Uwe Steinmetz - t.a.i.b.i.t.a.

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There is a Balm in Gilead - live in Berlin 2021 9:13

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Wade - live In Berlin 2021 5:56

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A CONCERT OF SACRED JAZZ

WITH DEVOTIONAL SONGS FROM FIVE CONTINENTS

Uwe Steinmetz, recently described by the press as an ambassador for jazz as devotional music that opens spaces for encountering the sacred on stage as well as in sacred rituals, presents with his band TAIBITA (founded 2020) devotional songs from different continents stemming from the "Global Songbook" project. Steinmetz releases with a curating team of 40 musicians from over 20 countries and five continents a “Global Songbook 2024” (www.hymnsandrites2024.org), commemorating the first hymnals of 1524 printed in Germany that empowered people to sing to their God for the first time in their language and popular musical styles, The band brings together exceptional musicians from different generations and traditions that Steinmetz has enjoyed working and performing with since many years. They are unified in the belief that music is a path to compassion, devotion and a never-ending search for peace.

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TAIBITA / GLOBAL DEVOTIONAL MUSIC

Line-up for 2023/2024 & guests:

CHANDA RULE (Chicago/Vienna)

"Her powerful voice is characterized by superb diction...heartfelt intonation...and often aching beauty." All About Jazz

With feet rooted in gospel, a heart filled with soul, and a voice touched with jazz, singer and songwriter Chanda Rule has been weaving stories through song, humming melodies, and bending words since her childhood. Gracefully mesmerizing audiences nationally and internationally, Chanda's genre-defying voice has been featured in a variety of musical projects: from her latest album "Sapphire Dreams" recorded with the legendary pianist Kirk Lightsey, "Feeling Good: A Tribute to Nina Simone" where she sang alongside sax powerhouse Donny McCaslin, to appearing as a featured vocalist on ARTE Concert, Ö1 Jazznacht, ORF's Dancing Stars, and sharing her song and sound with digital performance art projects and folkloric dance companies. Featured in Cicily Janus' "The New Face of Jazz" (Billboard Books), Chanda has also performed as an opening act for India.Arie, Kamasi Washington, Amel Larrieux, Angela Bofill, Regina Belle & The Whispers. Also a published writer, podcast host and storyteller who uses narrative and music for community building and communal healing, Chanda is the bestselling author of “How Butterfly Got Her Beautiful Wings and can be heard biweekly on her podcast, The Courageous Voice. https://www.chandarule.com

ARNE JANSEN (Berlin)

"At last! Looking skywards, one is tempted to let out a cry of relief. There hasn't been a jazz guitarist of the calibre of Berlin's Arne Jansen in Germany for decades. Perhaps never before." Jazzthetik, Wolf Kampmann
"One of the best jazz guitarists." Fono Forum

Born in 1975, Arne Jansen finds inspiration equally in jazz as in rock and pop music. During his studies of jazz guitar at the University of the Arts in Berlin (1996-2001), Jansen received lessons from Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, Philip Catherine and Mick Goodrick. Between 1998 and 2000 he was a member of the Bundesjugendjazzorchester under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer. With his own trio, the Nils Wülker Group, with David Helbock & Sebastian Studnitzky, the Senegalese Orchestra Baobab, Matthias Schweighöfer's live band or in duo projects with Katja Riemann, he regularly gives concerts at festivals at home and abroad. He was awarded the ECHO Jazz as "Best Guitarist National" in 2014 and 2017. When composing as well as improvising, Jansen always follows lyrical motifs. This is "less a conscious creative process than an unconscious journey of discovery", as he states. The guitarist's music is the image of humanity made sound, always searching for the special in the everyday, radiating peace and yet never coming to rest itself, because it is always searching. www.arnejansen.com

JONAS TIMM, pianist and composer, is one of the defining figures of Leipzig's young jazz and improvisation scene. In addition to a soft spot for choral music rooted in his musical roots, his passion lies in travelling and experiencing improvisation in the diversity of the world's cultures. His work as a leader (Jonas Timm Trio/Mondmenschen), co-leader (Insul/Mayoretta) and sideman has been documented several times on recordings. As a pianistic accompanist, he has participated in workshops with Norma Winstone and Theo Bleckmann. With his ensemble "MORBU"(with Diego Pinera/Bertram Burkert/Tino Derado/Lorenz Heigenhuber) he released the debut album in 2022, inspired by various travel experiences. In spring 2023, the follow-up CD was recorded. When Jonas is not travelling, he lives in Leipzig and Berlin. In addition to collaborations in Leipzig's young scene (Max Stadtfeld/Philipp Scholz/Robert Lucacio), Jonas Timm works regularly with the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the Leipzig Gewandhauschor. With his father, he runs the family label Mondrago Music. He also organises the annual MJUZIK Festival as part of a collective, which was initiated by him in 2019. www.jonastimm.de

MARCEL KRÖMKER (Berlin) has been a double bass player appearing on stages at festivals and clubs in Asia, South America and Europe for over 20 years. His band Bathing Birds recorded the album Tweet! with New York trumpeter Alex Sipiagin in November. The latter is characterized by the alternation of new compositions and improvisations with the discreet integration of electronic instruments. A special element is the combination of the acoustic double bass with a synthesizer as well as the integration of self- produced samples. The album release is accompanied by an internet campaign. Together with the business partner Octason Records, the aim is to create the basis for a long-term cooperation in Europe and South America with press articles, the video and the artwork. He cooperated also with renowned producers like Yensin Jahn (Planet Roc Studio, Mando Diao, Alice Cooper, Till Brönner) and Andy Jung (Seed, Blackmail) amongst others. As a jazz double bass player Marcel’s musical highlights were concerts with Nils Landgreen, Alex Sipiagin, Toni & Lakatosh, Nils Wogram, Tino, Derado, Changuito (9 Grammy-awards), Pernell & Saturnino, Michael Moore, Jasper Blom, Leni Stern, Peter Ehwald and others. http://marcelkrömker.com

LAUREN FRANKLIN STEINMETZ (USA/GER), born 1980 in Jacksonville, Florida, has worked as a cello soloist and with chamber music ensembles in the USA, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Sweden, Moldavia, Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, Hungary and Belgium. Lauren studied at Mannes College of Music and Manhattan School of Music in New York. Her principal teachers were David Soyer (Guarneri String Quartet) and Marcy Rosen. In 2010 Lauren was awarded the US Fulbright Scholarship and studied baroque cello with Judith Ermert at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent/BE. An enthusiastic interpreter of new music, she has been involved in the New York premieres of the compositions of Jennifer Hindon and Bright Sheng. She was cellist of the Eppes String Quartet, founded by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Taffee Zwilich as a body of new string quartet music. Since Lauren's marriage and move to Berlin in 2012, she has been discovering and exploring improvised music and enjoying ensemble work with European jazz musicians.