Jazz at the Elbphilharmonie

Prominent figures from the US jazz world have traditionally been very well represented in the Elbphilharmonie. From the pianist Kenny Barron’s overdue venue debut and the reunion of four grandees who formed a short-lived supergroup in the mid-1990s to the groove guitar authority John Scofield, who slices up roots-rock gems using jazz silverware with the quartet »Yankee Go Home«. Ravi Coltrane honours the music of his parents, the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra pays a visit, and Wynton Marsalis returns. The Cuban piano legend Chucho Valdés is joined by the Yoruban Orchestra for a performance of his »La Creación«, while the pianistic powerhouse Hiromi brings with her a string quartet. And the NDR Bigband has also put together some delightful programmes.