{"title": "PRACTICALLY MARRIED feat. RAYMOND MACDONALD", "start": "2026-11-11T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Alter Schwede", "address": "Schwedenstraße 11A, 13357 Berlin, Germany", "price": "Donations sliding scale 10-20 Euro", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "A concert evening with the piano-bass duo Practically Married, guesting at Alter Schwede, a long-established neighbourhood bar in Berlin's Wedding district. Practically Married are James Banner (double bass) and Declan Forde (piano), working together since 2015 both as a steady rhythm section for Berlin ensembles and as a space for their own experimental work. On this night, saxophonist Raymond MacDonald joins the duo to form a trio. From 2015 to 2024 the duo curated their own concert series at the Berlin jazz club Donau115 and have released five self-produced recordings, including the album 'Ao vivo no Café Dias' (2022).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/practically-married-feat-raymond-macdonald-67743/", "official_url": "https://alterschwedewedding.de/index.php/event/practically-married-feat-raymond-macdonald/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d2cc49f6504df43febc70fd9264280c5defcf949585e62fb12e87b6f99d563a5-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Alter Schwede", "address": "Schwedenstraße 11A, 13357 Berlin, Germany", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Scottish-Prussian Quartet", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Galiläakirche", "address": "Rigaer Str. 9-10, Friedrichshain, Berlin", "price": "recommended donation of €10 or more at the door", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "A quartet concert from the field of real-time music at the Galiläakirche in Friedrichshain. Rieko Okuda on piano, Anke Lucks on trombone, Raymond MacDonald on alto sax and Christian Marien on drums. The band name alludes to the Bergisch-Brandenburgisches Quartett, formed in 1980; the saxophonist's notes frame the pieces and give them lively content. The music combines classical influences with moments tending towards hard attacks — fierce, loud and chaotic tangles.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/scottish-prussian-quartet-67741/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "cttp! 12 Konzerte der Berliner Jazzszene im Wedding: VORWÄRTS/RÜCKWÄRTS", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Alter Schwede", "address": "Schwedenstraße 11A, 13357 Berlin, Germany", "price": "Spende", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/festivals/biennale-2027/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "VORWÄRTS/RÜCKWÄRTS is a concert of contemporary chamber jazz from Berlin featuring Maike Hilbig on double bass, Johannes Fink on cello and Gerhard Gschlößl on trombone. The bassist and composer Maike Hilbig presents her trio's brand-new programme. In their compositions the three blend the b-sides of their youth with chamber-music free jazz, creating pieces full of unplannability and exuberance. In doing so they carry the typical 'Berlin Sound' of the early nineties further into the present.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/cttp-12-konzerte-der-berliner-jazzszene-im-wedding-vorwartsr-58216/", "official_url": "https://alterschwedewedding.de/index.php/event/cttp-12-konzerte-der-berliner-jazzszene-im-wedding-vorwaerts-rueckwaerts/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fda03fea6f4cbe0c2168df35cfe5a783f9e68239a3225fe458cec028b31ad455-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Kouate Schick with BILAT & KNEER", "start": "2026-11-01T15:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Industriesalon Schöneweide", "address": "Reinbeckstraße 10, 12459 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "A concert of improvised music at Industriesalon Schöneweide. Dudu Kouate (voice, ngoni, African percussion) plays with Ignaz Schick (alto and baritone saxophone), Julia Bilat (cello) and Meinrad Kneer (double bass). The quartet combines winds, strings and African sounds into jointly improvised music. Doors open an hour before the start.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kouate-schick-with-bilat-kneer-67704/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "MANINS KALUZA LEHMANN LEIPNITZ (Jazz)", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Alter Schwede", "address": "Schwedenstraße 11A, 13357 Berlin, Germany", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.fez-berlin.de/Views/Pages/Appointments/EventAppointments.aspx?EventID=3071", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert titled „MANINS KALUZA LEHMANN LEIPNITZ“ at the tavern Alter Schwede in Berlin's Wedding neighborhood. Behind the title are four musicians performing together on stage. The Alter Schwede is a long-established tavern that regularly hosts events. It accepts only cash, no cards.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/manins-kaluza-lehmann-leipnitz-jazz-58193/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Romain C. Bertheau, Margaux Oswald, Frank Gratkowski, Meinrad Kneer, Steve Heather", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "RCHTN25", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "An evening of improvised music at Richten25, a new Wedding venue for experimental art and music. First Romain C. Bertheau plays a no-input mixing board, followed by the quartet of Margaux Oswald (piano), Frank Gratkowski (reeds), Meinrad Kneer (double bass) and Steve Heather (drums). The music starts sharp, with doors opening half an hour earlier.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/romain-c-bertheau-margaux-oswald-frank-gratkowski-meinrad-kn-67690/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63aee1c9b8eb78b2d9c97433c81688963107fbb2fff7300a2fdd1ab9c563e1f2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Graewe / Jones / Drake // ganavya // Globe Unity Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-01T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "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.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/besuch/tickets", "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": "CRUTCHFIELD / DUNKER", "start": "2026-10-29T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Alter Schwede", "address": "Schwedenstraße 11A, 13357 Berlin, Germany", "price": "Donations sliding scale 10-30 Euro", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "CRUTCHFIELD / DUNKER is a jazz concert performed as a duo. Heike Dunker plays drums and James Crutchfield plays electric guitar. Together they move in a music between improvisation and composition, centred on communication from which new paths continually emerge. Donations on a sliding scale of 10 to 30 euros are requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/crutchfield-dunker-67688/", "official_url": "https://alterschwedewedding.de/index.php/event/dunker-crutchfield-jazz/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2699b1d6bce4c37840aa01189dbb3bae6e24d7d0548b07c9d98891903f8aaeb-600.webp"}, {"title": "BOOKLET", "start": "2026-11-06T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sowieso", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A concert of improvised real-time music at the club Sowieso in Berlin. The trio consists of Tobias Delius on tenor sax and clarinet, Joe Williamson on double bass and Steve Heather on drums. The three musicians play freely together without any given written material. Doors open at 20:00, the concert starts at 20:30.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/booklet-67727/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Rieko Okuda - piano / Steve Swell - trombone / Steve Heather - drums / Harri Sjöström - soprano & sopranino saxophone", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "RCHTN25", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "A concert by four musicians at RCHTN25 in Berlin. Rieko Okuda plays piano, Steve Swell trombone, Steve Heather drums, and Harri Sjöström soprano and sopranino saxophone. Doors open at 19:30, and the music starts sharp at 20:00. The concert appears in the small Berlin concert calendar for Echtzeitmusik, improvised real-time music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rieko-okuda-piano-steve-swell-trombone-steve-heather-drums-h-67740/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Christoph Gallio - reeds / Dominic Lash - Kontrabass / Mark Sanders - drums", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "RCHTN25", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "A concert of free improvisation bringing reeds, double bass and drums into dialogue. The trio features Christoph Gallio on reeds, Dominic Lash on double bass and Mark Sanders on drums. It takes place in a volunteer-run project space in Berlin for experimental music and art. The nonprofit project puts donations directly toward programming, operations and community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/christoph-gallio-reeds-dominic-lash-kontrabass-mark-sanders-72333/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "AKI TAKASE & ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH – piano solos and duos", "start": "2026-11-11T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sowieso", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.sowiesoberlin.com/Booking-requests", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A concert evening of piano music at the Berlin club Sowieso. Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach, both pianists, play solo pieces and duos on this evening. The two musicians perform, in turn, alone and together at the piano. The audience hears two concert formations in one evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aki-takase-alexander-von-schlippenbach-piano-solos-and-duos-67744/", "official_url": "https://www.sowiesoberlin.com/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Christian Lillinger // The Tomeka Reid Quartet // CHICAGO UNDERGROUND Duo", "start": "2026-10-31T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "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/noapp/event/22139737/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "At Jazzfest Berlin, three acts share a concert in the Großer Saal of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele: Christian Lillinger, the Tomeka Reid Quartet and the CHICAGO UNDERGROUND Duo. The Tomeka Reid Quartet features Tomeka Reid (cello), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jason Roebke (bass) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums). The concert is part of the Jazzfest Berlin programme.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/christian-lillinger-the-tomeka-reid-quartet-chicago-undergro-72084/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/christian-lillinger-tomeka-reid-chicago-underground", "image": ""}, {"title": "Julius Gawlik - Felix Henkelhausen - Oliver Steidle", "start": "2026-11-03T21:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ballhaus Prinzenallee", "address": "Prinzenallee 33, 13359 Berlin", "price": "15 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://shop.get-vibe.de/event/Jazz_Masterz/209672", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "At Ballhaus Prinzenallee, a jazz trio plays tenor saxophone, double bass and drums. The three musicians Julius Gawlik, Felix Henkelhausen and Oli Steidle find their way together through pieces written by each of them. Style is secondary – they draw their inspiration from solo playing and from listening to one another. The concert lasts about an hour, leaving time for a drink at the bar before or after.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/julius-gawlik-felix-henkelhausen-oliver-steidle-67714/", "official_url": "https://www.ballhausprinzenallee.de/spielplan-ballhaus/jazz-masterz-2", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2127c60da21b9f2322035715dec91b2a8f8c94e0af0bee483f367a7442afdf2e-2000.webp"}]}