Lewis Porter (l), Gert Putscheff and Willi Kappich (r)

"History in Perspective - Modern Jazz" at Romanfabrik
October 29, 2009. The U.S. Consulate General supported a concert on October 29th at Frankfurt’s Romanfabrik  featuring American jazz pianist Lewis Porter, professor of jazz history at Rutgers University Newark, Gert Putscheff (violin), lecturer at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, as well as Willi Kappich (drums/percussion). The concert was organized in cooperation with the Jazzinitiative Frankfurt e.V. and Ute Mengel greeted the guests on behalf of the Jazzinitiative. Under the theme "History in Perspecive – Modern Jazz" Porter, Putscheff and Kappich presented jazz compositions drawing on a wide variety of jazz styles as well as ethnic music traditions.