Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | Yes |
Members | 4 |
14 | • | Dec / 2024 | • | Weihnachtsevent | Moritzbastei, Leipzig, DE | |
18 | • | Dec / 2024 | • | Weihnachtsevent | Moritzbastei, Leipzig, DE | |
19 | • | Dec / 2024 | • | Weihnachtsevent | Moritzbastei, Leipzig, DE | |
20 | • | Dec / 2024 | • | Weihnachtsevent | Moritzbastei, Leipzig, DE |
Dec / 2024 | • | Weihnachtsevent | Moritzbastei, Leipzig, DE | |||
Dec / 2024 | • | Weihnachtsevent | Moritzbastei, Leipzig, DE | |||
Dec / 2024 | • | Weihnachtsevent | Moritzbastei, Leipzig, DE | |||
Dec / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Landgasthof Zu Den Drei Linden, Lügde, DE | |||
Nov / 2024 | • | Queen Party (with MerQury Queen Tribute) | Tante JU, Dresden, DE | |||
Nov / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, DE | |||
Oct / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Theater Meißen, Meißen, DE | |||
Sep / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Küchwaldbühne, Chemnitz, DE | |||
Aug / 2024 | • | Jody Cooper (singer-songwriter) | Stadthafen Leipzig, Leipzig, DE | |||
Aug / 2024 | • | Queen Classical (with MerQury Queen Tribute) | Jakubzburg Mortka - Dr. André Jakubetz, Lohsa, DE | |||
Aug / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Parkplatz, Altenburg, DE | |||
Aug / 2024 | • | Jody Cooper (singer-songwriter) | Café Lux, Leipzig, DE | |||
Jul / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Schlossparty, Haselbachtal, DE | |||
Jul / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Weinfest, Nürnberg, DE | |||
Jul / 2024 | • | Queen Classical (with MerQury Queen Tribute) | NaturTheater Bad Elster, Bad Elster, DE | |||
Jul / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Heimatfest, Kaufungen, Kaufungen, DE | |||
Jun / 2024 | • | Rosengartenfesttage (with MerQury Queen Tribute) | Rosengarten Forst, Forst (Lausitz), DE | |||
Jun / 2024 | • | Junisause Flohmarkt & Bühne | Lene-Voigt-Park, Leipzig, DE | |||
Jun / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Alberthafen, Dresden, DE | |||
Jun / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Saalfelder Marktfest, Saalfeld/Saale, DE | |||
May / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, DE | |||
May / 2024 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute | Schlossgrabenfest, Darmstadt, DE | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | Kitty Solaris (support: Jody Cooper & Band) | Moritzbastei/Leipzig | |||
Dec / 2019 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute (with Jody Cooper) | Sabbenhausen | |||
Dec / 2019 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute (with Jody Cooper) | Sabbenhausen | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute (with Jody Cooper) | Augustfehn | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute (with Jody Cooper) | Albaxen | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | MerQury Queen Tribute (with Jody Cooper) | Albaxen | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Werderaner Kneipenfest | Werder (Havel) | |||
Sep / 2019 | • | Private Event | Berlin-Dahmen | |||
Sep / 2019 | • | Interreligious Festival | Neues Rathaus - Leipzig | |||
Sep / 2019 | • | Private Party | Wolkenstein OT Schönbrunn | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Münster | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Bremen | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Zeven | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Cafe Wichtig, Scharbeutz | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Hamberg | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Hamberg | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Hamberg | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Kiel | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Jody Cooper & Omid Gollmer (Tour) | Lübeck | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Private Party | Werder | |||
Jun / 2019 | • | Open-Air Concert | Altenburg | |||
Jun / 2019 | • | MerQury (with Jody Cooper) | Bamberg | |||
Jun / 2019 | • | MerQury (with Jody Cooper) | Schlossfest, Ludwigslust | |||
Jun / 2019 | • | Private Party | Dresden | |||
May / 2019 | • | The Beatboyz (with Jody Cooper) | Prettin | |||
Mar / 2019 | • | MerQury (with Jody Cooper) | Kulturzentrum Zollhaus, Leer | |||
Mar / 2019 | • | MerQury (with Jody Cooper) | Dresden | |||
Mar / 2019 | • | Private Party | Chemnitz | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Erfurt (private) | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Sarah & The BeatBoyz | Lindenau | |||
Aug / 2017 | • | Street Performers Festival | Niksic, Montenegro | |||
Aug / 2017 | • | Street Performers Festival | Niksic, Montenegro | |||
Aug / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Leipzig (private) | |||
Aug / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Bad Dürrenberg (private) | |||
Aug / 2017 | • | Perfect Day | (private) | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Villa Rosenthal, Leipzig (private) | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Leipzig (private) | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Sommerfest, Baha'i Haus der Andacht, Langenhain | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Leipzig (private) | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper's 'Serenades & Odes' album release concert | Horns Erben, Leipzig | |||
May / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Dohna | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Altenburg | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Jody Cooper | Pool Garden, Leipzig | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Private function | Saalfeld | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Private function | Leipzig | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Sarah & The BeatBoyz | Bernburg | |||
Jan / 2017 | • | Sarah & The BeatBoyz | Haus Leipzig, Leipzig | |||
Jan / 2017 | • | Private | Laucha | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Private | Grosspostwitz | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Regis | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Dortmund | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Apels Garden, Taucha | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Radefeld | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Wedding | Leipzig | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Wedding | Oldenburg | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | MerQury | Passagenfest, Leipzig | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Jody Cooper presents: David Bowie & Freddie Mercury | Scala Kulturpalast, Werder | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Strelln | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Delitzsch | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | MerQury | Schortens | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | MerQury | Heiligenhafen | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Hofweisenparkfest | Gera | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Wiltz Festival (with MerQury) | Wiltz, Luxembourg | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody Cooper | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Lauterbach | |||
May / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Dresden | |||
May / 2016 | • | Laurini, Zeitz | ||||
May / 2016 | • | International Street Music Festival | Ludwigsburg | |||
May / 2016 | • | International Street Music Festival | Ludwigsburg | |||
May / 2016 | • | International Street Music Festival | Ludwigsburg | |||
May / 2016 | • | Schwarzbiernacht | Suhl | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody Cooper | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | Zur Linde, Markkleeberg | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody Cooper | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Scala Kulturpalast, Werder | ||||
Mar / 2016 | • | Schwarzbiernacht | Jena | |||
Feb / 2016 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody Cooper | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Sarah & The Beatboyz | BA-HU Fasching, Leipzig | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody Cooper | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | House Concert | Berlin | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | With The Beefees | Leipzig | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Scala Kulturpalast, Werder | ||||
Dec / 2015 | • | With Sarah & The Beatboyz | Zur Ratte, Leipzig | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | With Sarah & The Beatboyz | Villa Rosenthal | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | Wedding | Gera | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | With The Beefees | Orangerie, Markkleeberg | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | Laurini, Zeitz | ||||
Dec / 2015 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody Cooper | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | With Sarah & The Beatboyz | Jena Stadium, Jeda | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Hilchenbach | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Tanzpalast, Castrop-Rauxel | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody CooperThe Walking Jukebox | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Rheine | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Malsfeld | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | House concert, Rheinbach-Wormersdorf | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody Cooper | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Rinteln | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | 'The Walking Jukebox' with Jody Cooper | Flowerpower, Leipzig | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Rheine | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Hagen Hof, Enger | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Hagen Hof, Enger | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Vettweiß | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | Seeklang Festival | Leipzig | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | Waldfrieden, Leipzig | ||||
Jul / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Eddersheim | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Wagner's Restaurant, Leipzig | ||||
Jul / 2015 | • | House Concert (private), Korbach | ||||
Jul / 2015 | • | Flowerpower, Leipzig | ||||
Jul / 2015 | • | Wagner's Restaurant, Leipzig | ||||
Jun / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Alt-Langenberg, Velbert | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Leverkusen | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Karli 68, Leipzig | ||||
Jun / 2015 | • | Private event, A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Dusseldorf | |||
May / 2015 | • | Open-air festival (with Re-Cover) | Goch | |||
May / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Essen-Ketwig | |||
May / 2015 | • | House concert | Potsdam | |||
May / 2015 | • | Star for Leipzig | Chocolate, Leipzig | |||
May / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Köln | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Private party | Markkleeberg | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | 11th: Tanzpalast Mythos, Castrop-Rauxel | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Rheine | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Duisburg | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Salzgitter | |||
Mar / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Norhausen, Leverkusen | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Underground Dormagen, Dormagen | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Hagen Hof, Enger | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | Moritzbastei's New Year's Party | Moritzbastei, Leipzig | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | House concert | Halle | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | Big Easy, Leipzig | ||||
Dec / 2014 | • | Singer-Songwriter night (with Susann Großmann) | Rumpelkammer, Leipzig | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | "Alt-Langenberg", Velbert | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Girkeller, Köln | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | Private concert | Korbach, North Hessen | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Alt-Langenberg", Velbert | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | Private concert | Hof Heide, Waldeck | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Wagner's Restaurant, Leipzig | ||||
Nov / 2014 | • | Dresden Song Slam | Groovestation, Dresden | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Sax11 Studios, Meissen | ||||
Nov / 2014 | • | House concert | Markkleeberg | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Gasthaus "Zum Eschenhof", Meissen | ||||
Oct / 2014 | • | Wagner's Restaurant, Leipzig | ||||
Oct / 2014 | • | Chemnitz Song Slam | Chemnitz | |||
Sep / 2014 | • | Wagner's Restaurant, Leizpig | ||||
Sep / 2014 | • | Wagner's Restaurant, Leipzig | ||||
Aug / 2014 | • | Wedding | Leipzig | |||
Aug / 2014 | • | House concert | Korbach, North Hessen | |||
Aug / 2014 | • | House concert | Leipzig | |||
Aug / 2014 | • | A Tribute to the Beatles (with Re-Cover) | Wachtberg | |||
Aug / 2014 | • | Wagner's Restaurant, Leipzig | ||||
Aug / 2014 | • | Saxony Grand Song Slam | Dresden | |||
Jul / 2014 | • | House concert | Leipzig | |||
Jun / 2014 | • | Kunsfest (with Queen II) | Pankow, Berlin | |||
Jun / 2014 | • | Internationales Strassenmusikfestival | Blühendes Barock, Ludwigsburg | |||
Jun / 2014 | • | Internationales Strassenmusikfestival | Blühendes Barock, Ludwigsburg | |||
Jun / 2014 | • | Internationales Strassenmusikfestival | Blühendes Barock, Ludwigsburg | |||
Jun / 2014 | • | Song Slam | Moritzbastei, Leipzig | |||
Jun / 2014 | • | Queen II Magic Tribute (with Queen II) | Airport Egelsbach, Frankfurt | |||
May / 2014 | • | Queen II Magic Tribute (with Queen II) | Jagger, Berlin | |||
Apr / 2014 | • | House concert | Leipzig | |||
Mar / 2014 | • | Boho Dancer tour (support slot) | Moritzbastei, Leipzig | |||
Mar / 2014 | • | Queen II + friends (with Queen II) | Jagger, Berlin | |||
Jan / 2014 | • | House concert | Leipzig | |||
Jan / 2014 | • | Special 45 years Beatles last gig celebration (with The Beatals) | Karstadt shopping centre, Gießen |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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Jody Cooper Music | |||
Isolation | Single | 2023 | |
Tremble | Single | 2021 | |
Lullaby | Single | 2020 | |
One | Single | 2017 | |
Serenades & Odes to a Cracked World, Pt. 1 | Album | 2017 | |
Free Thyself | Album | 2012 |
JustCoop Recordings | |||
Immortal Friend | Single | 2015 | |
Silence | Single | 2015 | |
The Troubadour | EP | 2013 | |
Growing Up | Album | 2012 | |
Ten a Penny | Album | 2007 |
So, when I write songs, I’m drawn to challenge perceptions of what is real, and the uncomfortable truths that are often revealed in the process.”
So says Jody Cooper – singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer, “walking jukebox”, part-time Freddie Mercury imitator and now German citizen. Described as a “one-man indie pop activist” (Devon Jackson – Rolling Stone), it is easy to be deceived by his catchy melodies and expressive voice, and believe that there is nothing beneath the surface. But it is precisely what is under that surface that interests Jody. After a six-week whirlwind tour of New Zealand and three months of creative Corona isolation in the wilds of Hessen, Jody went back to the drawing board and came up with a collection of new songs that he simply calls ‘The Love & Loss Project’. Not an album, or an EP, but an evolving online work that will tease out one song at a time into 2024 and beyond.
Growing up in the eighties as an English boy in a rural Scottish town, Jody always stood out without even trying: “People would look at me strangely because I spoke ‘funny’, so I learnt to embrace that and combine it with my love of performing in order to feel accepted.” Starting with violin lessons and classroom performances in an R.A.F. flight jacket and shades at the age of six – for which he inherited the moniker “Elton Cooper” – and later teaching himself piano, bass and guitar. “I couldn’t really read music”, he remembers. “Luckily, I discovered I had a natural aptitude for picking things up simply by listening to them.” At the age of fourteen, after a suggestion from a friend, he tried his hand at songwriting. “Ah…the existential teenage angst”, laughs Jody. “Some people pour their heart out into diaries, I poured mine into songs. It was very therapeutic.” At sixteen he awoke one morning with a voice in his head telling him he would be a musician. From then on, music became the only thing that mattered.
After many years performing solo and in bands as a self-employed musician, Jody’s self-determination enabled him to fulfil two long-held dreams: the release of his own first album ‘Ten a Penny’ (2007) – a self-financed and self-produced project five years in the making – and studying music full-time in the home town of his childhood idols The Beatles. It was during his time in Liverpool that he became part of “Sense of Sound” (an a cappella group whose collaborations include Seal, Damon Albarn, Jon Bon Jovi and Imogen Heap) and, with them, earned his first Guinness World Record. Several releases and European tours followed (‘Growing Up’ and ‘Free Thyself’ (2012); ‘The Troubadour’ EP (2013)) and, in 2013, after years playing for British audiences, he left the UK to start a new life in Germany. In 2015 he released his first download-only singles: “Silence” – inspired by the plight of the Bahá’ís in Iran – and “Immortal Friend” – a song written for his brother and occasional band colleague Robbie Cooper: an enthusiastic drummer who died of cancer in 2014.
Following his first visit and concerts in the U.S. in 2016, 2017 saw the release of his most ambitious project to date: ‘Serenades and Odes to a Cracked World (Part 1)’ – his first crowdfunded concept album on the theme of disintegration. 2019 was a year of collaborations: being a part of the world’s biggest rock band – “Rockin’ 1000” – at Frankfurt’s Commerzbank Arena (for which he again broke records), and a joint singer-songwriter tour with fellow musician and friend Omid Gollmer.
Jody currently juggles his time between parenthood, writing and recording from his home studio, travelling with his Queen band MerQury and preparing himself and his band for world domination – one gig at a time.
Additionally, Jody's enormous covers repertoire (over 500 songs and counting!), and vocal versatility has rightly earned him the name the 'walking jukebox'. With a typical setlist including songs from artists such as David Bowie, Queen, Tracy Chapman, Michael Jackson, Blondie and Coldplay, audiences can expect an entertaining and high-quality event. If desired, Jody can turn the focus of his gigs into 'request concerts'.
Deutsch:
Multi-Instrumentalist, Singer-Songwriter, Performer, Straßenmusiker, gelegentlicher Freddie Mercury Imitator und "Walking Jukebox" - Jody Cooper geht unbeirrt seinen eigenen Weg. Von den großen Pop-Rock Songwritern der Vergangenheit inspiriert, verbindet der Autodidakt seine kraftvolle und charakteristische Stimme mit Texten, die, wie er sagt, “unter die Oberfläche schauen, um der Realität der Dinge und den auch unangenehmen Wahrheiten, die sie erzählen, ins Auge zu schauen”.
Aufgewachsen in den achtziger Jahren als englischer Junge in einer ländlichen schottischen Gegend, hatte Jody immer das Gefühl, dass er schwerer versuchen muss als andere Kinder: "Die Leute sahen mich komisch an, weil ich 'komisch' sprach, also lernte ich, das für meine Auftrittsliebe zu nutzen, um mich akzeptiert zu fühlen." Mit nur sechs Jahren fing er mit Geigenunterricht und Klassenauftritten an, für die er den Spitznamen "Elton Cooper" bekam. Später brachte er sich selbst Klavier, Bass und Gitarre bei. "Ich konnte Noten nicht wirklich lesen", erinnert er sich. "Zum Glück entdeckte ich, dass ich eine natürliche Begabung dafür hatte, Songs allein dadurch zu lernen, dass ich sie anhörte." Mit 14 Jahren fing er an, eigene Songs zu schreiben. Mit 16 erwachte er plötzlich eines morgens mit der Eingebung, dass er Musiker werden würde. Von dem Augenblick an wurde Musik das Einzige, was für ihn zählte.
Nachdem er viele Jahre als selbständiger Musiker in Bands aufgetreten war, entschied Jody sich 2006, noch einmal zu studieren und einen Musik-Abschluss an der University of Liverpool zu machen. Im Jahr 2007 erfüllte er sich einen lang gehegten Traum und veröffentlichte sein Debütalbum 'Ten a Penny' - ein selbst finanziertes und selbst produziertes Projekt, das über einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren entstand. Nach einer Zeit bei der berühmten Liverpooler A-Capella- Gruppe 'Sense of Sound', die u.A. bereits mit Seal, Damon Albarn, Jon Bon Jovi und Imogen Heap kollaboriert hat, folgten mehrere Veröffentlichungen ('Growing Up' (2012), 'Free Thyself' (2012), 'The Troubadour' EP (2013)) sowie zwei Tourneen durch Deutschland und Europa. In 2013 beschloss er, in die Fußstapfen seiner Kindheits-Helden The Beatles zu treten und verließ Großbritannien, um seine Musikkarriere in Deutschland weiter zu verfolgen. 2015 veröffentlichte er seine ersten Download-Singles: 'Silence' - inspiriert durch die Notlage der Bahá'í im Iran - und 'Immortal Friend' - ein Song, den er für seinen Bruder und gelegentlichen Bandkollegen Robbie Cooper schrieb - ein sehr talentierter Schlagzeuger, der 2014 an einer seltenen und aggressiven Krebsart starb.
Nach seinem ersten Besuch in den USA im Jahr 2016, wo er mehrmals in Kalifornien auftrat, erschien 2017 sein bislang ambitioniertestes Projekt, 'Serenades and Oden to a Cracked World': sein erstes crowd-finanziertes Konzeptalbum zum Thema Zerfall (Teil 1) und Integration (Teil 2, Release TBC). 2019 initiierte er sein erstes internationales Kooperationsprojekt - '19' -, um das 200-jährige Bestehen der Geburt des Báb - Propheten-Herolds des Baháí-Glaubens - zu feiern.
Nach einer sechswöchigen Wirbelsturm-Tour durch Neuseeland und einer sehr kreativen dreimonatigen, selbst auferlegten Corona-Isolation in der Wildnis Nordhessens freut sich Jody, uns seine neueste Arbeit vorstellen zu können: 'The Love & Loss Project' - ein sich weiterentwickelndes Online Sammlung von Songs, deren Veröffentlichung und Tournee (mit Band) für 2024 und darüber hinaus geplant ist.
Jody‘s enormes Repertoire (über 500 Lieder) beinhaltet unzählige Coverversionen von den ‘50ern bis heute. Mit kraftvoller und facettenreicher Stimme interpretiert er große Hits auf ganz persönliche Weise. Zu seinem Standardprogramm gehören u.a. Michael Jackson, the Beatles, David Bowie, Tracy Chapman und Queen, und nicht zu Unrecht wird er öfters als “wandelnde Jukebox” bezeichnet. Sie haben ein Songwunsch? Jody kann ein "Wünschkonzert" anbieten!
Das Publikum zeigt sich stets begeistert von dem abwechslungsreichen und professionellen Musikprogramm des charmanten Künstlers.