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Bonsai make Live im Glashaus feel like the smallest brass band causing the biggest grin
By Editorial Team - June 28, 2026
Summary
Bielefeld trio Bonsai release Live im Glashaus, a live jazz, funk and groove recording built from trombone, bass clarinet, drums and playful miniature-brass energy.
Key Facts
- Category: News
- Published: June 28, 2026
- Tags: bonsai, live im glashaus, bielefeld, jazz, funk, groove, brass band, German Jazz / Mini Brass Band
Bonsai’s Live im Glashaus arrives on 28 June from Bielefeld with one of the best self-descriptions of the day: the smallest brass band in the world. The trio of Svenja Burmester on trombone, Justus Czaske on bass clarinet and Luka Kleine on drums builds music from jazz, funk, groove and mischievous compactness. The live setting matters because this kind of music needs air, humour and the risk of bodies reacting in real time. A bass clarinet and trombone can do wonderful things when they stop pretending to be polite, and a drummer with enough flexibility can make a tiny ensemble feel like a marching band that snuck into a greenhouse. Live im Glashaus sounds like exactly that: playful, physical, rhythmically alive and small only in headcount. The scale is miniature. The personality is not.
Source: https://bonsai-musik.bandcamp.com/album/live-im-glashaus