wristband at the check-in desk from 11.30 am. It entitles the holder to admission to all concerts (subject to capacity). Discover more cultural highlights in Zurich: With the m4music ticket, you can also visit the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst (10 minutes&#x27; walk from the festival site) free of charge: www.migrosmuseum.ch In addition, the entire afternoon program of m4music with Conference, Demotape Clinic and Openair Stage is free and freely accessible. All performance times and further information on the festival can be found at www.m4music.ch and Instagram. The festival will be held in accordance with the current official regulations; we reserve the right to make changes to the program. Line-Up im Moods (Saturday): 20:45-21:30 Hohnen Ford 22:15-23:00 Neunundneunzig 23:45-00:30 Baby Berserk 01:15-02:00 Sami Galbi

5 stages, over 40 shows, several expert talks and an award show: the Migros Kulturprozent&#x27;s m4music Festival is the first festival highlight of the year. On Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Schiffbau, Moods and EXIL. m4music connects, promotes and discovers: This is where the Swiss music scene comes together, exchanges ideas and celebrates the acts of tomorrow. With the festival with shows, conference and award show, and the Demotape Clinic, Migros Kulturprozent creates a platform for exchange, information and talent promotion. The ticket can be exchanged for the festival wristband at the check-in desk from 11.30 am. It entitles the holder to admission to all concerts (subject to capacity). Discover more cultural highlights in Zurich: With the m4music ticket, you can also visit the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst (10 minutes&#x27; walk from the festival site) free of charge: www.migrosmuseum.ch In addition, the entire afternoon program of m4music with Conference, Demotape Clinic and Openair Stage is free and freely accessible. All performance times and further information on the festival can be found at www.m4music.ch and Instagram. The festival will be held in accordance with the current official regulations; we reserve the right to make changes to the program. Line-Up im Moods (Friday): 20:45-21:30 Ramzi Hammad &amp; RH Collective 22:15-23:00 MISS C-LINE &amp; Rabidz 23:45-00:30 Mel D 01:15-02:00 Dana &amp; Alden

Zurich Jazz Orchestra

Tribute to Bill Holman 

Big band musicians around the world mourn the passing of master composer and arranger Bill Holman, who died on May 6, 2024 at the age of 97. His long and prolific career spanned seven decades and produced hundreds of compositions and arrangements that have become beloved core repertoire of big bands and favorites of their audiences around the world. The last time Bill Holman was in Switzerland (2014), he conducted a concert of his music with the Zurich Jazz Orchestra, which remains one of the most memorable performances in the ZJO&#x27;s long history. Our musical directors Daniel Schenker and Ed Partyka met in 1996 as members of the Generations Festival Big Band in Frauenfeld, which was conducted by - you guessed it - Bill Holman. The Zurich Jazz Orchestra will celebrate the wonderful music and long life of Bill Holman on March 27, performing some of his most popular works as well as some rarely heard gems that highlight the orchestra and its outstanding soloists.

Leitung

Altsaxophon

Tenorsaxophon

Baritone Saxophone

Bassposaune

Guitar

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

ZHdK @ JazzBaragge

The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam offers an important platform for the Swiss jazz jam scene. After the musical opening of the jam band, lively and exciting sound conversations begin between musicians who spontaneously meet on stage, reflecting the diversity of jazz in all its facets. The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam is supported by the non-profit association JazzBaragge. There is no presale for JazzBaragge, only box office.

Vibraphon

Ingoma Busuku

Jonas Ruther

The story of Ingoma Busuku began with an initial contact between Jonas Ruther and South African saxophonist Linda Sikakhane. Mediated by Nduduzo Makhathini, the two had originally planned to tour Switzerland in 2020. However, due to the pandemic, the tour had to be postponed several times before finally taking place in 2022. On the subsequent tour in South Africa, they also performed with singer Paras Dlamini. This tour will be his first appearance in Europe. The band&#x27;s name &#x27;Ingoma Busuku&#x27; also comes from the South African singing tradition and means &#x27;song of the night&#x27; in isiZulu, referring to the lyrics, which are deeply rooted in the Zulu tradition and at the same time reflect universal themes such as love, spirituality and connection to the ancestors. The band combines these with groovy rhythms, spiritual melodies and fine improvisation. During their tour of South Africa, the band recorded their first album, &#x27;Isambulo&#x27; (2022), produced by none other than Nduduzo Makhathini.

Vocals

Mehmet Aslan (DJ Set)

Warm up & Afterparty

Born and raised in Basel, Switzerland, in a Turkish immigrant family, Mehmet Aslan now lives in Berlin. Since the release of his groundbreaking EP &quot;Mechanical Turk&quot; on the Glasgow-based label Huntleys + Palmers in 2014, he has been driven by the question of the fluidity of his own post-migrant identity.

Disk Jockey

WHINEY ( Hospital Records London)

V.I.P. Session by JUR Records

JUR Records invites you to the V.I.P. Session: Get ready for a wild night of dancing with well-known DJs and a good dose of drum&#x27;n&#x27;bass! Whiney has been a prominent figure in the Drum and Bass scene since 2012. With his debut on Hospital Records and his album Talisman, he established himself as an innovative artist. Hits like Flashlight and Waystone earned him recognition and remix requests from big names like S.P.Y and Etherwood. Known for his collaborations with top vocalists like Inja and P Money, Whiney is setting new standards in the scene. With his unique creations and appearances in video games and TV shows, he remains one of the most exciting figures in Drum and Bass. We are excited to welcome him back to Zurich! Also not to be missed are our locals: Agent C, Subkey, Yön10, Frog U, and &#x27;nade – see you soon!

Vali Mayer Gypsy Dynasty

Up-and-coming artist Vali Mayer is constantly redefining himself. His latest endeavour – a deceleration. Bigger, better, not faster, stronger. How Slow can you go. Also part of the game are Holzmanno Winterstein, a companion of the legendary Schnuckenack Reinhardt, and the virtuoso guitarist Gigi Reinhardt, who&#x27;s himself part of the Django Reinhardt family.

First the world moved closer together, then the borders were drawn up again. That&#x27;s the bad news. But the good news is that OY are not part of it. rSinger/keyboardist Joy Frempong and producer/drummer Melodydreamer have been making music across all musical, linguistic and cultural borders for a decade. The Berlin-based duo with roots in Ghana and Switzerland have thrilled audiences on stages around the world, whether at festivals such as Eurockéenes in France, Rec Beat in Brazil or at club shows in downtown Cairo and New York. 2022 saw them on tour in Europe with the Colombian band Bomba Estéreo as a support act. It is therefore only logical that the title of their current album is World Wide We Polyglot negotiations of political and personal themes are musically realized. From electronica Afrobeats avant-pop to hip-hop, trap and jazz. OY&#x27;s music is more versatile and unified, stylistically more open and self-contained than ever. World Wide We is an open invitation to everyone who wants to dance all clichés to the ground at the duo&#x27;s celebrated concerts.

Jubia3000

Jubia3000 regularly hosts DJ nights at the Lucerne venue Kind. She plays an eclectic mix of her archive gems before and after OY.

Keyboards

Electronics

Singers Night

Chico Freeman’s Exotica

Two-time Grammy nominated saxophonist/composer Chico Freeman announces his new and highly anticipated project featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the world. Chico Freeman has worked and recorded with some of the greatest artists in the world from many musical genres, as well as leading some of the most exciting groups and projects in the history of jazz. The unique combination of instruments and individual virtuosity of these musicians promises a wonderful collaboration of hearts, minds and musical wonder. Exotica continues the legacy of excellence and begins an incredible journey into the future of creative and modern music. Heralded as one of the most important saxophonists of our time, Chico Freeman has perfected an immediately recognizable approach to music and composition, blending what he has experienced from his past and providing fluidity into a future of infinite musical possibilities. Joined by none other than Swiss Bass Export, Heiri Känzig, and percussion maestro Reto Weber, Freeman&#x27;s Exotica return to Moods after 10 years! Reto Weber will be offering his popular book “Drummin&#x27;” for sale on this evening.

Percussion

Manon Mullener 5tet feat. David Stauffacher

Manon Mullener is one of Europe&#x27;s promising young jazz musicians. She weaves her notes between jazz, Latin music and the melodies of her native Switzerland. Her compositions are like travel diaries, blending the echoes of stages all over the world, from New York to Havana, via European festivals. Her playing, both intimate and vibrant, invites you on a sensory voyage, an immersion in a universe where every note tells a story. With her new album Stories, recorded in New York, the young Swiss pianist Manon Mullener traces a true musical fairy tale through 8 testimonies of people she has met all over the world, offering a different perspective on instrumental music. The audience experiences a modern jazz concert with the influences of Cuban music that make Manon&#x27;s playing so special, while also experiencing the life stories of Zoila, a 95-year-old Cuban grandmother who tells of the perfumery she ran with her husband in Havana in the 1950; Noh, a Mexican cab driver who still carries on the values of the Maya today; or Willard, a theater character from the upscale neighborhoods of New York fascinated by opera. Crazy energy and goosebumps guaranteed!

Vaudou Game

Spirit Music Society & Moods present

What happens here is hypnotic. The band Vaudou Game from Lyon, France, with its charismatic singer from Togo, quotes Afro-funk as it originated in Benin and Togo in the seventies. In other words, where voodoo is part of popular culture and has also left its ecstatic magic in the music. Frontman Peter Solo and his musicians groove uncompromisingly to the point of trance. It&#x27;s like fusing James Brown and Fela Kuti to create a new superfunk.

Buzz (Boss Hi-Fi)

Warm Up & Afterparty

BUZZ needs no introduction. 16 Tons: fantastic records, beautiful furniture. Boss Hi-Fi: best reggae DJs He will play a playful and groovy set after Vaudou Game. ¡Baila!

Bloco Adalu

Adalu Carnaval

Tropikaos - Carnaval Adalu invites you on a journey through the sounds, sights and culture of Brazilian carnival, where people revel in colorful, harmonious chaos at the world&#x27;s biggest street parties. As in previous years, the Bloco Adalu will kick things off, with various percussive groups from Zurich coming together in one tempo. Led by the talented musician Juninho Ibituruna, these groups will open our carnival party in the foyer of the Schiffbau. Similar to a traditional Bloco de Rua, we will bring together the groups Ilù Àiya, Borumbaia and Zurich School of Samba.

Coletivo Gira

Women unite their voices, their instruments and their love of samba in a performance that revives the great samba classics, but also introduces the samba of the new generation. The work of women, whether as composers or performers, is always at the forefront. The group is made up of multi-instrumentalists from different regions of Brazil and the world who bring their idiosyncrasies and influences, resulting in a unique performance full of power and lightness, without neglecting the activism and resistance of women who are still fighting for greater representation in samba. The focus of the concert is on samba and other Afro-Brazilian rhythms from the Samba de Terreiro. The sound of the hand drums (ilú and conga) is present in most of the arrangements and gives them an independent tonal identity without neglecting their roots.

Banda Tropikaos

Experience the infectious sound of Brazilian carnival with Tropikaos! The band was put together by the Adalu association with the aim of presenting the best sound of Brazilian carnival. With their energetic performance, they take the audience on a musical journey through the whole of Brazil - from north to south, from old classics to modern hits. With their energetic performance, the talented musicians Dandara Modesto (vocals), Juninho Ibitiruna (percussion), Carlinhos Assuncao (percussion), Mauricio Caruso (guitar), Thiago K (vocals, guitar) and Rafael (bass) captivate the audience and ignite an irresistible groove that makes you want to dance. The band Tropikaos is more than just a band, they are an artistic experience that enchants the senses and ignites pure joie de vivre.

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Peter Schärli Trio feat. Glenn Ferris

Jacob Karlzon, Benjamin Koppel, Scott Colley, Magnus Öström

m4music Festival

m4music Festival

Zurich Jazz Orchestra

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

Carte Blanche

Ingoma Busuku

Nowruz Festival

Mehmet Aslan (DJ Set)

WHINEY ( Hospital Records London)

Vali Mayer Gypsy Dynasty

OY

Jubia3000

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

Chico Freeman’s Exotica

Manon Mullener 5tet feat. David Stauffacher

Vaudou Game

Buzz (Boss Hi-Fi)

Tropikaos

Bloco Adalu

Coletivo Gira

Banda Tropikaos