WorldWideMusic goes Romnja Jazz

Friday 27.09.2019 9:30pm | Club

Admission: pre sale 10 € plus fee / box office 15 €, 10 € (reduced), 5 € (Berlin Pass)

Organizer: Werkstatt der Kulturen/ Roma Trial

Production

Tayo

Her vocals are soulful and she produces a cool mixture of Soul, RnB, Jazz and Sinti and Roma music. Both her parents work in Funk and Soul music, and these influences formed the musical basis for her artistic background. At the age of nine, she made her debut guest appearance with the Funky Breeze Band, who were the supporting act for the Ohio Players. She shared the stage with Soul legend Chaka Khan and worked with artists such as Ferenc Snétberger, Mariah Carey und Sarah Connor.

The singer/songwriter has no problems to adapt her songs in English, German or Romanes.

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It is not only women in general who are clearly underrepresented in Jazz music, but especially women who identify as "People of Colour" find it particularly hard to assert themselves in the industry because of ongoing discrimination.

This is the reason why RomaTrial e.V. initiated the one-year RomnjaJazz programme: The focus is on jazz musicians and composers from Berlin with a Sinti or Roma background.

The WERKSTATT DER KULTUREN (WdK), being simultaneously a venue for events and a producer, set itself the task of looking at current (culture and migration) political developments. The WdK addresses these issues by using various forms of art, culture and action, and will stage concerts by three artists in September 2019.

With the series WorldWideMusic goes RomnjaJazz the venue not only maintains its consistent focus on transculturality and diversity in order to reflect Berlin's variety of migrant and minority forms of culture, art and action. The WERKSTATT DER KULTUREN thereby also continues this year’s focus on Balance for Better. An event that is already creating more visibility for female artists on the music scene of Berlin thanks to the concert series She´s Got Jazz and WorldWideMomenMusic. The venue is once again positioning itself as one of the few cultural institutions in Germany, which not only puts World Jazz on stage, but also defines the face of tomorrow's genre, not least through its own WorldJazzEnsemble. Little Big Band.

A project by Roma Trial e.V., supported by the Senate Administration for Culture and Europe.