Remembering Ralph Towner: Muthspiel / Walker / Seim / Wasilewski / Dalla Porta - Jazzfestival Esslingen 2026

Name: Remembering Ralph Towner: Muthspiel / Walker / Seim / Wasilewski / Dalla Porta - Jazzfestival Esslingen 2026
Start: 2026-11-02T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-02T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse e.V

Mon, 2 Nov 2026 · 19:00

Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse e.V, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany

42 €

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Remembering Ralph Towner:

Wolfgang Muthspiel - guitar
Mark Walker - drums
Trygve Seim - saxophone
Marcin Wasilewski - piano
Paolino Dalla Porta - bass

Line-up

Trygve Seim

Wolfgang Muthspiel
Mark Walker
Marcin Wasilewski
Paolino Dalla Porta

About: Trygve Seim

Oslo-born saxophonist Trygve Seim has spent three decades shaping a quietly radical sound on ECM Records - lyrical, spacious, and rooted in Nordic tradition. His 2025 quartet project Arcanum, with trumpeter Arve Henriksen, bassist Anders Jormin, and drummer Markku Ounaskari, earned five stars from the BBC and was broadcast live from JazzBaltica 2026 on ZDF.

20+

ECM Records albums as leader, co-leader or sideman

German Record Critics' Prize (Jahrespreis) for debut album Different Rivers

5★

BBC rating for Arcanum (2025)

What's new

2026-06
The Arcanum quartet performed at JazzBaltica 2026 in Timmendorfer Strand, with the concert broadcast on ZDF.
2025-05
Arcanum, the debut ECM album by the quartet of Seim, Arve Henriksen, Anders Jormin, and Markku Ounaskari, was released on 2 May 2025 to five-star reviews from the BBC.
2024-09
Seim released Our Time, a duo album with accordionist Frode Haltli, on ECM Records in September 2024.

Tour

Timmendorfer StrandHamburgHradec KrálovéKöln

Tracks

Different RiversECM debut album (2000), won German Record Critics' Prize Album of the Year

SangamECM album (2004), widely celebrated fusion of jazz, international and modernist styles

Helsinki SongsECM album (2018), lyrical quartet record composed in the Finnish capital

Rumi SongsECM album (2016), extended meditation on 13th-century Persian poet Rumi with mezzo-soprano Tora Augestad

ArcanumECM album (2025) with Arve Henriksen, Anders Jormin, Markku Ounaskari; 5 stars BBC

About the venue: Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse e.V

Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse is an independent cultural centre in Esslingen am Neckar, housed in a former industrial building. It hosts a wide range of events - live concerts across many genres, theatre, readings and club nights. Run as a registered association, it has been a cornerstone of the alternative and grassroots cultural scene in the region for decades.

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