{"title": "Hila Kulik – A Tribute to the Jazz Messengers Pianists", "start": "2026-11-11T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Orania", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/hard-bop"], "description": "A solo piano performance titled \"A Tribute to the Jazz Messengers Pianists\", taking place as part of Orania.Piano. The Israeli pianist, composer and arranger Hila Kulik honors in it the pianists who shaped the sound of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, one of the most important groups of modern jazz. From Horace Silver through Bobby Timmons and Cedar Walton to Mulgrew Miller, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Benny Green, these artists defined generations of hard bop and beyond. Kulik, a graduate of the Queens College master's program in jazz performance, reinterprets this piano legacy through a personal and contemporary lens, with a deep sense of swing and thoughtful arrangements. Her international experience includes performances worldwide and collaborations with jazz artists such as Cyrille Aimée, Wayne Tucker and Antonio Hart.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/hila-kulik-a-tribute-to-the-jazz-messengers-pianists-76138/", "official_url": "https://orania.berlin/oraniaconcerts/event/event/hila-kulik-20261111", "image": "https://noky.io/images/10b9c7f4d668d155d77071f6edd0498c8ab37b412b02ca5d132bea46aab3a9cc-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Orania", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Matti Klein Acoustic Trio – Celebrating Bobby Timmons", "start": "2026-11-12T21:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Orania", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/hard-bop"], "description": "A concert evening in the Orania.Grooves series at the Hotel Orania in Berlin-Kreuzberg, in which an acoustic trio celebrates the repertoire of soul jazz pianist Bobby Timmons. Behind the evening is keyboardist Matti Klein, internationally known as a groove master and vintage keyboard enthusiast, a former founding member of the jazz funk band Mo' Blow and, since 2013, artistic director and keyboardist for Brazilian superstar Ed Motta. At the centre are Timmons' timeless compositions such as Moanin', Dat Dere and This Here, with which he combined irresistible gospel-infused grooves with lyrical sophistication and shaped the sound of modern jazz for generations. Rooted in the spirit of hard bop, the music unfolds with spontaneity and deep respect for the original material.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/matti-klein-acoustic-trio-celebrating-bobby-timmons-76139/", "official_url": "https://orania.berlin/oraniaconcerts/event/event/matti-klein-acoustic-trio-20261112", "image": "https://noky.io/images/34d7809f56fb472538f59716157c37877eb03611b3fdf819bca5141b3fa3addd-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Benedikt Jahnel – Echoes of Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays", "start": "2026-10-31T21:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Orania", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/piano"], "description": "Benedikt Jahnel gives a concert in the Orania.Piano series at Orania Berlin. With “Echoes of Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays”, the pianist pays tribute to the work of two icons of modern jazz. Building on their compositions, he creates poetic, subtly nuanced piano interpretations combining melodic expansiveness, harmonic sophistication and improvisational freedom. In doing so he produces personal reflections and fresh perspectives on a musical legacy that continues to resonate today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/benedikt-jahnel-echoes-of-pat-metheny-lyle-mays-76133/", "official_url": "https://orania.berlin/oraniaconcerts/event/event/benedikt-jahnel-20261031", "image": "https://noky.io/images/38b396da0c09d8db3cdf6d99792f3578afe6ccca48bdbaa1521e9c9e3cc1c391-2000.webp"}, {"title": "THE ZIG ZAG JAZZED UP JAM SESSION", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zig Zag", "address": "Hauptstraße 89, 12159 Berlin", "price": "20 € (inkl. 2 Freigetränke); ab 22 Uhr 10 € (inkl. 1 Freigetränk)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/reservierungen", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "THE ZIG ZAG JAZZED UP JAM SESSION is a weekly jazz jam session at the Zig Zag Jazzclub in Berlin. It is hosted by pianist Uri Gincel, who, together with Paul Kleber on bass and Tobias Backhaus on drums, gathers the city's best jazz musicians every week. After a short set by the opening band, changing ensembles improvise over the Great American Songbook and the legacy of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock. On stage, the musicians communicate, create and push each other to new heights, all in a fine jazz club atmosphere with delicious cocktails and good conversation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-zig-zag-jazzed-up-jam-session-24820/", "official_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/program-mai/bwnarwjfpss3x6p-c38nm-ntfs4-hcxx7-lma26-3g79a", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5d5b64edec2cf77e537ec11b418b3d4920976abd76b465e4f3a0a781a4c40967-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Nduduzo Makhatini, Linda May Han Oh & Jeff Tain Watts - Coltrane 100", "start": "2026-11-07T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zig Zag", "address": "Hauptstraße 89, 12159 Berlin", "price": "45€ (Mitglieder: 22,50€)", "price_from": "45.00", "price_to": "45.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/de/a/665710997ed5f05a0e32f0e9/e/6a971892de97322707c044bc", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "“Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once” is an all-star concert project marking the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane's birth. Five internationally acclaimed musicians – Joe Lovano (saxophone), Melissa Aldana (saxophone), Nduduzo Makhathini (piano), Linda May Han Oh (bass) and Jeff “Tain” Watts (drums) – explore his legacy from a contemporary perspective. The programme combines new interpretations of music from different periods of Coltrane's career with original compositions inspired by him. The concert takes place not at the jazz club but at the Georg Neumann Saal at UdK Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/joe-lovano-melissa-aldana-nduduzo-makhatini-linda-may-han-oh-24832/", "official_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/program-mai/joelovanocoltra100", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c8510054a016a06c7e6e16ada50e8e9b8fd8f0154e0b9bdf0932e9722a83b1c3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Johannes von Ballestrem – Modern Masters: Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau and their contemporaries", "start": "2026-11-07T21:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Orania", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/piano"], "description": "A piano concert in the Orania.Piano series at Orania Berlin. Berlin-based pianist and composer Johannes von Ballestrem, whose work spans jazz, Brazilian music and classical performance, pays tribute in it to the innovators of modern jazz. From Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau to Kurt Rosenwinkel and younger pianists such as Aaron Parks, the program showcases the evolution of jazz piano over the last 30 years. Ballestrem studied in Weimar, Berlin and Leipzig with mentors including Michael Wollny and Kurt Rosenwinkel and now tours internationally as a soloist, bandleader and sought-after sideman.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/johannes-von-ballestrem-modern-masters-keith-jarrett-brad-me-76137/", "official_url": "https://orania.berlin/oraniaconcerts/event/event/johannes-von-ballestrem-20261107", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4aea5579dd33d579941978378dc46f0e85b685058dd320f16b0df77e8e2127fb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "ZIG ZAG HALL: Emmet Cohen - Miles & Coltrane at 100", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zig Zag", "address": "Hauptstraße 89, 12159 Berlin", "price": "35€ (Mitglieder 17,50€)", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/de/a/665710997ed5f05a0e32f0e9/e/6a9aa53b4d592f6719990af2", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert at the Zig Zag Jazz Club marking the hundredth birthday of Miles Davis and John Coltrane in 2026. American pianist Emmet Cohen leads a quintet of outstanding musicians from today's New York scene – Tivon Pennicott on saxophone, Benny Benack III on trumpet, Philip Norris on bass and Joe Farnsworth on drums. Under the title „Miles & Coltrane at 100“, the music of the two jazz giants is performed not as a historical reconstruction but as a living, evolving conversation between generations. Seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, and tickets are also available at the door.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zig-zag-hall-emmet-cohen-miles-coltrane-at-100-24828/", "official_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/program-mai/emmetmilesjohn", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1fff9af387b1b3040628b9caa64d1e7aa8dd56049963fa2b114e3919fd2d30ed-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Artist Talk", "start": "2026-10-31T17:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "The Artist Talk is a conversation held as part of Jazzfest Berlin. It brings together musicians George Lewis, Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase with the festival's artistic director Nadin Deventer, moderated by journalist Peter Margasak. The subject is the Globe Unity Orchestra's artistic work and its significance for music history, 60 years after the ensemble's debut at the former Berlin Jazz Days. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/artist-talk-16527/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/artist-talk-01-11", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98c00c43fd56e4978b91db2cf01fa0d474219a8b1f9b6fc31ab8419dda7dd3cd-600.webp"}, {"title": "Maria Baptist Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-06T21:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kunstfabrik Schlot", "address": "Invalidenstraße 117, 10115 Berlin", "price": "20/15 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "The Maria Baptist Orchestra is a sixteen-piece European jazz orchestra with a symphonic signature whose Berlin concert series has achieved cult status over more than a decade and 110 performances. Behind it is composer, conductor and pianist Maria Baptist, who blends jazz and classical music into her own multi-layered sonic cosmos: fugues, concertos and suites weave seamlessly into jazz improvisations. The orchestra has earned multiple nominations for the German Record Critics' Award, most recently for the album The Bright and the Dark. The US publication All About Jazz places Maria Baptist's compositions in a league with Maria Schneider, George Gruntz, Jim McNeely and Carla Bley.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/maria-baptist-orchestra-23491/", "official_url": "https://kunstfabrik-schlot.de/event/maria-baptist-orchestra-38/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/207c45b829279c2f2e1a2d1c8c99929cc72a2fd33aa6dbd5eeb841de028dcf15-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Zig Zag Hall: Emmet Cohen", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Werkstatt 26 (W26)", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert at Zig Zag Hall: pianist Emmet Cohen performs the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane with a quintet under the title \"Miles & Coltrane at 100\". The occasion is the double centenary of two musicians who would both have turned 100 in 2026; Cohen revisits their legacy through a new generation of New York jazz musicians. Joining him are Tivon Pennicott (saxophone), Benny Benack III (trumpet), Philip Norris (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zig-zag-hall-emmet-cohen-73477/", "official_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/program-mai/emmetmilesjohn", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1fff9af387b1b3040628b9caa64d1e7aa8dd56049963fa2b114e3919fd2d30ed-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Julia Biłat - cello solo / Kenny Warren Trio", "start": "2026-11-04T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Luisen105", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "An evening of improvised music in the LUISEN105 series. Cellist Julia Biłat plays a cello solo; afterwards the Kenny Warren Trio performs, with Kenny Warren on trumpet, Matthias Pichler on bass and Andreas Pichler on drums. The concerts take place in the intimate choir hall behind the Luisenkirche Berlin-Charlottenburg, a space designed for focused listening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/julia-biat-cello-solo-kenny-warren-trio-79879/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Graewe / Jones / Drake // ganavya // Globe Unity Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-01T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "price": "32/42, ermäßigt 20/25", "price_from": "32.00", "price_to": "42.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim.de/event/jazzfest-berlin-2026-haus-der-berliner-festspiele-22139738/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A concert evening at Jazzfest Berlin at Haus der Berliner Festspiele with three parts: first the trio Graewe / Jones / Drake, then singer ganavya, and finally the Globe Unity Orchestra. Pianist Georg Graewe, a key figure in German free jazz history, performs with drummer Hamid Drake and bassist Brad Jones; the evening also marks the trio's German premiere. ganavya, an Indian-American singer based in Berlin, blends jazz harmonies, flowing improvisation and South Asian devotional traditions. The Globe Unity Orchestra around pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach celebrates its 60th anniversary, for the first time with a four-hands piano piece between the bandleader and Aki Takase, plus a rare trombone appearance by composer George Lewis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/graewe-jones-drake-ganavya-globe-unity-orchestra-16707/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/graewe-jones-drake-ganavya-globe-unity-orchestra", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d590b0eb12331dca155eb60151b6c5241b7a0cc23258e144f42db5f3ef1a7936-600.webp"}, {"title": "HIJAZ MIT MANDELN", "start": "2026-11-12T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heimathafen Neukölln", "address": "Karl-Marx-Straße 141, 12043 Berlin", "price": "Regulär 25,00 €, Ermäßigt 20,00 €, ZUGABE TICKET 30,00 €", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/tickets", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "HIJAZ MIT MANDELN is a concert of music from the Jewish world under the title „Jüdische Musik, viele Sprachen und einige Umwege“. The Institut für Neue Soziale Plastik presents a newly compiled programme in which Shlomi Moto Wagner and Tayfun Guttstadt take the audience on a journey from Central Europe via the Balkans and Anatolia to the Middle East. Songs in Yiddish, Ladino, Turkish, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic are performed in their own arrangements with guitar, ney, ukulele and lavta, with Hogir Uğur Göregen and Yael Gat as guest musicians. Wagner is a interdisciplinary artist and trained opera singer born in Israel and living in Berlin, while Guttstadt's background lies in Turkish, Ottoman and Sephardic music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/hijaz-mit-mandeln-24500/", "official_url": "https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/hijaz-mit-mandeln/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/550b644fe7ccab3a20c57c123476b6c6120aa176d325793cd04f15f8418da610-600.webp"}, {"title": "World. Klezmer, Hora, Liebeslieder mit She’Koyokh und Çiğdem Aslan", "start": "2026-11-11T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kammermusiksaal", "address": "Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin", "price": "30 €", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/ticketinfo/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/klezmer"], "description": "A concert in the World series at the Philharmonie Berlin presenting klezmer, hora and love songs with the ensemble She'Koyokh and singer Çiğdem Aslan. The seven-piece, award-winning ensemble from London, which started out as street musicians, devotes itself to the folk music traditions of Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Turkey. Audiences hear klezmer melodies, love songs from Anatolia, songs from Bosnia and dance music from Serbia to Ukraine, carried by the gentle yet passionate voice of the Alevi-Kurdish singer Çiğdem Aslan. The ensemble's name comes from Yiddish and means something like 'Well done!', and the concert lasts about one hour and thirty minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/world-klezmer-hora-liebeslieder-mit-shekoyokh-und-cigdem-asl-20498/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57055", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eed56e446bb687813f3d444d9dcd34470fbf251006a8b54d13731356915d7ada-600.webp"}, {"title": "ZIG ZAG HALL: Hiromi Trio feat. James Genus & Simon Phillips", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zig Zag", "address": "Hauptstraße 89, 12159 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt: 50 €, Mitglieder: 25 €", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/de/a/665710997ed5f05a0e32f0e9/e/6a9aa5d34d592f6719990b06", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/contemporary-jazz"], "description": "ZIG ZAG HALL: Hiromi Trio feat. James Genus & Simon Phillips is a jazz concert at the Zig Zag Jazz Club Berlin. It features the trio of Japanese pianist Hiromi with Simon Phillips on drums and James Genus on bass. Hiromi is considered one of the most explosive live performers in jazz history and is a Grammy Award winner; her high-energy Trio Project returns to the road in 2026. Seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zig-zag-hall-hiromi-trio-feat-james-genus-simon-phillips-24830/", "official_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/program-mai/hiromitrio", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9a21cc265eb21fdd4507b295119045befe341a2ae754e2aa691b3f26b1795c4d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Zig Zag Hall: Hiromi Trio", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "EUREF-Campus Berlin", "address": "Torgauer Straße 25 10829 Berlin", "price": "50 € (Mitglieder: 25 €)", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/de/a/665710997ed5f05a0e32f0e9/e/6a9aa5d34d592f6719990b06", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/fusion"], "description": "ZIG ZAG HALL: Hiromi Trio feat. James Genus & Simon Phillips is a jazz concert with Japanese pianist Hiromi, joined by bassist James Genus and drummer Simon Phillips. Hiromi is regarded as one of the most explosive live performers in jazz history, blending jazz, classical elements, composition and improvisation in a high-energy style. The Grammy Award winner has performed at events including the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony and received the Japanese Academy Award in 2024 for the soundtrack to Blue Giant. With her Trio Project she returns to the road in 2026, exploring both acoustic and electronic sound worlds.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zig-zag-hall-hiromi-trio-58195/", "official_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/program-mai/hiromitrio", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9a21cc265eb21fdd4507b295119045befe341a2ae754e2aa691b3f26b1795c4d-2000.webp"}]}