Back on tour with Isabelle Ritter’s band Elisa Day. I am happy to play Isabelle’s music again with these wonderful musicians. We’re playing two concerts in Germany and France and on the main stage of the amazing Cully Jazz Festival opening for Thomas Dutronc. www.elisaday.chwww.cullyjazz.ch
In October I put my quartet DART back together to play a concert. I’ve been looking forward to this for quite a while. Playing with Simon Spiess, Jeremias Keller and Fred Bürki is a great pleasure and it is wonderful to see how my music comes alive through their musicality and contribution. We were invited
My quartet will be playing again this month. Looking forward to make some music with my friends and very fine musicians Simon Spiess, Jeremias Keller and Fred Bürki again. Especially happy to be part of the Inderbinen Concerts 2018 and present my music at the place where my (and Simon’s) wonderful instruments are built. Oct
I will be back in New York City again next month for the 16th edition of the Festival Of New Trumpet Music presented by Dave Douglas. 8 days, 5 locations and over 80 musicians. A really diverse program with many great trumpet players. Looking forward to hearing some young talents like Linda Briceño, Rachel Therrien and
Summer is always a busy time for me with a lot of festivals. Even though the music business is a hard place, meeting and talking again with people like Joe Lovano, Ohad Talmor, Jim Black, Marcus Strickland, Larry Grenadier, Vic Juris and some more at the Langnau Jazz Nights this month showed me why I
Playing at the wonderful Cully Jazz Festival tonight with Elisa Day. Check out our new live video.
In a little less than a week I’ll have again the pleasure to be part of the Jazzwerkstatt Festival in Bern, Switzerland. Looking forward to hear a lot of great and new music and meet people from around the world. Especially looking forward to be part of William Parker‘s Large Ensemble and play his music.
I started this band last May at my Moods Labor Residency with 3 amazing musicians and friends. It’s called DART and we have our first video ready for you. Right in time for a gray winter day. Lukas Frei (tp/comp), Simon Spiess (ts), Jeremias Keller (eb), Fred Bürki (dr) Recorded live at Moods Labor in May 2017.