Jazzcafe – BROM & INSOMNIA BRASS BAND

The foundation is provided by Alexander Beierbach’s open-ended compositions, from which a wide variety of musical tableaux continually emerge.

In their combinatorial interplay, composed sections and free improvisations constantly encounter one another anew; they overlap and come together again in a different context – the same material can appear in the light of the most diverse moods and styles.

New spaces of freedom open up within the compositions, whilst clear structures emerge in the free improvisation. Thus, every concert follows its own logic, and each evening a different, collectively shaped sculpture takes form.

BROM

• Alexander Beierbach – tenor and soprano saxophone
• Jan Roder – bass
• Christian Marien – drums

INSOMNIA BRASS BAND

• Anke Lucks – trombone
• Almut Schlichting – baritone saxophone
• Christian Marien – drums

Lucks, Schlichting and Marien are a miniature version of a brass band. They transcend their compact size with a raw, exuberant sound that one would expect from a much larger ensemble.

They juggle shifting roles between rhythm and melody, traversing a mesmerising landscape of free jazz, funk, punk rock and New Orleans brass band.

Together, they open up their own compositions in every direction, driven by a blend of improvisational verve and seamlessly interlocking grooves.

Since 2017, the Insomnia Brass Band has been touring extensively, performing at jazz clubs and festivals; they have received several grants from the Musikfonds and the Berlin Senate, and have released two CDs on Tiger Moon Records.

Their third CD, ‘Crooked Alligator’, is due for release in autumn 2024.

In 2023, the Insomnia Brass Band was awarded the German Jazz Prize for ‘Band of the Year’.

Supported by funding from the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Jazz Project Funding