IG JAZZ SESSION: FELIX AMBACH QUARTETT

Jazz session in the café|bar

Roger Kintopf, Julius Gawlik and Felix Ambach have known each other for over ten years and played together in various bands when the band was formed in 2020. Since 2023, British vibraphonist Jonny Mansfield has expanded the formation into a quartet. The mutual trust and friendship between the musicians is the basis for being able to be honest and vulnerable in the moment of playing.
Each of the four individuals can equally influence the direction of the music. The compositions written explicitly for his fellow musicians define the framework within which this interplay takes place. The majority of the music is improvised.
Musical influences range from Ahmad Jamal and Joel Ross to Little Simz and Boygenius.
The trio is the winner of the "Young German Jazz Award" 2021, the "jazz@undesigned" 2021 selection grant from the Werner-Richard-Dörken Foundation and the Hi-Five Jazz Award 2022.

Julius Gawlik: clarinet
Jonny Mansfield: vibraphone
Roger Kintopf: double bass
Felix Ambach: composition and drums