The COB is a large orchestra, with strings, horns and rhythm section, founded in autumn 2010 by composer & conductor Hazel Leach. The members of the orchestra are not only improvising instrumentalists, but are also the composers. There is no fixed line-up: the composers can select instruments from the pool, to develop a brand-new and innovative orchestral repertoire with stylistic influences ranging from classical to jazz and from folk to free…. the music written for this band has no exclusion zones.
Since its founding in the autumn of 2010 the COB has become an established part of the Berlin jazz-scene, with regular concerts in the Kunstfabrik Schlot and the production of 4 CDs and an audiobook.
In April, 2023, the sixth CD of the orchestra, “Exoplanet”, with compositions by saxophonist Christian Korthals is due to be published (JazzHausMusik 299).
The latest CD is ‘Holding Pattern’ (Jazzhausmusik 2022).
In April 2023, JazzHausMusik will release the orchestra’s sixth CD with compositions by saxophonist Christian Korthals. In April and May 2023 we are on a CD release tour through the most important jazz clubs in Germany. An exoplanet is…
To celebrate its 12th anniversary, the Composers' Orchestra Berlin (C.O.B) is leaving the capital again and heading into uncharted territory. This time, hower, the journey goes further than through the jazz concert halls of southern Germany: With the sixth album "Exoplanet" (release April 12, 2023, JazzHausMusik 299) we are reaching for the stars ......
The C.O.B. opens the new year with a concert on Friday, February 17 at our regular venue, Kulturfabrik Schlot in Berlin-Mitte. As always, you can expect new premieres of compositions by our orchestra members. On Saturday, April 1, we will present compositions by saxophonist Christian......
Wednesday, 12th Oct: Kunstfabrik Schlot Edisonhöfen-Invalidenstr. 117, 10115 Berlin. Concert starts 21:00, bar opens 20:00, Entrance: 15/10 € . Sunday 16th Oct in Britz, in the Kulturstall auf dem Gutshof Alt-Britz 81, 12359 Berlinwww.schlossbritz.deinfo@schlossbritz.de Concert starts 19:00, Tickets: 18/13 €...
We’re back in Schlot with a series of new Free-Range pieces by Daniel Meyer, Natasha Jaffe, Tom Dayan, Benjamin Schneider and Dirk Strakhof. Concert starts 21:00, Bar opens 20:00. Entrance 15/10 € . Kunstfabrik Schlot, Edisonhöfen-Invalidenstr. 117, 10115 Berlinwww.kunstfabrik-schlot.de Lineup im September:Str: Davis West, Daniel......
Summer jazz festival with dutch, german and international musicians. August 17-18-19-20, Kunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin Four nights of double concerts with saxophonist Paul van Kemenade and his international colleagues. We’re playing on Thursday 18th August, but the full programme can be found on https://kunstfabrik-schlot.de/programm/...
