“Jazz? We can” is our event series for all fans of new and innovative Jazz music in a cozy atmosphere. And which place would suit such an event better than Frankfurt? After all, the Main metropolis plays a central role in the history of Jazz music and the influence of this multilayered genre is palpable at numerous locations in the city – such as our Living Room!
Internationally renowned artists or rising Jazz stars – they all are passionate, adventurous, inspiring and ready to prove their skills at our Living Hotel Frankfurt for you. Chosen by the Munich music journalist and Jazz expert Oliver Hochkeppel, the most famous talents of the Jazz scene expand musical boundaries and unite classic Jazz with Pop, Rock or Electro.
Get carried away by the colourful, versatile and unpredictable sounds every month again at our “Jazz? We can!” events. We look forward to seeing you there!
Matthias Strucken & Frank Haunschild 18.04.2024 at 8 pm
Classical vibraphone jazz of the Cologne school
Visitors to “Jazz We Can” have already been able to experience the magic of the vibraphone with Tim Collins and Sonja Huber, this pure jazz instrument that ranks between piano and drums and combines the advantages and sound characteristics of both. Now Matthias Strucken from Cologne is another exceptional vibraphonist. One who, significantly, also plays piano and drums in addition to vibraphone and marimba. The 46-year-old won prizes at “Jugend musiziert” as a youngster and then studied school music, jazz and vibraphone (with Tom van Geld) at the Cologne University of Music.
Since then, he has been involved in numerous jazz ensembles and projects, but also in a classical context. He was a member of the Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzo) and has worked with greats such as Barbara Dennerlein, Bill Ramsey, Paul Kuhn, Bobby McFerrin, Emil Mangelsdorff, Wolfgang Haffner, Klaus Doldinger and John Taylor, and since 2016 has also worked continuously with gypsy swing guitarist Joscho Stephan. He has also led and continues to lead several of his own bands with very different orientations: from the Matthias Strucken Swingtett to his Milt Jackson Project, from the Latin band Con Mucho Gusto to the trio jazz3, from the crossover formation Artfusion to his Soulbrothers.
He comes to “Jazz We Can” in a duo with the German-American jazz mastermind Frank Haunschild, who has been a professor of jazz guitar at Germany’s largest music academy in Cologne for over 20 years and has written a number of standard textbook works. Above all, however, he is one of the most sought-after jazz guitarists in the international guild and has already played with half the German scene as well as international stars such as John Abercrombie and David Liebman.
“Everything that the German jazz scene has to offer in terms of new sounds, from modern to techno-jazz, from piano power to sensational voices. Solo, as a duo or in a trio. In the intimate, relaxed atmosphere of a living room.”
Oliver Hochkeppel, cultural journalist at Süddeutsche Zeitung and curator of “JAZZ? WE CAN!”
Cécile Verny & Johannes Maikranz / Hannah Weiss & Sam Hylton / Lottchen /
Max Merseny feat. Roland Balogh / Matthias Bublath und Tim Collins /
Tom Reinbrecht und Paulo Alves / Hanna Sikasa, Juri Kannheiser und Klaus Sebastian Klose / Andreas Dombert und Chris Gall
But why not have a listen on Spotify!