The Thursday-to-Sunday run of October 1–4 begins with a compact lesson in scale. Across Thursday and Friday, three concerts move from Christian Vu’s large, score-minded formation to Roland Satterwhite’s violin-centred small group, then to Ingrid Arthur’s voice-led soul, gospel and jazz band. The route crosses two very different settings: the municipal Studiobühne Alte Feuerwache in Friedrichshain and the dedicated listening room of Zig Zag Jazz Club in Schöneberg. Each bill gives the ensemble a distinct job: carrying dense written colour, sharpening interplay around a lead instrument, or building a deep frame for a singer.[1][2][3][5]

Thursday: a large ensemble at Studiobühne Alte Feuerwache

Christian Vu Large Ensemble opens at 20:00 on Thursday, October 1, at Studiobühne Alte Feuerwache. Vu’s listed instrumentation is unusually expansive for a local jazz date: drums, bass, piano, guitar, baritone saxophone, trombone, two alto saxophones, trumpet, cello, three violins and voice. That combination points toward a concert where the writing itself carries real weight, with strings and brass available for broad blocks of colour alongside the rhythm section. The programme is presented as Vu’s own work, shaped by complex rhythms, tense harmonies and melodic material; it is the week’s choice for listeners who want to hear how a bandleader organizes a large palette in a room built for close attention.[1][5]

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Thursday: violin at the centre of Zig Zag Jazz Club

Later on Thursday, the Roland Satterwhite Quartet featuring Olivia Trummer starts at 19:00 at Zig Zag Jazz Club. Satterwhite brings violin and voice, joined by David Preston on guitar, Makar Novikov on bass and Ivars Arutyunyan on drums; Trummer joins on piano, extending the listed quartet into a five-player meeting. The club describes the project’s original music as modern jazz with a melodic and dynamic language developed especially for violin, drawing on Eastern European and American violin traditions alongside influences including Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett and Kurt Rosenwinkel. That makes this a focused counterweight to Vu’s ensemble: five improvisers, a leaner field of sound, and the violin carrying the front-line identity.[2][4]

Friday: Ingrid Arthur’s vocal ensemble

At 17:00 on Friday, October 2, Ingrid Arthur & Band: Too hot to handle arrives at Zig Zag Jazz Club with a different kind of group chemistry. Arthur is listed on vocals with Carly Quiroz on keys, Charis Karantzas on guitar, Sebastian Vogel on bass and Clinton Agu on drums, plus guest vocalist Arif Vega. Arthur’s background runs through gospel, soul, jazz and R&B, and the club identifies her as a former member of the Weather Girls who has been based in Berlin since 2002. The result is a strong early-evening pick for a set built around phrasing, vocal presence and a working rhythm section, with two singers available to widen the front of the band.[3][4]

Plan the two-night route

Studiobühne Alte Feuerwache is at Marchlewskistraße 6, near Weberwiese, while Zig Zag Jazz Club is at Hauptstraße 89 in Schöneberg. Thursday presents a scheduling choice between Vu’s 20:00 start and Satterwhite’s 19:00 start; Friday’s Arthur concert begins at 17:00, leaving the evening open afterward. Zig Zag states that its seating is allocated on a first-come basis, while Alte Feuerwache lists its own event and ticket information through its official calendar. Recheck the official venue pages for admission details, door times, ticket availability and any programme changes before travelling.[1][2][3][5]

Also this week

Sources

  1. Christian Vu Large Ensemble — Alte Feuerwache
  2. Roland Satterwhite Quartet feat. Olivia Trummer — Zig Zag Jazz Club Berlin
  3. Ingrid Arthur & Band: Too hot to handle — Zig Zag Jazz Club Berlin
  4. Programme — Zig Zag Jazz Club Berlin
  5. Alte Feuerwache – Kulturhaus Friedrichshain — Alte Feuerwache