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Female Cadence: Kathy Stobart (England) mit dem Birgitta Flick Quartet
Female Cadence: Kathy Stobart (England) with the Birgitta Flick Quartet
Event by: Jazz am Helmholtzplatz e.V.
Location: Brotfabrik Berlin, Caligariplatz 1, Berlin - Bezirk Pankow
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Saturday, January 3, 2026 · 8 p.m. · Brotfabrik Berlin
Caligariplatz 1, 13086 Berlin
Admission €18–12 · Box office from 7:30 p.m. (bar only)
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FEMALE CADENCE. WOMEN IN EUROPEAN JAZZ AROUND 1960.
Homage to KATHY STOBART (ENGLAND)
presented by:
BIRGITTA FLICK QUARTET
Birgitta Flick – Saxophone
Andreas Schmidt – Piano
James Banner – Bass
Max Andrzejewski – Drums
Introduction: Regina Câmara
This evening the focus is on another extraordinary musician: Florence Kathleen “Kathy” Stobart (1925–2014), a one of the most important British jazz saxophonists of the 20th century. Growing up in a musical family, she found her way to the saxophone early on. At the age of 17, she toured war-torn Britain with Don Rico's Ladies Swing Band and later played in London clubs, the BBC Jazz Club and even in makeshift venues during air raids.
In the 1940s and 50s she worked with musical greats such as Art Thompson, Vic Lewis and Eddie Condon. In 1950 she founded her own group. Her most formative artistic partnership began in 1957 with Humphrey Lyttelton - their joint album "Kath Meets Humph" brought her international fame. Stobart played, among other things, with Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, led her own bands and released a well-received baritone saxophone duet album with Joe Temperley.
Famous for her “huge, powerful tone,” she was one of the few women of her generation to excel on the tenor saxophone – and one of the most important pioneers for later jazz musicians. In 2005 she received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Services to Jazz.
The Birgitta Flick Quartet is dedicating an evening to Stobart that makes her music, her energy and her artistic attitude tangible. Birgitta Flick's expressive saxophone playing and her quartet (Andreas Schmidt on piano, James Banner on bass and Max Andrzejewskis on drums) create a contemporary homage to a pioneer. At the same time, Birgitta Flick performs a somersault into the present, "reads" Kathy Stobart's pieces anew and also presents her own works.
The concert is part of Female Cadence: Women in European Jazz around 1960, a project that brings forgotten artists such as Lolita Garrido, Pia Beck, Colette Magny, Kathy Stobart and Ewa Wanat back into the public consciousness - through reinterpretations and lectures and an accompanying podcast. It is a contribution to female jazz history and to artistic and political positions then and now.
Funded by Musikfonds e. V. with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media. Idea & implementation: Regina Câmara.
Caligariplatz 1, 13086 Berlin
Admission €18–12 · Box office from 7:30 p.m. (bar only)
Advance sale via Eventbrite:
htt ps://www.eventbrite.de/e/female-cadence-hommage-an-kathy-stobart-uk-birgitta-flick-quartett-tickets-1979129095401
FEMALE CADENCE. WOMEN IN EUROPEAN JAZZ AROUND 1960.
Homage to KATHY STOBART (ENGLAND)
presented by:
BIRGITTA FLICK QUARTET
Birgitta Flick – Saxophone
Andreas Schmidt – Piano
James Banner – Bass
Max Andrzejewski – Drums
Introduction: Regina Câmara
This evening the focus is on another extraordinary musician: Florence Kathleen “Kathy” Stobart (1925–2014), a one of the most important British jazz saxophonists of the 20th century. Growing up in a musical family, she found her way to the saxophone early on. At the age of 17, she toured war-torn Britain with Don Rico's Ladies Swing Band and later played in London clubs, the BBC Jazz Club and even in makeshift venues during air raids.
In the 1940s and 50s she worked with musical greats such as Art Thompson, Vic Lewis and Eddie Condon. In 1950 she founded her own group. Her most formative artistic partnership began in 1957 with Humphrey Lyttelton - their joint album "Kath Meets Humph" brought her international fame. Stobart played, among other things, with Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, led her own bands and released a well-received baritone saxophone duet album with Joe Temperley.
Famous for her “huge, powerful tone,” she was one of the few women of her generation to excel on the tenor saxophone – and one of the most important pioneers for later jazz musicians. In 2005 she received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Services to Jazz.
The Birgitta Flick Quartet is dedicating an evening to Stobart that makes her music, her energy and her artistic attitude tangible. Birgitta Flick's expressive saxophone playing and her quartet (Andreas Schmidt on piano, James Banner on bass and Max Andrzejewskis on drums) create a contemporary homage to a pioneer. At the same time, Birgitta Flick performs a somersault into the present, "reads" Kathy Stobart's pieces anew and also presents her own works.
The concert is part of Female Cadence: Women in European Jazz around 1960, a project that brings forgotten artists such as Lolita Garrido, Pia Beck, Colette Magny, Kathy Stobart and Ewa Wanat back into the public consciousness - through reinterpretations and lectures and an accompanying podcast. It is a contribution to female jazz history and to artistic and political positions then and now.
Funded by Musikfonds e. V. with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media. Idea & implementation: Regina Câmara.