NOVEMBER PREMIERES: JAZZAHEAD!

Annual trade fair, exhibition, and festival jazzahead! is one of the international jazz community's most important events. Hosted in Bremen, Germany, jazzahead! brings together musicians, bookers, agents, organizers, jazz experts, and music enthusiasts at the world’s largest jazz event. In 2022, jazzahead! paid special attention to Canada’s jazz scene and invited forty jazz acts from all over the world to perform over the course of three days. Among the performing artists are Montreal alto saxophonist François Carrier, Quebec percussionist Michel Lambert, and British bassist John Edwards. Juno-winning François Carrier and Michel Lambert share a long history and now appear in a free jazz trio with British bass phenomenon John Edwards, whose staggering range of techniques and boundless musical imagination redefine the possibilities of the double bass and dramatically expanded its role.

Annual trade fair, exhibition, and festival jazzahead! is one of the international jazz community's most important events. Hosted in Bremen, Germany, jazzahead! brings together musicians, bookers, agents, organizers, jazz experts, and music enthusiasts at the world’s largest jazz event. In 2022, jazzahead! paid special attention to Canada’s jazz scene and invited forty jazz acts from all over the world to perform over the course of three days. Among the performing artists is Audrey Ochoa, a top-notch Canadian trombonist. Ochoa’s music is exhilarating and exuberant, relevant and light-hearted. This rising star on the international music scene is decidedly captivating and original, and her compositional skill and talent on her instrument are spectacular.

Annual trade fair, exhibition, and festival jazzahead! is one of the international jazz community's most important events. Hosted in Bremen, Germany, jazzahead! brings together musicians, bookers, agents, organizers, jazz experts, and music enthusiasts at the world’s largest jazz event. In 2022, jazzahead! paid special attention to Canada’s jazz scene and invited forty jazz acts from all over the world to perform over the course of three days. Among the performing ensembles is the Clara Haberkamp Trio. German pianist Clara Haberkamp rose to fame as singer/pianist/lyricist, but her recent album ‘Reframing the Moon’ focuses purely on her instrumental talent. Her quick ear, near-magical gift for melody, and astonishing awareness of contrast make for sophisticated and dense moments that are counterbalanced by heart-melting moments of direct emotional contact with her listeners. She is accompanied by James Banner (bass) and Lukas Akintaya (drums).

Annual trade fair, exhibition, and festival jazzahead! is one of the international jazz community's most important events. Hosted in Bremen, Germany, jazzahead! brings together musicians, bookers, agents, organizers, jazz experts, and music enthusiasts at the world’s largest jazz event. In 2022, jazzahead! paid special attention to Canada’s jazz scene and invited forty jazz acts from all over the world to perform over the course of three days. One of the ensembles appearing at jazzahead! 2022 is the Alba Careta Group. Catalan-born, Amsterdam-schooled trumpeter and vocalist Alba Careta effortlessly forges powerful emotional connections, whether she is playing or singing. Her 2018 debut album won Catalonia’s Enderrock Prize for Best Jazz Album of the Year. At jazzahead!, she is accompanied by drummer Adrià Claramunt, tenor saxophonist Lucas Martínez, pianist Roger Santacana, and double bassist Giuseppe Campisi.