Summer is rarely the time for me to put my feet up. Instead, it’s when three amazing festivals keep me busy, each one built through months of intensive teamwork and anticipation. Providing a stage for diverse and inspiring music feels more important than ever, and I’m very proud to play a part in making that […]
The music industry is constantly changing, demanding flexibility and resilience. For many years, Dave Douglas has been a role model in this regard, inspiring me with the way he embraces challenges and transforms them into opportunities. One of his most visionary steps was founding his own label Greenleaf Music two decades ago. After our first
For several years now, I have had the honor of being part of the team behind the Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York, where I am responsible for design and online communication as well as curating the international virtual series “Brass Without Borders”. The community surrounding our beloved instrument is growing continuously, and
Sandman‘s Calling feat. Julian Sartorius. Release Concert. BeJazz, Bern. My dear brother Gregor Frei presented this project for the first time in Bern last week. He expanded the trio into a quartet. All these guys are fabulous musicians and wonderful people who have a lot of fun making music together. They played the music from
I am very happy that this year all the festivals I am involved in could take place again. There is nothing better than finally being able to experience music live and meeting many people from the community again. After a diverse and exciting edition of the Jazz Festival Willisau, I also had the opportunity to
Thanks to JAZZ’N’MORE Magazine for the preview of the great Festival Of New Trumpet Music! I’ve been part of the team for a few years now and I’m very happy to be able to present my music this year as well. Usually at this time I was in New York, meeting a lot of people
Some of my favorite musicians released their third record as a band called “Sound Prints” today. What started as a tribute to the great Wayne Shorter for his 80th birthday is now a perfect quintet for this music, composed by Dave Douglas and Joe Lovano and beautifully recorded after a week-long engagement at the renowned
Over the past year, I have been working steadily on the redesign, development and maintenance of the new website of the renowned Swiss jazz magazine. The current version offers free access to the magazine’s archive from the last ten years (PDFs). An exciting resource for the development of jazz in the last decade. Have a
