In the organizer's words:

With the "SWING GEORG" concert series, Cologne-based trumpeter Thimo Niesterok celebrates the music of the swing era in a variety of top-class line-ups.

This evening's guest is Australian trombonist and singer Shannon Barnett, one of the most versatile musicians on the jazz scene and professor of jazz trombone at the Cologne University of Music and Dance since 2019.
While Barnett's work encompasses almost all jazz and jazz-related styles (e.g. with The Bamboos, Paul Grabowski, Circus Oz or as a member of the WDR Big Band), this concert will focus on the music of the Great American Songbook, to which Shannon Barnett lends a very special touch with her flair for elegant melodies and her unmistakable vocals.
Thimo Niesterok (*1996) is one of the outstanding voices of the young German jazz scene and is a fascinating trumpeter not only because of his extraordinary musicality, but also because of his passion for swing and mainstream jazz. Niesterok's warm, nuanced tone and unmistakable phrasing lend his musical language a special depth that delights both long-time jazz fans and new and especially young listeners alike.