HfK Jazzclub | Hammond sings the Blues
When the elderly Hammond B3 organ was celebrated on its latest birthday, a long-cherished wish of Klaus Möckelmann came true: to finally play his favourite instrumentals again with a classic line-up. In Fred Drobnjak (guitar) and Jonathan Frach (drums), he found the perfect fellow musicians to open the session at the HfK Jazzclub on Tuesday, 21 January.
Pianist and Hammond B3 player Klaus Möckelmann has been touring for years with various blues, soul and funk bands. He has a particular passion for Hammond B3 instrumentals. His long-held wish to form an instrumental organ trio again, playing his favourite pieces, came true in 2024. During a performance with Fred Drobnjak (guitar), Jonathan Frach (drums) stepped in as a stand-in. The groove clicked straight away, and it was quickly decided to continue working in this line-up.
The programme features their shared, cross-generational love for diverse grooves such as funk, shuffle, swing and blues, as well as the sometimes underrated great jazz classics. At the heart of it all is the blues, which runs through the programme in all manner of variations, completely undogmatically.
The programme features well-known classics by Jimmy Smith, Jack MC Dough, Groove Holmes, Bruce Cats and Ronny Earl, as well as more recent jazz-fusion-inspired blues arrangements by Ronny Jordan and Bob Berg, a few numbers from the ‘Great American Songbook’, and some original compositions.
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The "hfk jazzclub" is the venue for contemporary jazz in Bremen. Concerts and sessions with musicians from the university and local and national musicians take place every Tuesday of the semester at 8 pm in the basement vault of the University of Music. Passionate jamming takes place here, or student tryout programmes are presented. Semester projects by the Rehearsal Band and themed concert programmes are also on offer. In short: a think tank for jazz and a meeting place for Bremen's jazz scene.
Admission
Normal: 5 Euro
HfK students: 2 euros
Tickets are available at the box office from 7 pm
Important information
The HfK is barrier-free to a limited extent at the Dechanatstraße location.
The entire building is fully accessible via two lifts, in the west wing and in the middle wing, from the basement to the 2nd floor. Due to a height offset on the ground floor, the toilet for people with limited mobility can only be reached barrier-free from the entrance via the basement and the 1st floor.
Public disabled parking spaces are designated on the street immediately adjacent to the courtyard entrance. In addition, a disabled parking space can be allocated on the premises by the caretakers and the security service. The colleagues can be reached by telephone at +49 421 9595-1400.
