Artist Talk

Three musicians from Friday’s festival line-up delve deep into contemporary American music with music journalist Peter Margasak and Nadin Deventer, artistic director of Jazzfest Berlin: How is the current vibe shift influencing the process of making music? What role do artistic communities play? And how are they responding to an increasingly polarised public? With bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and percussionist Stefan González – both members of the Austin, Texas-based band The Young Mothers – and double bassist Luke Stewart from Washington, D.C.