Since 2009, Jitz Jeitz has his own working 4tet – Jitz Jeitz 4tet, with Claude Schaus (p), John Schlammes (b) and Mich Mootz (dr). Repertoire: mostly originals but also unusual standards, among them also jazzy adaptations of pop songs and classical music, even Wagner and Bruckner. The style moves between melodic bopping and binary modern, often with a dash of humor.
: PRESS QUOTES
"Die Musik ist verspielt und humorvoll, frech, und vor allem flott, mitreißend und abwechslungsreich" Lëtzebuerger Land
“Saxophonist Jitz Jeitz plays with a hollow tone that brings Marty Ehrlich’s sound on tenor sax to mind" allaboutjazz.com
“…très beaux solos de saxophone et de clarinette dont la sensibilité et la puissance ont impressionné les spectateurs” jazz.rhone-alpes.com
“… eingängig und mitreissend, aber gleichzeitig angereichert mit einem Quäntchen Komplexität". Luxemburger Wort
: BIOGRAPHY
Jitz Jeitz (1962) is not yet a dinosaur, but can be considered as a vintage saxophone player of the Luxembourg jazz scene. He plays tenor sax, bari sax, EWI and clarinets. Jitz studied clarinet in Luxembourg and Strasbourg, then jazz in Strasbourg and Liège. He has played in numerous jazz and popular bands since the eighties, e.o. Atmosphere, Ernie Hammes, taboola rasa, Raquel Barreira, Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra, Garlicks, and the saxophone quartet Saxifaction, and he played with almost any local jazz hero in Luxembourg. He performed a o. with Claudio Roditi, Steve Shehan, Marc Scholten and Nils Landgren, and as a member of Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra, he shared the stage with Bob Mintzer, Phil Abraham, Slide Hampton, Freddy Cole, Don Braden, Jon Faddis, David Linx, the New York Voices, Michel Camilo and Billy Cobham. He is currently a member of Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra and Marly Marques 5tet.
