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PRESS COVERAGE
What critics have written about the choir

"Swing as swing can" (Osnabrücker Zeitung)


"The Beatles, Ellington, Brubeck, Hendricks, King Cole - all of them were on stage, bibrantly, light, arranged anew." (Die Rheinpfalz)


"Vocal acrobatics across all styles" (Westdeutsche Zeitung)


"The concert was a firework of rhythm." (Obihiro International Press)


"Nothing scares the choir. If a tune can be jazzed up, the choir will sing it. (The Japan Times)


"The demanding complexity of the choir arrangements catches one off guard again and again - even when you think you have heard it all before, it stays exciting to the last minute. … This group has earned its place at the top of the German music scene." (Frankfurter Rundschau)


"A choir that sings, swings, raps, and taps." (Wetterauer Zeitung)


"The special thing about this choir is that all of its members bring their personalities into harmony with the whole sound… The audience welcomes each composition with growing enthusiasm." (Journal of Art Aficionados, St. Petersburg)


"Magnificent hanky-panky from jazz jugglers" (Ostthüringer Zeitung)


"A dish to serve to rock and pop experts who are hard to surprise." (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Joachim Kaiser on the CD "Hammenoma" in the annual CD tips)

"He conducts the choir, relaxed and playfully, masterly adding his solos with chirps, grinding, or humming. Every so often taking one of the choir members, or the conductor for two entertaining scat-duos. [...]
A overwhelming experience to hear how music can be created, spontaneously out of nothing. Music as a game, light-hearted entertainment, 'serious fun'. The Jazzchor Freiburg and the singing sorcerer could not have offered the citizens of Arlesheim anything better." (Basle Paper on the concert with Bobby McFerrin)


"Soloist and choir are soon in harmony, developing into enthralling, exceedingly serene teamwork."(Suedkurier Paper on the concert with Bobby McFerrin)


"… a concept that has made the Jazzchor Freiburg arguably the most advanced voice of all German choirs in the past few years. … The choir whispers and scats and screams and works as a team bubbling with the kind of enthusiasm many a classical choir director can only dream of. … their arms and legs move naturally to the beat without any hyped-up choreography to distract from the music." (Badische Zeitung)


"There it was: the spontaneity of reactions that make jazz so lively - and so important for the Rheingau Music Festival, which is so heavily based on classical music." (Frankfurter Rundschau)


"The art of the Jazzchor is - astonishingly - precise and laid-back at the same time. … The singers from Freiburg seem to be capable of anything." (Musykalnoje Obrasovanie, Moscow)


"The spirit overtook the church." (New Kulturmagazin, Hamburg)


"The vocalists excited the audience with wonderful arrangements…" (Jazzpodium)


"A safari of sound though a land of ideas." (Kieler Nachrichen)


"A brilliant version of Porgy & Bess with the superb Jazzchor Freiburg…" (L'ami du Peuple)


"The crowd went wild for the first German performance of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert in the NDR radio concert hall." (dpa)


"… well swung". (Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace)


"… a vitality bursting at the seams put the icing on the cake." (Badische Zeitung)


"They did it all - with perfection" (Kölner Stadtanzeiger)


"… everyone went wild, and the applause seemed unending…". (Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung)