GEROLD HEITBAUM

CONCERT DATES

  • February 17, 2023, 7:30pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Gerold Heitbaum Quartet & Saxonia Thüringen Quartet« feat.
    Rüdiger Trosits (soprano saxophone)
    Berndt Klinke (alto saxophone)
    Michael Arnold (tenor saxophone)
    Frank Nowicky (baritone saxophone)
  • March 19, 2023, 3:00pm, Wörlitz, Eichenkranz
    »Vocal Jazz Classics« Quintet feat. Natalie Elwood (vocal) from Munich
  • May 26, 2023, 7:30pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Vocal Jazz Classics« Quintet feat. Natalie Elwood (vocal) from Munich

GEROLD HEITBAUM QUARTETT

»Gerold Heitbaum Quartet«

The musical range goes from swing, blues, jazz to fusion. His own compositions are also on the program. The quartet demonstrates its unique diversity as part of the quarterly series »Jazz in the Foyer« in the »Altes Theater Dessau«, with each evening having a different motto. Engagements at the renowned »Bauhaus Festival« and the »Kurt Weill Festival« show the quality of the band. Look forward to an eventful jazz evening.

The musician and composer Gerold Heitbaum can look back on a career spanning more than 40 years, which has been shaped by collaborations with well-known artists at home and abroad. The Dessau native by choice wowed his audience at the renowned Montreux Jazz Festival (CH) and the North Sea Festival (NL).

Bendix Maeder, the studied saxophonist and flute player from Halle (Saale), has been a full-time music teacher since 1995. As a freelance musician, he can be seen in various bands and projects in Germany and abroad alongside the »Gerold Heitbaum Quartet«.

At the age of 15, the Dessau bassist Conrad Steinhoff won first prize in the national competition »Jugend Musiziert«. Today he is studying at the »Jazz-Institut Berlin«. Workshops followed with e.g. Randy Brecker and concerts with Pascal von Wroblewski, Julia Hülsmann and Andreas Schmidt.

The drummer Lucas Rauch is currently studying Jazz Drum Set at the »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music« in Leipzig. His style ranges from world music to traditional jazz, rock and special niche music. Lucas gives concerts throughout Germany and has won multiple prizes from the »Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben« (2019) and »Jugend jazzt« (2022), among others. Flyer.pdf 

Last Dates

  • October 26, 2022, 6:30pm, Brussels (Belgium), Representation of the
    State of Saxony-Anhalt to the EU »Gerold Heitbaum Quartet«
  • July 23, 2022, 7:30pm, Halle, 16. Jazz-Sommer im Händel-Haus »My Favorite Things« Video1 Video2 Video3
  • May 22, 2022, 2:00pm, Leipzig, Musikpavillon Clara-Zetkin-Park feat. Frank Nowicky (saxophone & flute)
  • May 14, 2022, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »My Favorite Things« Quartet feat. Otis Sander (bass)
  • April 1, 2022, 7:00pm, Coswig, Simonetti Haus »My Favorite Things« feat. Frank Nowicky (saxophone & flute)
  • March 20, 2022, 3:00pm, Wörlitz »JAZZ im Eichenkranz«
    »Vocal Jazz Classics« Quintet feat. Natalie Elwood (vocal)
  • February 4, 2022, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Blues, Soul & Gospel« Quintet feat. Birgit Blumstein (vocal)
  • November 27, 2021, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Originals« Gerold Heitbaum Quartet
  • October 1, 2021, 6:30pm, Universitätsplatz Halle »Alumni-Treffen 2021«
    »Vocal Jazz Classics« Quintet feat. Natalie Elwood (vocal)
  • July 18, 2021, 3:00pm, Wörlitz »JAZZ im Eichenkranz«
    »Saxophone Special« Quintet feat. Hannes Kempa (saxophone)
  • June 19, 2021, 7:30pm, Dessau »Jazz im Rathaushof« Info.pdf  Flyer.pdf 
    »The Great American Songbook« Quintet feat. Erik Leuthäuser (vocal)
  • June 18, 2021, 7:30pm, Dessau »Jazz im Rathaushof« Info.pdf  Flyer.pdf 
    »The Great American Songbook« Quintet feat. Erik Leuthäuser (vocal)
  • June 13, 2021, 7:30pm, Dessau »Jazz im Rathaushof« Info.pdf  Flyer.pdf 
    »Vocal Jazz Classics« Quintet feat. Natalie Elwood (vocal)
  • June 12, 2021, 7:30pm, Dessau »Jazz im Rathaushof« Info.pdf  Flyer.pdf 
    »Vocal Jazz Classics« Quintet feat. Natalie Elwood (vocal)
  • September 2, 2020, 8:00pm, Dessau »Villa Krötenhof« Open Air
  • December 13, 2019, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »My Favorite Things« Sextet feat. Christoph Titz (trumpet & flugelhorn) & Charles Saint Dizier (trombone)
  • October 11, 2019, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »The Great American Songbook« Quintet feat. Erik Leuthäuser (vocal)
  • August 24, 2019, 8:00pm, Halle »Osteria Da Salvatore« feat. Erik Leuthäuser (vocal)
  • July 13, 2019, 8:00pm, Halle, Jazz-Sommer im Händel-Haus
  • June 7, 2019, 8:00pm, Dessau, Cafe-Bistro im Bauhaus, Quintet feat. Birgit Blumstein (vocal)
  • March 23, 2019, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Monk, Mingus & More« Quintet feat. Moritz Anthes (trombone) Flyer.pdf 
  • November 22, 2018, 6:30pm, Brussels (Belgium), Representation of the
    State of Saxony-Anhalt to the EU
    »BauhausJazzSummit«
  • November 3, 2018, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Originals« Quintet feat. Christoph Titz (trumpet & flugelhorn) Flyer.pdf 
  • September 23, 2018, 3:00pm, Wörlitz »JAZZ im Eichenkranz«
    »A Tribute to Django Reinhardt« Gerold Heitbaum Quartet
  • September 5, 2018, 7:00pm, Berlin, Representation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
    »Kultursommernacht 2018«, Quintet feat. Birgit Blumstein (vocal)
  • September 1, 2018, 12:00pm, Dessau »Bauhausfest 2018« Quintet feat. Birgit Blumstein (vocal)
  • April 27, 2018, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Cool Jazz« Gerold Heitbaum Quartet Flyer.pdf 
  • February 23, 2018, 10:30pm, Dessau »Kurt Weill Fest 2018« im Anhaltischen Theater
  • February 17, 2018, 7:30pm, Wittenberg, Phönix Theaterwelt »A Tribute to Django Reinhardt«
  • January 19, 2018, 8:30pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Guitar Special« Quintet feat. Leo Steinhoff (guitar) Flyer.pdf 
  • October 27, 2017, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »On The Way« Quintet feat. Christoph Titz (trumpet & flugelhorn) Flyer.pdf 
  • October 26, 2017, 7:00pm, Berlin, Vertretung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt beim Bund
  • September 2, 2017, 9:00pm, Dessau »Bauhausfest 2017«, Quintet feat. Birgit Blumstein (vocal)
  • August 20, 2017, 11:00am, Dessau, Theaterkneipe »Plan B«, Duo feat. Conrad Steinhoff (bass)
  • April 27, 2017, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Jazz meets Rock & Soul« Quintet feat. Birgit Blumstein (vocal) Flyer.pdf 
  • March 4, 2017, 10:30pm, Dessau, »Kurt Weill Fest 2017« im Anhaltischen Theater
  • January 20, 2017, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer«
    »Jazz meets Pop & Latin« Quintet feat. Konstanze Starch (vocal) Flyer.pdf 
  • October 27, 2016, 8:00pm, Altes Theater Dessau »Jazz im Foyer« Video1 Video2
    »A Tribute to Django Reinhardt« Flyer.pdf 
  • June 3, 2016, 8:00pm, Dessau »Villa Krötenhof« Video1 Video2
  • May 20, 2016, 8:00pm, Halle, RET International Twin Consulation, Duo feat. Conrad Steinhoff (bass)
  • April 24, 2016, 8:00pm, Dessau, Theaterkneipe »Plan B«