Aalener Jazzfest - Xavier Naidoo!

Aalener Jazzfest - officially one of the best things I have done this time around in Germany!

 

Our Aalener Jazzfest tickets

I took the train from Reutlingen to Stuttgart, and then on to Aalen with the Baden-Württemberg ticket this morning. On  my stop in Stuttgart, I downloaded Instagram - as I finally have a smart phone, I figured it was worth a try.

 

The beautiful sky on my way to Aalen

I am in love. It is my most recent social media addiction.

When I arrived, Nicki took me to her favorite Asian buffet - it had sushi, a Mongolian barbecue, and  the standard Chinese buffet. We stuffed ourselves and relaxed a bit before we did some shopping in Aalen.

After our shopping, we headed back to Nicki's for a quick nap. The grocery store was next to grab some food for later and breakfast in the morning.

All of this led up to Xavier Naidoo. Naidoo, one of Germany's best-known R&B singers, was performing at the Aalener Jazzfest - I was excited, sure, but I had not heard too much of his music before I went to the concert.

We walked over to the gymnasium where the concert was being held and waited, amongst many other excited Naidoo fans.

The opening act really good. I told Nicki that the man (who played the guitar and sung in English) sounded just like John Mayer. And for his third song, the man sang John Mayer! I was ecstatic.

Naidoo came on the stage after a quick break, and the crowd went wild. As he went through his set list, I became more and more fascinated with him. His voice was just as good (if not better) live and he engaged the audience and had them participate.

The background for his performance was constantly changing, and most of the time, there were three sections with different camera shots of Naidoo or his band members live performing.

Naidoo joked with the crowd, brought up specific places in Aalen he had been to earlier that day, and he stunned us all with his musical talent. 

 Xavier Naidoo

There was also a portion of the show where Kool Savas came out and rapped with Naidoo's singing. Together, they are called XAVAS and this was one of the best parts of the show! The bass they had going was unreal.

XAVAS

Again, easily one of my favorite memories in Germany so far! Much like Wasen and Wiesn, the atmosphere was something that is not easily forgotten. I would love to go to more concerts while I'm here in Deutschland.