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Dear Feya, you left us far too soon. You had so mu

Dear Feya, you left us far too soon. You had so much more wonderful music to give.

I heard you play for the first time on the live recording by Abdullah Ibrahim (Cape Town Revisited), then saw you live here in Switzerland for the first time in 2006. You're definitely not innocent in the fact that I fell in love with South African jazz back then. If I remember correctly, you approached me during the intermission at the concert at the @birdseyejazzclub in Basel because I had my trumpet with me, and you invited me on stage to play with you during the second set, even though we had never met before. That was a lasting experience for me—the trust, modesty, and sense of community that you showed impressed me deeply.

Fortunately, we met several times over the last 20 years and talked about music, instruments, mouthpieces and much more. Unfortunately, your “it will be great to see you my friend” from Sunday morning will never happen now, which makes me very sad. You will be deeply missed. What you leave behind—your music, cherished memories, and lasting inspiration—will stay with us always.

Fezile „Feya“ Faku
6. Juni 1962 – 23. Juni 2025

Seek new paths, and dare to stray, Not just chase

Seek new paths, and dare to stray,
Not just chase the light that shows the way.

Looking back and ahead. 2024 → 2025.

Paris, France. December 2024.

Till Brönner & Dieter Ilg. Inderbinen Concerts 20

Till Brönner & Dieter Ilg. Inderbinen Concerts 2024.

One of the advantages of my work in the music industry is that I get to work with some of the greatest artists in the business, some of whom are also my idols.

Till Brönner is definitely one of them. He is an artist for whom I have the utmost respect and who has been a strong influence and inspiration for me for more than two decades.

I appreciate his extensive knowledge of the music business and the fact that he has done a great deal to make jazz accessible to a wider audience. He is approachable, yet still unrivaled on the trumpet and flugelhorn. He has mastered the many facets of our instrument and has had an unmistakable personal sound since a young age.

In addition to his love of music and jazz in particular, he also works as a photographer, which is another of my interests. He is also a producer and lecturer and always works with the best artists for his music. This also applies to the concert in this small but exquisite series that I co-organize. For many years, the bassist Dieter Ilg has been one of the most outstanding German musicians. Even though I first got to know him as the author of his gastronomic column “Jazzcooks” in the magazine JazzThing, in which he documents his culinary excursions with musicians.

#concertphotography #livemusic #tillbroenner #dieterilg #trumpet #flugelhorn #inspiration #memories #inderbinen #swissmade

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