Cologne Jazzweek: Bundesjazzorchester & Hendrika Entzian – Rotate

When the Cologne bassist and composer Hendrika Entzian, born in Kiel in 1984, has to find titles for her pieces, she is often guided by the sound of the words. This is also the case, for example, with her piece "Rotate", which gave its name to the program with the Bundesjazzorchester at the Cologne Jazzweek. It is not the actual meaning of this English verb, "to turn", that is important to her, but the intonation and phrasing of the word itself. This is what gives her the opportunity to give the young musicians in the big band the freedom to improvise their orchestral music. The combination of Entzian, who has been a visiting professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt since 2023 on the new MA Big Band - Playing, Writing, Conducting course, and the BuJazzO, which was founded in 1988, is a "perfect match". In this federal talent factory, the composer meets young jazz musicians who are eager to get to know her orchestral pieces, rehearse them and perform them in front of an audience.