Essen Jazz Orchestra

We are looking forward to the premiere of the Essen Jazz Orchestra at the Jazz-Schmiede. The big band was founded in 2014 by Tobias Schütte and Alexander Morsey with the aim of being a creative pool for freelance musicians, composers and arrangers. Moving away from a classic big band concept, the Essen Jazz Orchestra prioritizes new music for big band.

This work was rewarded in 2019 with the renowned jazz prize "Jazz Pott" and in 2023 it was nominated for the "German Jazz Prize"in the category "Large Ensemble of the Year".
The "EJO" has made it its mission to collaborate with female composers in particular and to combine music from different cultures, but also to offer composers from its own band a musical home.

Roman Sieweke, Sebastian Gerhartz (as), Philipp Sauer, Veit Lange (ts), Katrin Scherer (baritone sax), Gerd Jentzsch, Jonathan Böbel, Philipp Schittek, Carla Köllner (trb), Marvin Frey, John-Dennis Renken, Florian Raepke, Stephan Struck (trp), Jens Düppe (dr), Andreas Wahl (git), Alex Morsey (b), Hajo Wiesemann (p), Tobias Schütte (ltg)