Eight Cylinder Big Band

Here are some photos that RADICAL EYE PHOTOGRAPHY took at the concert of the Eight Cylinder Big Band on December 16, 2024 at the Unterfahrt Munich.

BY JAKE FUNKMAYOR ON:

Matthias Bublath’s Eight Cylinder Big Band is a jazz & funk roller coaster and a helluva lot of fun. Although new to me, the 41-year-old pianist, organist, and composer has cut several albums, but never one of this magnitude, with a 17-piece band, most of which are horns. And I love them horns making this one of my favorite albums of 2020. In addition to the piano and keyboard, Matthias is a specialist on the Hammond B3 organ, able to play bass lines with the left hand and pedals simultaneously, and that shines throughout this album.

Matthias has performed at various festivals and events worldwide, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Kora Awards (Johannesburg, South Africa), and the Kennedy Center, and toured all over Japan. He got some of his educational training at Berklee and then established his chops as a freelance musician in New York City for over seven years. The genres on this album cruise from big band jazz, blues, funk, and gospel to Latin American rhythms. Takuya Kuroda, a long-time collaborator plays trumpet on three tunes including Matight Intro, Eight Cylinder, and Gospel Song.