Naoko Sakata Trio (S) Sat 27 April 14:00 - 14:30Borgward Saal	European Jazz Meeting Japanese born pianist Naoko Sakata, met her fellow trio members Anton Blomgren and Johan Birgenius while studying at the Academy of Music and Drama at...  more
	Kokko Quartet (FI) Sat 27 April 14:30 - 15:00Halle 2	European Jazz Meeting In Finnish Kalevala mythology, “Kokko” is a gigantic eagle. In playing together, the Kokko Quartet embrace everything connected to this image – intuitively,...  more
	Leon Gurvitch Project (BY, CU, DE) Sat 27 April 15:00 - 15:30Borgward Saal	European Jazz Meeting Composer, pianist, conductor, teacher – Leon Gurvitch certainly likes to keep busy in various musical fields. Besides his many other endeavours, in 2000, the...  more
	Tamara Obrovac Quartet (HR, SLO) Sat 27 April 15:30 - 16:00Halle 2	European Jazz Meeting To composer, vocalist and flutist Tamara Obrovac, jazz is not only a universal musical language, but the way to express herself. Obrovac connects jazz with...  more
	Arifa (NL) Sat 27 April 16:00 - 16:30Borgward Saal	European Jazz Meeting Although Arifa is based in the Netherlands, this quartet truly matches the spirit of the European Jazz Meeting with its members originally hailing from...  more
	Helge Lien Trio (NO) Sat 27 April 16:30 - 17:00Halle 2	European Jazz Meeting Der Titel des aktuellen Albums des Helge Lien Trios lautet “Natsukashii”. Der japanische Begriff Natsukashii beschreibt, wie intensive Erinnerungen durch...  more
	De Beren Gieren (BE) Sat 27 April 17:00 - 17:30Borgward Saal	European Jazz Meeting Since their creation in 2009, De Beren Gieren have been pursuing a vocabulary they can call their own despite having a regular piano trio line-up. The group...  more
	Elina Duni Quartet (CH) Sat 27 April 17:30 - 18:00Halle 2	European Jazz Meeting Elina Duni, originally from Albania, is an up-and-coming talent on the Swiss jazz scene. Her expressive voice and captivating presence on stage have paved...  more
	Zoe Rahman Quartet (UK) Sat 27 April 18:00 - 18:30Borgward Saal	European Jazz Meeting Jamie Cullum once said about Zoe Rahman: “She is such an important and unique artist, she deserves to be celebrated.” A very skillful pianist and energetic...  more
	Oliver's Cinema (NL) Sat 27 April 18:30 - 19:00Halle 2	European Jazz Meeting His specific approach to jazz and his poetic, very authentic style have made trumpet player Eric Vloeimans a focal point not only on the Dutch jazz scene,...  more
	Beats & Pieces Big Band (UK) Sat 27 April 20:00 - 20:30Kulturzentrum Schlachthof	European Jazz Meeting The European Jazz Meeting Night Showcases are kicking off with a bang with the Beats & Pieces big band. Consisting of 14 musicians, the musical...  more
	Girotto-Biondini Duo (IT) Sat 27 April 20:45 - 21:15Kulturzentrum Schlachthof	European Jazz Meeting According to Argentinean saxophonist and flutist Javier Girotto and Italian accordion player Luciano Biondini their music builds “new bridges between jazz...  more
	Django Bates' Belovèd (UK) Sat 27 April 21:30 - 22:00Kulturzentrum Schlachthof	European Jazz Meeting "Bird Lives" was the prophetic graffito seen on a NY wall soon after Charlie Parker's death and it continues to testify to the remarkable...  more
	Electric Excentric Quartet (F) Sat 27 April 22:15 - 22:45Kulturzentrum Schlachthof	European Jazz Meeting Lively, lyrical and positive, that is, according to Jazz Magazine, the music of Sylvain Beuf. The tenor saxophonist has been around as  a professional...  more
	Taksim Trio (TR) Sat 27 April 23:00 - 23:30Kulturzentrum Schlachthof	European Jazz Meeting The melting pot Istanbul is the home of this trio that was started in 2007. Here you find three of the most profound musical frontier commuters deeply...  more
	Tobias Preisig (CH) Sat 27 April 23:45 - 00:15Kulturzentrum Schlachthof	European Jazz Meeting Already as a seven-year-old, Tobias Preisig was drawn to the violin. After extensive studies in Bern and New York he was involved in a broad variety of...  more