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Ask Gonzalo
ASK GONZALO & HUMBOLDT BIG BAND A Sparkling Summer Night in Weißensee
Freilichtbühne Weißensee
Große Seestraße 10
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Doppelkonzert: Indie-Jazz mit ASK GONZALO und hochkarätige Brass-Power mit der Humboldt Bigband.
Trompete, Gitarre, Fender Rhodes und eine kraftvolle Rhythmussection: ASK GONZALO aus Berlin vereint Musiker aus Deutschland, Spanien, Argentinien und Japan. In diesem Herbst veröffentlichen sie ihr zweites Album, das wieder Dub, Krautrock, Funk und Jazz verschmilzt. Obwohl, ist das noch Jazz oder eher Acid Jazz Rock? Ask Gonzalo!
Die HUMBOLDT BIG BAND hat sich seit vielen Jahren als eine der wichtigsten Bigband-Formationen in Berlin etabliert. Sie verkörpert eine Mischung aus verschiedenen Stilen wie Swing-Klassikern, Latin-Arrangements, Jazz-Standards, Originals, Soul, Funk und Gesangstücken.
Und das passt zusammen? Ja, wie Nitro und Glyzerin! Während sich ASK GONZALO in ihren Konzerten gerne dem eigenen Wahnsinn anvertraut und improvisatorische Pfade betritt, besticht die HUMBOLDT BIG BAND durch punktgenaue Präzision und unwiderstehliche Arrangements. Und vielleicht stehen die beiden Klangkörper am Ende sogar gemeinsam auf der Bühne und sorgen für eine große finale Explosion.
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Ask Gonzalo Biography
When everything is simple
Sometimes things just fall into place. Like coming up with three gift ideas at a moment’s notice, finding trains that run on time, or writing a song that flows effortlessly.
It was something like that for us, five musicians from Berlin, when we thought in autumn 2022: Let’s make music together! To our amazement, we discovered that we, our music, our crazy lives, and our passions fit perfectly together.
What has emerged since then is music with the power to make people happy: Beautiful & wild. Familiar & unsettling. Complex & straightforward. Fine instrumentalists & virtuosic show-offs. Jazz.
Although: Is it even jazz? Or indie? Or both? Or perhaps just a highly improvisational, undogmatic approach that blends diverse musical styles like jazz, dub, krautrock, and funk. Sometimes danceable, sometimes melancholic, sometimes like the soundtrack to a film, and at other times like a journey into the weightlessness of outer space.
Who’s behind it?
The Spaniard Armando Carillo Zanuy can do anything with a trumpet and, as an experienced big band leader, stays calm no matter what.
Kota Maeda from Japan hails from the blues. Quiet during rehearsals but a guitar whirlwind on stage.
Peter Herzau listens, lays down soundscapes with his Fender Rhodes, and crafts deconstructive solos based on the principles of Gestalt psychology.
Francisco P. Riccheri from Argentina is the young wild card, drumming with such ease that you’d think he’s floating on a magic carpet.
Florian Scheffler, like Peter Herzau from Germany, is a musical multitalent. He’s the driving force behind projects like this one, delivering inspiring bass lines and momentum.
And Ask Gonzalo?
Why the name? We’re happy to explain that at a concert. Here’s a hint: it has something to do with one of the band projects connecting 4/5 of the musicians.
Albums:
LP: Ask Gonzalo (2023)
EP: Ask Gonzalo Remixed (2024)
LP: ?! (tba, 2025)
Important links:
https://linktr.ee/askgonzalo
Read MoreSometimes things just fall into place. Like coming up with three gift ideas at a moment’s notice, finding trains that run on time, or writing a song that flows effortlessly.
It was something like that for us, five musicians from Berlin, when we thought in autumn 2022: Let’s make music together! To our amazement, we discovered that we, our music, our crazy lives, and our passions fit perfectly together.
What has emerged since then is music with the power to make people happy: Beautiful & wild. Familiar & unsettling. Complex & straightforward. Fine instrumentalists & virtuosic show-offs. Jazz.
Although: Is it even jazz? Or indie? Or both? Or perhaps just a highly improvisational, undogmatic approach that blends diverse musical styles like jazz, dub, krautrock, and funk. Sometimes danceable, sometimes melancholic, sometimes like the soundtrack to a film, and at other times like a journey into the weightlessness of outer space.
Who’s behind it?
The Spaniard Armando Carillo Zanuy can do anything with a trumpet and, as an experienced big band leader, stays calm no matter what.
Kota Maeda from Japan hails from the blues. Quiet during rehearsals but a guitar whirlwind on stage.
Peter Herzau listens, lays down soundscapes with his Fender Rhodes, and crafts deconstructive solos based on the principles of Gestalt psychology.
Francisco P. Riccheri from Argentina is the young wild card, drumming with such ease that you’d think he’s floating on a magic carpet.
Florian Scheffler, like Peter Herzau from Germany, is a musical multitalent. He’s the driving force behind projects like this one, delivering inspiring bass lines and momentum.
And Ask Gonzalo?
Why the name? We’re happy to explain that at a concert. Here’s a hint: it has something to do with one of the band projects connecting 4/5 of the musicians.
Albums:
LP: Ask Gonzalo (2023)
EP: Ask Gonzalo Remixed (2024)
LP: ?! (tba, 2025)
Important links:
https://linktr.ee/askgonzalo
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