Moka Efti Orchestra

The Roaring 20s

The Moka Efti Orchestra, the original 14-piece big band from the hit German TV show »Babylon Berlin«, invites you to travel back in time a hundred years to the »roaring« 1920s. In 1929, the year the series is set in, the world was a very different place. Berlin was wild, dirty, glamorous and party-loving. In the »Moka Efti«, one of the city’s entertainment palaces, people danced the Charleston to opulent big-band numbers. The Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall is now transformed into a dance hall itself when the Moka Efti Orchestra, led by composers Nikko Weidemann and Mario Kamien, and saxophonist and arranger Sebastian Borkowski, bring back the music and the feeling for life of that bygone era.

Before the concert, the audience is invited to a swing and authentic jazz dance class in the concert hall! The class will take you back to the roots of African-American dance culture. Bouncing, basic rhythms and various jazz steps such as box step or fishtails are on the programme. Whether you are a beginner or have some dance experience: the course will get you in the mood for dancing to the lively rhythms of the Moka Efti Orchestra.