SJO\CGN feat. Chris Lightcap (USA)

For the last concert of the Subway Jazz Orchestra 2024, we have invited the fantastic American bassist Chris Lightcap. I've been a big fan of his band ‘Bigmouth’ for years and will be arranging the music for big band. The concert will take place on 20 November 2024 at Club Subway in Cologne.

Two days later, I will also be playing a quartet concert with Chirs Lightcap and my colleagues Felix Hauptmann (p) and Fabian Arends (dr) at LOFT in Cologne. This will also be recorded and will probably be released as an album in 2025.

University of Arts Mannheim | Antrittskonzert

Next monday I’ll play in Mannheim with Lars Duppler in order to celebrate my new job at the University of Arts. I started in October 2020 already, but now finally it was possible to organize a concert without any restrictions and compromises. Really looking forward to this one.

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Pre-Release concert of YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE | Subway Jazz Orchestra & Stefan Karl Schmid

On March 22nd there will be a very special concert at Club Subway in Cologne. I’m going to present my new 60 minute suite for Jazz Orchestra - YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE. The official album release will be in May this year, but there might already be some CDs available at the concert next week ;)

Upcoming Duo Tour

Lars Duppler and I will be on tour in Germany and Iceland during the next days. We’ll also be recording our next album with guest artist Hilmar Jensson on guitar. Stay tuned.

Standards Week

This week I’m playing every night at the great LOFT in Cologne with the Shannon Barnett Quartet. Pablo Held put together three groups for a “Standard Week”. It’s going to be a great experience hearing everybody five nights in a row, maneuvering through beautiful American Songbook pieces.

SJO\CGN feat. Stefan Karl Schmid | YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE

Info & Tickets on www.subwayjazzorchestra.com

CD Release concerts with Lars Duppler 2022

@JäzzZeit im Heimathirsch - first concert in 2022

Photos by Gerhard Richter:
www.jazzzeit.koeln

Timo Vollbrecht

Jonas Kaltenbach

Calvin Lennig

ICELAND tour with Lars Duppler

Some concerts in Iceland coming up at the end of this month with Lars Duppler:

MUSE review | Jazzthetik

And another nice review of MUSE in the Jazzthetik magazine:

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Frankfurter Rundschau | MUSE Review

Hans-Jürgen Linke wrote some very nice words in the german newspaper “Frankfurter Rundschau” about MUSE. Check it out:

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Shannon Barnett Quartet | Jazzfest Berlin 2020 | Arte concert

The Shannon Barnett Quartet was selected to record a full set of music at the WDR in Cologne for this year’s Jazzfest Berlin Online Edition. It turned out very nice and we had a great time playing. The video is available on the Arte concert website. Please check it out.

SCHMID's HUHN - small series

SCHMID’s HUHN will be playing five nights in a row at Club Subway, Cologne. The SJO\CGN small series starts on Wednesday September 16th and ends on Sunday September 20th. You can get tickets trough Eventim. We’ll be playing a totally new program and in the second set the fabulous FEARLESS TRIO (with Johannes Ludwig, Simon Nabatov and Fabian Arends) will present their music.

Duo Videos with Lars Duppler

Playing Duo has been a new thing during these difficult times in order to meet the social distancing rules. Lars Duppler and I used the chance to create new material. Here are some videos of us performing mainly icelandic traditional music.

DLF Radio Feature about PYJAMA

An one hour radio feature by Anja Buchmann about me and my new album PYJAMA was just released by the German radio station Deutschlandfunk. It’s really fun listening to (if I may say so myself). Some secrets about the compositions and the interior of my practice booth are also revealed. You con listen to it HERE.