NICA live: Dudek x Goller | Fabian Dudek / Almost
Schedule
Mon, 15 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Jaki | Cologne, NW
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live concert | 8pm | 🎤 JAKIJazz, Avantgarde
On this evening, NICA artist Fabian Dudek's time in the NICA Artist development program will come to a strong conclusion with two special sets - an evening full of Dudek's new compositions.
The saxophonist, composer and bandleader will play the first set as a duo with London bassist Ruth Goller, with whom he has already performed several times on the Stadtgarten stage in the past. This set offers several premieres for pieces composed with a so-called "wind controller" (a mixture of the mechanics of a wind instrument and a synthesizer) - Dudek is thus taking the path towards live electronics and giving his playing and sound creations a broad, new facet.
In the second part, Dudek and Goller will be joined by Felix Hauptmann on Fender Rhodes and synthesizer and Leif Berger on drums. The four musicians got to know each other under the name Almost at an earlier NICA live concert by Dudek and have since played together at venues including BIMHAUS Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, the Acht Brücken Festival and the Tampere Jazz Happening in Finland. The quartet will also premiere Dudek's new compositions on this evening. A special event, as the band's first album will be released in 2026 - so if you want to get an exclusive impression of this new quartet's music, you should find your way to JAKI this Monday evening.
line-up:
Fabian Dudek - saxophone, composition
Felix Hauptmann - piano
Ruth Goller - electric bass, vocals
Leif Berger - drums
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Jaki, Venloer Straße 40, 50672 Köln, Deutschland, Cologne, GermanyEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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