OffRoad Baroque

From Handel to Jazz: Quasthoff, W. Meyer, S. Grocott. Melancholy and hope, introspection and new beginnings – a unique jazz program that allows you to indulge in emotions while also tapping your feet to lively rhythms: Thomas Quasthoff, a three-time Grammy winner and one of the great artistic personalities of our time, has found a new home in jazz after his career as a classical singer. Together with Wolfgang Meyer and Shawn Grocott, he forms an extraordinary trio that brings well-known songs to life with joy and a spirit of improvisation. And what does Handel have to do with jazz? We will reveal it to you at Pentecost!

Georg Friedrich Handel
Arrangements and improvisations
Spiritual: "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"
Frank Sinatra: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
Stevie Wonder: "If it’s Magic," among others.

Thomas Quasthoff: Vocals & Moderation
Wolfgang Meyer: Guitar
Shawn Grocott: Trombone