Big Band Dachau feat.
Jimi Tenor: the happiness of entropy
Created: 05/07/2022, 15:34
By: Susanne Greiner
Big Band Dachau feat.
Jimi Tenor: a concert evening full of energy.
Big band leader Tom Jahn (standing, middle) is constantly on the move, Jimi Tenor (left) works with a fan on the synth, the band members glitter, it's getting psychedelic in the background.
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Landsberg – Entropy is a measure of chaos: the disorder that arises when molecules deviate from their usual trajectories and react spontaneously.
Entropy can never decrease.
With every ounce of energy generated, the molecules become more frenzied.
At some point the energy level hits the limit.
And at this point the system remains – in a stable balance.
Who on Friday evening in the Stadttheater with Bigband Dachau feat.
Jimi Tenor knows how that feels.
Because when, after a good two and a half hours of this 'damn beat', the theater hall is raging and none of the audience particles are in their place, this balance can be felt.
Some call it luck.
The big band Dachau and Jimi Tenor were last in Landsberg more than two years ago.
And played the concert of their lives.
Music organizer in the Stadttheater Edmund Epple recalls a "transcended body of sound": "It was magical" - from which the CD "Bigband Dachau feat.
Jimi Tenor, Live at Stadttheater Landsberg” was created, a “sound document of musical energy”, the Süddeutsche calls it.
Something like that will never happen again.
Or as Epple puts it: "There's always such an energy thing going on live." It's clear: Energy is the be-all and end-all for big bands and tenors.
Friday night was different.
But no less euphoric.
Those who are not familiar with the former Dachau boys' brass band may be confused at first sight.
Anyone who hears a big band, thinks Glenn Miller, sees suits – or at least the robes in black.
Ties, the seating arrangement.
Not so the people from Dachau: they describe themselves as a "furious massive jazz-techno ensemble with a pinch of madness, swag and glitter".
Especially the latter not too tight: pink caftan with gold braid for singer JJ Jones, sparkling caps and jackets, even the drums shimmer light green.
The only one wearing black is conductor Jahn.
And tenor, all in white.
However, Jahn aka "Tornado Tom" exudes so much energy and urge to move that the glitter would go under.
And multi-instrumentalist and avant-garde pop musician tenor from Finland works with fan next to synth,
As far as the program is concerned, the big band and tenor are also far from the standards: original compositions, soul, jazz, techno, accompanied vocally by Jones' rich, funky voice or Jahn's chanting, backed by the beat, the damn, driving one.
In addition, the compositions by Tenor, in which “Call of the Wild” stands out: sound associations of animals, caught by a rich bass that sinks back into the wilderness at the end.
After the piece there is four seconds of silence – then thunderous applause.
The big picture
Some things seem to be improvised – but they are perfectly composed, as can be seen in the 'joint flute solo' of tenor and band flutist: seems like improvisation, but who could improvise in sync like this for two?
What makes the big band special is – in addition to the ubiquitous energy – the interaction, the big picture.
Or as Jones sings: "We're in this together".
Jahn recalls that some of the musicians played their first notes with him.
For him, the band is "a lottery six of the great people".
Big band and tenor completely negate a physical concept: time.
she disappears
After the last, samba-tinged song, the audience cheers.
And if you're not dancing yet, or at least rocking, the first encore bar of tenor's "Take me Baby" will knock you out of your chair.
Another encore.
"The Damn Beat".
Landsberger Donauwelle.
Stable balance as ecstasy.
Shining luck.
"Take the energy in your hearts with you," says Jahn, exhausted, grinning.
And no, it doesn't look cheesy in any way.
