RALPH MOORE & DAVID KIKOSKI QUARTET

Are you a fan of swinging, virtuosic, and absolutely electrifying jazz? Then this is one concert you definitely don’t want to miss!

• RALPH MOORE - SAX (USA)
  
• DAVID KIKOSKI - PIANO (USA)
  
• MARKUS SCHIEFERDECKER - BASS (D)
  
• JORIS DUDLI - DRUMS (CH/USA)
  

Ralph Moore is a US-American saxophonist (tenor/soprano) in the hard bop tradition. He studied at the Berklee College of Music, although it is not clear whether his engagement with Horace Silver is his real alma mater. From the late 1970s onwards, Moore played his way into the highest spheres of traditional grooving jazz and was able to play with the greatest living musicians: Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Barron, Ray Brown, J.J. Johnson, Roy Hargrove are only a small part of his fellow players. He was also a member of the "Tonight Show" band for many years and has recorded for top labels such as Criss Cross, Savoy and Concorde.

David Kikoski is one of New York's best-known and most esteemed pianists. For decades, the piano powerhouse has won over critics and audiences alike as a live and studio spectacle. His career began under the aegis of his father and he played his first gigs in his teens before studying at Berklee in the 80s, then moving to New York at the age of 24 to make the scene unsafe. He played with just about every musician of note: Billy Hart, Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, Steps Ahead, Pat Martino and John Pattitucci are examples. His recordings as a leader were made on the notorious Criss-Cross Jazz label, among others.

Markus Schieferdecker is one of Europe’s most renowned jazz bassists. Early in his musical journey, he experimented with various instruments and was already jamming with musicians like Dejan Terzic in his youth. He later pursued studies in Würzburg and Cologne and became a member of the BuJazzO (German National Jazz Orchestra). Over the years, he has performed with jazz greats such as Maria Schneider, Clark Terry, Martin Sasse, and Alex Sipiagin. He was also part of Albert Mangelsdorff’s band and has been a professor of bass at the University of the Arts in Bremen since 2019.

Joris Dudli is a Swiss jazz drummer who is counted among the most successful of his guild. From the age of seventeen he worked as a studio musician and later became a permanent member of the Vienna Art Orchestra from 1979 to 1985, as well as the Art Farmer Quintet. After moving to the United States, he played and recorded with many of the world's greatest jazz musicians: The Zawinul Syndicate, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Johnny Griffin, Mulgrew Miller, Clifford Jordan, Joe Lovano, Joe Henderson, Harold Mabern, Sonny Fortune and many more.