Scheidt/Jahnel/Hertenstein

Wednesday, 29.11.2023, 8 pm
Bread Factory, Caligariplatz 1, 13086 Berlin

Scheidt/Hertenstein/Jahnel

Holger Scheidt - bass

Joe Hertenstein - drums

Benedikt Jahnel - piano

Over the years, double bassist Holger Scheidt has been primarily involved with purely acoustic quintet and quartet music, and has released a total of four albums in these lineups. After living for some time in New York, where he also met Joe Hertenstein, it was difficult for him at first, as it is for all musicians, to be thrown back on himself during the Pandemic and the Lockdowns. Fortunately, that time has now faded into the background. And while the love for quartets
quartets and quintets, and to the music produced exclusively by vibrating wood and
metal is unbroken, the time of isolation has also brought forth a new approach.
brought forth a new approach. Thrown back on solitary music-making, Scheidt had begun to develop and enhance his double bass playing with the help of
to develop and expand his double bass playing with the help of electronic effects devices. In this context
about a year and a half ago, he began to experiment with various trios and also duos.
experiments. These are initially oriented towards classical jazz repertoire,
to break out of the pure sound of wood and metal and enter new sonic terrain.
sonic terrain. For the concert at Jazz am Helmholtzplatz e.V. in the Brotfabrik
Scheidt has succeeded in inviting two particularly virtuoso representatives of the Berlin jazz scene.
scene. Benedikt Jahnel will be heard on piano and Joe
Hertenstein on drums.

About Benedikt Jahnel:
Benedikt Jahnel has two great passions. Born in Upper Bavaria, he is not only a music lover and one of the most talented jazz pianists and composers of his generation, but also holds a doctorate in mathematics. His first major attention as a musician came around the turn of the millennium with the multiple award-winning bands max.bab and Cyminology, of which he is still a member today.
Lyrics: Thomas Loewner
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kalkulation-und-einfuehlung-der-pianist-komponist-und-100.html

About Joe Hertenstein:
Hertenstein, who played drums as a child, was initially interested in classical and rock music before discovering jazz at the age of 19. He first studied music in Munich, Rotterdam, Berlin and Cologne. In 2007, he moved to New York City, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in the jazz studies program at Queens College.[3]

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hertenstein

Text: Holger Scheidt