JazzAmen presents:
Nathan Ott 4tet – Coltrane 100
To mark the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane's birth on September 23, 2026, Nathan Ott presents a quartet that draws inspiration from Coltrane's thinking without reproducing it. Not a copying of his classics, but rather a musical exploration in the spirit of Coltrane.
The starting point is Coltrane's late work: not as a repertoire, but as an idea. As an openness with the courage to change. Christof Lauer (tenor and soprano saxophone), Camila Nebbia (tenor saxophone), Jonas Westergaard (bass) and Nathan Ott (drums) come together with this attitude: musicians from different generations and backgrounds.
Nathan Ott's drumming creates space and agility, blending composition and improvisation into an open structure. Lauer's expressive sound language, Camila Nebbia's striking energy, and Westergaard's elastic, present bass lines unfold into a dense, highly communicative music.
What emerges live is not a tribute in the classical sense, but music in the spirit of Coltrane: exploratory and carried by inner tension.
Christof Lauer - tenor & soprano saxophone
Camila Nebbia - tenor saxophone
Jonas Westergaard - bass
Nathan Ott - drums
JazzAmen is a concert series presented by the Kulturkirche Altona in cooperation with the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Altona-East. Since June 2016, international jazz greats have delighted audiences here, including Heinz Sauer & Michael Wollny, Kurt Rosenwinkel & Peter Weniger & Riccardo del Fra & Heinz Lichius, the Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet, Omer Klein, Frank Delle & Jesse van Ruller & Ingmar Heller, Tord Gustavsen & Uwe Steinmetz & Simin Tander & Sigurd Hole & Jarle Vespestad, Barbara Dennerlein, the Nathan Ott & Dave Liebman Special Edition, the Dieter Ilg Trio, the Frank Delle Trio, the Nathan Ott Quartet, Giovanni Weiß & Martin Taylor, Ella & Kjell featuring Ingolf Burkhardt, and most recently Shuteen Erdenebaatar and Nils Kugelmann.
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Advance booking: €22 (incl. booking fees)
Box office: €26 (€15 reduced)
Venue :
Altona Cultural Church non-profit GmbH
At St. John's Church 22 - 22767 Hamburg
Max-Brauer-Allee / near Sternbrücke
The toilets are not wheelchair accessible, but there is a wheelchair-accessible side entrance.
Drinks and snacks available - free seating - the church is heated
Program subject to change
Directions :
At St. John's Church 22 - 22767 Hamburg
Located on Max-Brauer-Allee / near Sternbrücke
6 bus stops in the immediate vicinity (bus lines 3, 15, 115, 183, 20, 25)
5-minute walk to the Holstenstrasse S-Bahn station (lines S2, S5) or bus 3
4-minute bus ride to and from Altona S-Bahn station (lines S1, S2, S3) using buses 15, 115, 183, 20, 25
Directions via HVV with starting point selection: https://www.hvv.de/linking-service/show/9959869c566442dfa76591eac7b962f5
