The Annual Burghausen Jazz Festival called "Jazzwoche" (Jazz Week) will celebrate it’s fortieth year of existence this coming March 2009.
In the ten years since I first discovered Burghausen and the Burghausen Jazz scene, I have only had the good fortune to take part in the annual Jazz festival on two occasions, in 2006 and 2008, so I am particularly looking forward to this year’s Jubilee Festival.
Here is the official program for the 2009 Jazz Woche, followed by the programs for the 2006 and 2008 festivals.
In the ensuing weeks and months I intend to flesh-out the programs of the two past festivals with reviews, observations and commentaries on the concerts I attended, as well as cover the coming festival in March.
The Jubilee Program for Burghausen’s Fortieth Annual Jazz Week
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On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Jazz Week will be extended by one day, officially opening on Wednesday, 18 March 2009. This year Burghausen will hold its first presentation of the “Burghausen European Junior Jazz Award.” The selection of a winner from among five finalists will take place in the town hall on the evening of Tuesday, 17 March 2009. The winner of the Award will play the first concert of this year’s Jazz Week, officially opening the Festival, on Wednesday evening, 18 March 2009. There will be an exhibition of jazz photos by Oskar Henn in the main hall of the Burghausen Kreissparkasse Bank from 13 March to 3 April 2009. |
Burghausen is looking forward to presenting the following program:
| Tuesday, 17 March 2009 in the town hall at 8:00 PM |
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| Finals of the Burghausen European Junior Jazz Award 2009 |
| Admission free |
| Wednesday, 18 March 2009, Wacker Hall - 8:00 PM |
| The Laureates of the Junior Jazz Prize |
| The Nigel Kennedy Quintet |
| Thursday, 19 March 2009, Wacker Hall - 8:00 PM |
| Holly Cole Sings Tom Waits |
| Al Di Meola |
| Friday, 20 March 2009, Wacker Hall - 8:00 PM |
| Wolfgang Haffner & Band |
| The Cookers Billy Harper (ts), Eddie Henderson (tp), David Weiss (tp), Craig Handy (as), George Cables (p), Cecil McBee (b) and Billy Hart (dm) |
| Till Brönner & Band |
| Saturday, 21 March 2009, Town hall - 2:00 PM |
| John Earl Walker Band |
| Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience |
| Saturday, 21 March 2009, Wacker hall - 8:00 PM |
| Kreissparkasse Altötting-Burghausen Bank presents: |
| Barrel House Jazz Band featuring Harriet Lewis |
| Manhattan Transfer |
| Saturday, 21 March 2009, Town hall - 8:00 PM |
| Depart |
| Steve Turre Band |
Jazz Night
Every year on the night preceding the last day of the Festival, Burghausen Old Town hosts Jazz Night.
Participants pay a modest fee for a ticket with which they can roam a number of different clubs, cafes, and restaurants, and listen to a variety of music groups until early morning.
| Saturday March 21, 2009, from 11:00 PM onwards |
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| Simone Helle & The 6th Sense (Porto Cervo) |
| Zydeco Annie and the Swamp Cats (Bayerischer Hof hotel) |
| Riverboat Ramblers (Aventinus) |
| Bluespumpm (Café am Bichl) |
| Achim Kück & Joerg Seidel Trio (Cabaret Grauens) |
| Dance Party with Jazz-up (Town hall) |
| Cuba Vista (Herzog-Georg Stub'n) |
| Taylor Eigsti Trio (Jazz Keller) |
| Sunday, 22 March 2009 - 10:30 AM Jazz Keller |
| Jazz Matinee’ with the Oiweiumhoibeeife Jazz Band |
| Sunday, 22 March 2009 at 2:00 PM Old town square (in der Gruben) |
| Unveiling of a new plaque for the "Street of Fame" |
| With a concert by the Burghausen Big Band |
| The B-Jazz office will be open for ticket sales on Sunday |
| Sunday, 22 March 2009 – 4:00 PM Town Hall |
| Next Generation Day: Burghausen presents the new generation of Jazz |
| Sebastian Gahler trio |
| Croomp |
| Andreas Kissenbeck’s Boogaloo Club |
| Sunday, 22 March 2009 – 9:00 PM Jazz Keller |
| Felix Heydeman Groove Connection |
| Jazz Keller |
| Every evening from 11:00 PM during Jazz Week in the Jazz Keller |
| Taylor Eigsti Trio |
| This information is subject to change. |
| Sale of tickets opens on Tuesday, 22 January 2009. |
Jazzwoche 2006
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Jazzwoche 2008
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