"elevator music for claustrophobics"

Jan Frisch - git, bass
Olga Reznichenko - keytar, synths
Laure Boer - electronics
Valentin Schusters - drums

After a showcase at jazzahead! and winning the German Jazz Award (piano) for pianist Olga Reznichenko, the band is currently one of the most exciting voices on the scene.

The quartet CRUTCHES is a hybrid of chamber jazz and elevator punk. The keytar, a combination of keyboard and guitar, is the instrument that sets the tone, while the rhythm section forms set pieces from jazz and metal into delicately interwoven rhythmic structures. The result is idiosyncratic instrumental songs, over which lies a noisy veil of noise, monochord and singing stones. Crutches explores the aesthetics of machines, satirizes styles and clichés and uses musical means to paint a picture of our complex, overwhelming and sometimes comical present.

The concert will be followed by the traditional Jazzorama Jam Session, to which all musicians are invited.

Jamsession approx. 21:30 (Mvz. € 3,00)
 

Supported by the Initiative Musik and the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne
In cooperation with the Cologne Jazzweek