Anna Kaluza/ Ulf Mengersen/ Andreas Axelsson

Kaluza / Mengersen / Axelsson
Anna Kaluza – sax
Ulf Mengersen – bass guitar
Andreas Axelsson – Drums
https://vimeo.com/1034806665
Open Doors: 20:00h I Concert: 20:30h
10-20€ on Donation/ Sliding Scale

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Anna Kaluza studied jazz saxophone in Cologne with Frank Gratkowski, in Vienna with Klaus Dickbauer and in London with Jean Toussaint. As a student she joined Big Bands as the Freiburger Schüler Jazzorchester and the Landesjazzorchester Berlin. She was a member of Simon Rummel’s Fantasmofonika, which was awarded the jazz art prize NRW in 2004. With the German Band Futür she released the album “Kein Schnee” in 2007 (Jazzhausmusik). She played festivals in Essen, Idstein, Leipzig, London, Hamburg, Köln, Düsseldorf, Saarbrücken, St. Johann, Sibiu, Palermo, Heiligenkreuz… From 2008 to 09, she lived in London, pursued a Master’s degree at City University/Guildhall School of Music and Drama (funded by the German Academic Exchange Service). During this year she became a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra (L.I.O.) and the group Splatter and played with musicians from the not applicable network and label. Since returning to live in Berlin she has been establishing the Berlin Improvisers Orchestra (which includes musicians from the L.I.O.) and regularly plays with international guest musicians. She is a member of the Hanam Quintet (with Alison Blunt /vl, Niko Meinhold /p, Manuel Miethe /ss, Horst Nonnenmacher /b // 2 CDs released by AUT records), the Kaluza Quartett (with Christof Thewes /trb, Jan Roder /b and Kay Lübke /dr), the Frankfurt-based trio Baustelle No 5 (with Julian Keßler and Johannes Held), the Heisenberg Quintet (with Niko Meinhold /p, Hannes Buder /guit, Stephan Bleier /b, Rui Faustino /dr) and Ruth Schepers‘ little Big Band Rusira Mixtett. In 2013 she released the album Tone Hunting (cleanfeed records) with Artur Majewski (trp), Kuba Suchar (dr) and Rafal Mazur (b). https://akaluza.wordpress.com/
Ulf Mengersen is a bass player who is active in the fields of experimental, improvised and contemporary music. Since he finished his studies at the Franz Liszt Hochschule Weimar in 2007 he is based in Berlin and part of the European experimental music scene. He improvises with large ensembles like the Berlin Improvisers Orchestra and the London Improvisers Orchestra. In small ensembles he collaborates with musicians like Shuichi Chino, Lina Allemano, Wolfgang Seidel, THE CHEMICAL EXPANSION LEAGUE with Sue lynch, Adrian Northover, Adam Bohman, the quintet Discoveries with Hui Chun Lin, Matthias Müller, Klaus Kürvers…As a performer of contemporary music he was part of the theatre production „Ich, Ikarus“ at Theater an der Parkaue Berlin and played with Ensemble United Berlin, Ensemble Ilinx and at Neuköllner O-Töne. He has toured internationally and played concerts in Germany, Poland, the UK, Portugal, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Switzerland, Israel and China. https://ulfmengersen.com/
Stockholm-based drummer/percussionist Andreas Axelsson is active in a variety of musical settings where improvisation is a common thread. Some current groups are the free improvising trio AAM with pianist Arne Forsén and bassist Mats Dimming, and a sextet led by composer and reedist Niklas Persson which straddle the line between free jazz and post-bop. The sextet´s album “Kampen” was released in 2023. As well as a longstanding and intermittent collaboration with pianist Lisa Ullén in a quartet which also consists of trombonist Mats Äleklint and bassist Nils Ölmedal. The group has released three albums to glowing reviews. Andreas has also been involved in projects involving dance, electroacoustic music and avant/experimental rock. As a member of various constellations, he has performed in Scandinavia, Central- & Eastern Europe, and appears on recordings released by labels in England, France, Japan, Portugal, Germany, Norway, Denmark and his native Sweden. “Andreas Axelsson´s superb splatter of percussion brings to mind the obvious example of a closet being cleaned out.” Allmusic.com

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