Saxophone
Jakob Manz is an exceptional talent on the saxophone and a master on the flute! Although he is only in his early 20s, Manz is already one of the most sought-after jazz musicians in Germany and has won several top-class awards in recent years. Born in 2001, Manz has played with Randy Brecker, the WDR Big Band, the SWR Big Band, Ack Van Rooyen, Nils Landgren and many others and has already had the privilege of presenting his music on internationally renowned stages such as the Elbjazz Festival, the Philharmonie Köln and the Jazzfest Basel.
Since the release of his debut "Natural Energy" in 2020 (ACT Music), Jakob Manz has played around 200 concerts in German-speaking countries and performed at all relevant festivals during this time. In 2022, the delicate acoustic duo album "The Gallery Concerts I" with pianist Johanna Summer was released, showing Manz as an improviser of great depth and sensitivity. In the same year, he also received many prominent awards, including the Landesjazzpreis of his home state of Baden-Württemberg as the youngest artist in the history of the prize. In 2023, he followed up with Groove Connection, another album on ACT, recorded with international genre greats such as Roberto Di Gioia, Per Lindvall, Tim Lefebvre and several others. The follow-up album with his regular formation The Jakob Manz Project is already firmly scheduled for 2024.
There are not many young jazz musicians who master their instrument as virtuosically as Jakob Manz, and whose playing sounds at the same time so unpretentious, clear, song-serving and soulful. The fact that he succeeds in this is due on the one hand to his talent and the determination with which he works on his musical expression. And on the other hand, it is due to his will to inspire and touch the audience with his music. He says that it is important to him to play his very special instrument, the alto saxophone, in a way that fills the room, but at the same time reaches each individual listener directly and immediately. And one can state that he succeeds in this at any time, whether in the club, in concert halls or on large festival stages.
contemporary groove instrumental soul
27.04.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Wuppertal | LOCH | Club Show | Tickets |
30.04.2024 | Jakob Manz & Johanna Summer | DE - Burghausen | Evangelisch-Lutherische Friedenskirche Burghausen | ||
02.05.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Ravensburg | Zehntscheuer Ravensburg | Club Show | Tickets |
03.05.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Bonn | Bürgerverein Dottendorf/Gronau e.V. | Dottendorfer Jazznacht | |
14.05.2024 | Jakob Manz & Johanna Summer | DE - Hainfeld | atelier29 | Hainfelder Jazztage | |
18.05.2024 | Jakob Manz | DE - München | Prinzregententheater | LEO Benefiz Jazz Gala mit Nils Wülker, Jakob Manz, Nils Kugelmann, Kilian Sladek und Konstantin Kölmel | Tickets |
19.05.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Hildesheim | Bischofsmühle Cyclus 66 e. V. | Open Air | |
20.05.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Rheine | Schloss Kloster Bentlage –Kulturelle Begegnungsstätte | Jazz am Kloster | |
14.06.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Ahrenshoop | Ahrenshooper Jazzfest | Jazzfest Ahrenshoop | |
19.06.2024 | Jakob Manz & Johanna Summer | DE - Berlin | stARTfestival | stARTfestival | |
22.06.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Tübingen | Deutsch-Französisches Kulturinstitut Tübingen e.V. | Internationales Brassfestival Tübingen | Tickets |
08.07.2024 | Jakob Manz & Johanna Summer | DE - Ismaning | Hainhalle | Jazzmontag Ismaning | |
19.07.2024 | Jakob Manz Groove Connection | FR - Junas | Jazz à Junas | Jazz à Junas @ Carrières de Junas | |
20.07.2024 | Jakob Manz Groove Connection | DE - Stuttgart | SpardaWelt Eventcenter | Jazzopen Stuttgart | |
21.07.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Blaubeuren | Sommerbühne am Blautopf | Sommerbühne Blautopf, feat. Karl Degenhardt | |
27.07.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Schwinkendorf | Schloss und Gut Ulrichshusen | 360° Saxofon / Festspiele MV | |
17.08.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Worms | Jazz and Joy Festival | Jazz & Joy Festival | Tickets |
10.09.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Bielefeld | Rudolf-Oetker-Halle | Jazz im Konzerthaus | |
19.10.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Tübingen | Innovationszentrum Westspitze / Saal 1 | Jazz & Klassik Tage | |
25.10.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Göppingen | Altes E-Werk | Club Show | |
18.11.2024 | The Jakob Manz Project | DE - Mannheim | Ella & Louis | Club Show |