Performing on stage has been my day to day life since I can remember
Living in munich, I'm touring with the Jazzrausch Bigband and have contributed to several of the band's recordings.
With the Band we're also the resident ensemble at Bergson Kunstkraftwerk since the beginning of 2024, where an exciting and thrilling chapter awaits us. For more information, please visit www.bergson.com.
"A meltdown of big band sound with house and techno music." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
With an average of 120 concerts per year, the Jazzrausch Bigband is one of the busiest big bands in Europe. Through their concerts in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa, they bring together jazz enthusiasts and dance enthusiasts with "sonic power, groove, and tremendous stage presence" (FAZ) like no other ensemble currently does. Groove with intellect, electronic music with brass, jazz in a frenzy.
The driving forces behind the project are Munich-based trombonist and music manager Roman Sladek and guitarist and composer Leonhard Kuhn, who also resides in Munich.
The musical journey's nucleus and starting point is a Munich institution: the "Harry Klein," one of the most renowned electronic clubs in Europe. In 2015, just one year after its formation, the Jazzrausch Bigband became the Artist in Residence at "Harry Klein," and the young Munich audience went wild. A big band in a techno club. Truly unique. For Munich and the world. Quickly, the stages grew larger, and the band filled venues like the Muffathalle as well as high-culture temples like the Munich Philharmonic, and they performed at renowned festivals across Germany. The circles the band moves in continue to expand: concert tours have taken them to the Lincoln Center in New York, the JZ Festival in Shanghai, the Safaricom International Jazz Festival in Nairobi, the Ural Music Night in Yekaterinburg, and the SXSW Music Festival in Austin.
listen to the band’s recording “Bangers Only”, released 2024 on ACT Music:
Born with a heart tuned to the rhythms of life and a voice that resonates with both power and vulnerability, Julianna Townsend stands as a testament to the transformative power of music. With each note she sings and each lyric she pens, she invites listeners into the depths of her soul, weaving tales of resilience, self-discovery, and the universal human experience.
