Jazz in Aarau - ‘With A Little Help from My Friends’

Posted by Ian Darrington
June 1, 2006

Having witnessed the success of the 2005 jazz event in Aarau, Switzerland organized by the jazz society, “jazzaar,” I knew 2006 would be something special. However, nothing could have prepared me for the musical surprises of the five-day jazz education event titled Jazzaar Concerts – A Beatles Tribute. I am sure there were those who wondered what the Beatles’ music had to do with jazz and how it could possibly fit into a week of jazz education. Any doubters had not reckoned on the genius of the musical director Fritz Renold. By the end of the week, anyone who was fortunate enough to be present at rehearsals, seminars, or the evening concerts and had doubts, would have had them well and truly quashed. For the producers, Fritz and Helen Renold, even a slight failure was clearly not an option; and with them at the helm, this adventurous project was destined to be a success.

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