Dubi Lenz's Radio Programm featured 2 of my covers

to "Shir"/ E.Ankri and "She's leaving home" /Beatles

an interview in the israeli Radio GL"Z with the lovely Dubi Lenz

an interview
in the wake of the "Artemis film festival" award 

on "Bella composers", with Kaylene Peoples

websites relaunch

It was a LONG time coming--- My website became so full- even I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

The NDR Kultur Radio show "Klassik à la carte"

had me on as a guest -

I was so caught up

in the new album recording, that i completely cocooned myself from the very bitter german-election-results

Pure Joy,

a real treat- an african-israeli mash, of sounds, songs and rhythms.

a publication of mine

on "die welt am Sonntag" : reflections on (my) immigration

In case you're around,

i'd like to invite you to very special concerts with the WONDERFUL bassist Childo Tomás.

I am an atheist jew, yet devout.

(it's very conflicted and VERY jewish…) I believe in something that i can not prove exists- I believe in music, its power, the inspiration it beholds.

A friend, who i haven't seen for a while now,

asked me if everything was ok- He had noticed that i haven't written anything on my blog for a while….at first i had to smile, but i guess he is right. In this day and age if you don't constantly report what you do it's almost as if you weren't doing anything. What did people do "back in the days" (ha ha ha) - the pre- internet days- pre- self-promo-days? they were artist around that were busy being creative and productive. I like to indulge in the illusion that they could concentrate on the "doing" and less on the "spreading the word" part of things- wow! that sounds GREAT!!! Information is great but sooooo much information is, well- too much! so i guess i'm definitely not a Y generation :-)

This time

Only in german.

Just in time for the CD release,

a lovely spot on RBB TV-Stilbruch magazin. Enjoy!

A little discovery-

a radio station playing only vocal jazz-

Back from the blues and greens

of the canary islands- i thought i should drop a line before the madness begins- again.

Great News from Bern!

The concert at the Jazzwerstatt Festival was so much fun- there is a little video: www.jazzwerkstatt.ch/ and as things momentarily stand, I will be spending more time in Bern- I have been teaching at the Jazz department of the HKB College of music and arts for a while now- but as of September the wonderful singer Andreas Schaerer and I will be leading the vocal department. I am very excited about it. New places, new people, new encounters, new luck-

On the Bass2010

last weekend, I had the great pleasure and the honour to get to know and to play with the WONDERFUL bassist and composer Riccardo Del Fra. Some players have the amazing quality of sounding like an entire band just by playing their own instrument- with such beauty and depth- wow!

I just came back

from a wonderful vacation in Greece (on the island of Corfu), with lots of sun and sea, free time, no train rides, no flights- a hotel- but the same one for 3 weeks straight- basically the opposite of my life in the past 2 years :-)

After being away for a long time,

I will be visiting Israel again, and will be giving a concert on 17.3.2010 with a very good friend of mine and a wonderful guitarist, Yaniv Kerem and his band. We will be playing at the "Hasimta theater" in old Jaffa- so in case you happend to be in town- be sure to come.

A new year has rushed in,

yet I still find myself thinking and writing "2009"- as if I am still in a different time zone- which, I guess, is not so far off... :-)

I have started teaching

at the wonderful HKB College of Music and Arts in Bern, Switzerland. This college is the oldest Jazz college in Europe, with wonderful musicians- teachers as well as students- a great experience for me- guiding jazz-interested souls in the sometimes jazz-uninterested world......:-) so we agreed on the term „FREEDOM“ instead of „Jazz“ - and who is not interested in that....:-) Some teachers, including yours truly, will be giving a concert on the 23.11.09 in Bern- so feel free to stop by in case you are in town.

Wonderful news!

I just found out that I have been awarded with the "Nürnberger Nachrichten International Jazz Preis" for 2009. The award ceremony in form of a concert with ALONY will take place on October 3rd 2009 as part of the "Stimmenfang Festival" in Nürnberg. I am very much looking forward to it!

Back home in Berlin,

after a wonderful ALONY CD Release Tour in Germany and Austria. The surprise "star of the evening" was the "Lights On/Off" video. It was especially exciting to watch it on the big cinema screen in the gorgeous "Babylon-Mitte" venue in Berlin; a definite night to remember!

A wonderful thing coming up

is a project I will be doing in May with the Radio Big-Band Frankfurt (HR Big-Band). we will be recording a CD with Israeli songs that I chose, arranged and conducted by the wonderful composer and a dear friend Ed Partyka. We will be playing one concert in Frankfurt on May 20th 09. Ed had me featured on his wonderful CD called “Overcast” played by the “Sunday Night Orchestra” released Jun. 2008 on Mons Records. We enjoyed working together so much that he has asked me to take part in the recording of his new CD recording, set for Sep.09, which will be a Co-produced by the Berlin-Brandenburg Radio.