The third edition of the “Jazz meets Mills” event on Whitmonday, 9th June, 2014, certainly had better weather than the previous year. It was hot. Very hot.
The day started at the Schuckardsmühle, now known as the “Haus der Naturfreunde”, on the Mühlenwanderweg with Mayor Hans-Georg Brum and Fountain Queen Carolyn II. opening the proceedings, before The Bandstand feat. Valentin Garvie kicked off the music.
The Bandstand feat. Valentin Garvie at the Schuckardsmühle
Meanwhile, half an hour later the band “Crotchets” – the Klezmerensemble of Oberursel’s music school – played to an audience in the grounds of the Hospitalkirche next to the victims’ memorial.
Crotchets playing in the grounds of the Hospitalkirche
Crotchets playing next to the Victims’ Memorial
Starting slightly later than planned were Regina Klein & Band at the Kürtellsmühle, now the offices and workshops of Adam Koch GmbH.
Regina Klein & Band in the Kürtellsmühle
She even sang a jazz rendition of “My Favourite Things” in English from the Sound of Music, a film that is hardly known of in Germany.
Regina Klein singing My Favourite Things
Moving down to the Bleiche, the music continued in the courtyard of the Herrenmühle at 1pm with the gipsy-jazz group Coeur du Bois.
Coeur du Bois in the Herrenmühle
The courtyard inside the Herrenmühle
Next up where the Powerhouse Swingtett who took their audience “through the American Songbook” at the Ratskeller next to the Vortaunusmuseum.
Powerhouse Swingtett
The Ratskeller next to the Vortaunusmuseum
Returning to the Schuckardsmühle, Rosalie Schüler and Henrik Engström from the music in school in Friedrichsdorf took to the stage.
Rosalie Schüler and Henrik Engström at the Schuckardsmühle
And finally, John Defferary’s Uptown Swingtide brought the day to a close in the courtyard of the Hospitalkirche.
John Defferary’s Uptown Swingtide in the courtyard of the Hospitalkirche
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