🎷 Frog & Henry revive the magic of a timeless jazz classic! ✨
With their unique sound, they breathe new life into Them There Eyes (1930)—made famous by Billie Holiday and later by legends like Armstrong and Crosby.
A playful tune about falling in love at first glance... with one unforgettable look. 👀🎶
🎥 @cisa_locarno
#JazzAscona #FrogAndHenry #ThemThereEyes #JazzClassic #BillieHoliday #TradJazz #VintageVibes
✨ SWING IS BACK IN TOWN!
After their explosive 2025 success, @thebigfivejazzberlin return to JazzAscona with the magnetic @nicollerochelle_official 🔥
One of Europe’s hottest swing bands, bringing the wild sounds of 1930s–40s Harlem and Chicago back to life with blazing horns, explosive rhythms and high-voltage swing energy 🎷⚡
The Big Five feat. Nicolle Rochelle
🎶 June 26-27
📍 JazzAscona, Switzerland
🆓 Free entry!
#JazzAscona #TheBigFive #NicolleRochelle #Swing
Our last episode of Barrio Sonoro was memorable!! Full of music, culture, friendship and collaboration 🌹✨
Return on this beautiful evening through the lens of the great @carsten_zoltan !
Thank you to @berlinbiguine and their warm Antillean music for the dance and laughters! Thank you also to the first composers of Biguine, Mazurkas and Valses of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Guyane for leaving such a beautiful musical legacy that still resonnates today!
Merci aux musiciens @bardiquentin@matthieubaud@schuhbert@les_colores_hervehartock #Antonwunderlich 🙏🏽
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See you on the 18th of May for the next episode with the visit of the great @lutchinha_music and @grupo_alafia_con_ire ! A night of music connecting the islands of Cuba and Mindelo Cape Verde! Tickets already on sale in our BiO 🎟️
- Join us for this month's Jam Cats Session - Slow Bal edition -
hosted by Schuhbert & The Friends of Rhythm !!!
This monthly highlight of „Bellmer Balboa“
has gained international recognition for world-class jazz
grown with the local swing scene.
The night features an opening set of finest, slow & fast 20s / 30s rhythms,
led by clarinettist Laurin Habert,
followed by an open jam session for all and everybody.
Bring your instrument / voice and get in for free!
Schuhbert & The Friends of Rhythm
are:
Laurin Schuh-Hubert : clarinet, alto & baritone saxophone
Daniel Duspiwa : soprano & tenor saxophone
Quentin Bardinet : tenor guitar & banjo
Jack B. Latimer : guitar
Johannes Hanekamp : string bass
Aaaand the DJ of this jam is the most fabulous Rosa Lee !!!
Timeline:
19:30 | Doors open & DJ
20:30 - 21:15 | BAND
≈ Short break & DJ set ≈
21:45 - 2:30 | JAM CATS SESSION & Party !!!
Come dance and jam with us !
_
Generous donations for bands and DJs
are highly appreciated and expected.
Episode II: April 25th, 21H
BERLIN BIGUINE 🪕
Berlin Biguine is back in the Berlin scene and brings to life the musical heritage of Martinique and Guadeloupe, revisiting the golden era of biguine from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Inspired by the Antillean musicians who transformed Parisian nightlife, the ensemble blends creole melodies, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and touches of jazz into a fine, groove-driven sound.
More than dance music, biguine unfolds here as a poetic and living tradition : warm, syncopated and deeply creole.
A very unique project forecasting a music rarely heard on German stages we are looking forward to having with us for the next edition of Barrio Sonoro!
Musicians:
@bardiquentin – Tenor guitar, vocals
Anton Wunderlich – Trombone, vocals
@schuhbert – Saxophone, clarinet
@les_colores_hervehartock – Drums
@matthieubaud – Bass
🎟️ Tickets in bio & on Eventfrog
🐬 Hi everyone!
It is a real pleasure to do our part to keep this wonderful music alive in Berlin, and make you dance and sing with us!
Thank you for following Berlin Biguine on social media, here's a special treat with some videos from our last concert at @rotbart_rixdorf for @balboaswingclub !
We hope to see you at one of our shows that is coming up next month ...👀
🌴 10.4 Kulturcafe Neukölln
🌴14.4 @bellmerbalboa
🌴25.4 @barriosonoroberlin
🌴29.4 @bechereck
THE SONGS!
"L'Age Atomique" is a creole mazurka from Loulou Boislaville, famous singer and figure of Martinique folk preservation.
"La Guadeloupéenne" is a rumba-biguine composed by trumpetist Abel Beauregard.
"Sépan Meg" was composed as "Tickled to Death" a ragtime from american composer Charles Hunter. It was later turned into a biguine and renamed by the legendary clarinettist Alexandre Stellio.
🎥 Videos are by the incomparable @lnklmkt ❤
@stephenscharmin@schuhbert@djanovi@les_colores_hervehartock@bardiquentin@matthieubaud
- Join us for this month's Jam Cats Session
hosted by Schuhbert & The Friends of Rhythm !!!
This monthly highlight of „Bellmer Balboa“
has gained international recognition for world-class jazz
grown with the local swing scene.
The night features an opening set of finest 20s / 30s rhythms,
led by clarinettist Laurin Habert,
followed by an open jam session for all and everybody.
Bring your instrument / voice and get in for free!
Schuhbert & The Friends of Rhythm
are:
Laurin Schuh-Hubert : reeds
Carlos St. Ana : piano
Quentin Bardinet : tenor guitar & banjo
Sidney Werner : string bass
Aaaand the DJ of this jam is the delightful Dizzy Ella !!!
Timeline:
20:00 | Doors open & DJ
20:30 - 21:15 | BAND
≈ Short break & DJ set ≈
21:45 - 2:30 | JAM CATS SESSION & Party !!!
Come dance and jam with us !
_
Generous donations for bands and djs
are highly appreciated and expected.
Party with The Fat Six at Cantina Swing Hamburg! That was a blast! 😁
Delicious Tapas, best music, lovely community.
#thefatsix #cantinaswing #swingwerkstatt #cantinafuxundganz
Berlin Biguine at @bechereck was a beautiful success.
We were thrilled to perform again for the first time in three years.
It was especially heartwarming to see friends from the swing dancing community come discover the beautiful music of Antilles and try their feet on biguine, valses and creole mazouk!, congratulations!
Thank you all for all the dancing, the laughing and the beautiful vibes you brought ❤.
Mega-thanks to our amazing DJ "Discos da Jajá" @elleftn who really carried the party with great taste..
Thank you @lnklmkt for the videos and being so helpful ♠️.
Here are some chosen moments of yesterday's concert.
Next, you will find us there:
🐠4.3 @rotbart_rixdorf for @bellmerbalboa
🐬14.4 @crackbellmer for @bellmerbalboa
🌴25.4 @artspaceinexile for Barrio Sonoro latin party.
More TBA!
Stay warm, keep shaking it, see you next time!
Berlin Biguine is back! 🌴This wednesday 4.2.2026
☀️ You’re invited to the first concert of a new era of groovy caribbean dance music, brought to you in the cold Berlin winter.
DJ @elleftn (Discos da Jajá) will take over after the band with a hot and well fitting playlist that will keep you in the West Indies and beyond, until late at night.
You have one week to prepare your best dancing outfit and get in the mood for an evening of summer!
@bechereck Okerstrasse 35, 12049 Berlin
Doors at 19h
Live music with @berlinbiguine from 20h till 22h
DJ with @elleftn Discos da Jajá until (?)
Cover sliding scale 10€ to 15€
Berlin Biguine
with:
@schuhbert : clarinet/saxophone
@les_colores_hervehartock : drums
@matthieubaud : bass
@bardiquentin : guitar
@djanovi : trombone
This year we're delighted to welcome Berlin-based Laurin Habert (@schuhbert ) for the first time.
He's a clarinettist, saxophonist, singer and bandleader, leading The Stringband Lowdown at Berlin’s oldest jazz club, the Yorkschlösschen.
Laurin also works with Frog & Henry and The Fat Six - catch him playing in Newcastle in November!
