Bai Kamara Jr.
& The Voodoo Sniffers
Booking now 2024/2025 exclusive GAS/UK (in coop. with ZigZagWorld)
Three years after the release of his critically acclaimed album Salone, Bai Kamara Jr returns with Traveling Medicine Man, a 13 track collection of afro-blues songs portrayed in Bai’s unique style. In a descriptive,
provocative and sometimes suggestive way, the tales of love, life, relationships and politics are meticulously explored by the raconteur.
“Traveling Medicine Man is the continuation of my introspective journey through my roots and my perpetual quest to make my two homes, Africa and Europe, coexist within me. The title was inspired by my maternal grandfather Tinka Tanner Kargbo, born in 1901 in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. He was educated by Protestant missionaries and later traveled with them across the country to help provide medical care to villagers and townspeople. I was fortunate enough to have spent some time with my grandfather when I was still a child, and one of the things that fascinated me the most about him was his ability to reconcile his Christian beliefs with his traditional African beliefs and customs.” - B.K. Jr
For the making of this album Bai brought his touring band, The Voodoo Sniffers, into the studio; these exceptional musicians contributed to Bai’s unique and evolving sound. With a percussive nature at the heart of the arrangements this rootsy blues is spiced up with an afro vibe, making you want to get up and dance more often than not.
Pepa Niebla
Booking now 2024/2025 for Europe
Spanish singer and composer Pepa Niebla is renowned for her vocal versatility that has allowed her to be involved in a great variety of projects: from blues, soul and jazz to cuban son and popular music. Living in Granada, Havana, London and Brussels gave her the opportunity to grow, learn and experiment in different genres. Now, settled in Belgium, Niebla has found her sound and direction as an artist, bringing to life her own compositions and arrangements with her new project: The Pepa Niebla Quintet.
‘One of Pepa Niebla’s most notable qualities is the warmth of her voice. It is an extension of her persona and carrying her emotions directly to her audience’ - Javier Ruibal, composer
`Pepa Niebla’s vocals are warm and elegant, revealing echoes of the great jazz divas.’ - Nuria Barrios, El Pais
Anika Nilles
Booking now 2024/2025 for Europe & Worldwide
German drummer and composer Anika built up a name for herself over the last 6 years, boasting more than 20 million views on her youtube videos featuring original compositions. As a solo artist she has been touring through Europe, Asia and North America and Australia.
Anika’s sound is a melting pot of influences ranging from Jazz, Funk, Rock, Pop, and anything in-between.
Her latest CD release "Opuntia" (2022) was created over the months of the pandemic and also reflects a bit of the mood she went through as a musician; the idea fits perfectly with the music, which depicts very different stations in seven pieces.
Currently she was joining the legendary Jeff Beck on drums for his UK, EU and US Tour.
FLUX
Booking now 2024/2025 for Europe & worldwide
With FLUX, three one-of-a kind musicians have teamed up for this powerhouse trio: Paul Gehrig (hammond) Claus Hessler (drums) Thomas Langer (guitar) share a passion for a crossover from rock to jazz to pop to latin, furious interplay on stage and old-school vintage sounds with a restored hammond organ from the late 30’s being the core of their unique sound.
The interaction of the three outstanding players is always `in the moment´, fun to watch and listen, and of highest musical craftsmanship - bearing comparison with any international standards.
Jan Lundgren
Booking now 2024/2025 for Germany
Als Pianist wie als Komponist ist Lundgren ein Pionier der Emanzipation des europäischen vom amerikanischen Jazz, ein Vorreiter der neuen Generationen: In ihm vereinen sich die Virtuosität, die Tongestaltung und das Formbewusstsein der europäischen Klassik mit der Rückbesinnung auf die eigenen volksmusikalischen Traditionen, mit dem Kanon des amerikanischen Jazz wie mit der unbändigen Lust an der Improvisation. Gut 50 Alben hat Lundgren bis heute unter seinem Namen oder als Co-Leader für prominente Labels eingespielt, Dutzende weitere als Begleiter. Etliche der CDs hat er auch selbst produziert. 2010 gründete Lundgren das „Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival“, das schnell zu einem der wichtigsten in Europa wurde und dem er bis heute als künstlerischer Leiter verbunden ist. 2022 endlich wird Lundgren in die „Royal Academy of Music“ aufgenommen. Ein neues Duo Album mit dem großartigen Bassisten Hans Backenroth mit dem Projekttitel „Jazz Poetry“ wird Ende 2022 bei ACT erscheinen.
Grégory Privat
Booking now 2024/2025 for Germany
Attracted by the piano at a very young age, Grégory took private lessons from the age of six and devoted himself for 10 years to a classical apprenticeship before turning to improvisation techniques and jazz. In 2011, he released the first album in his name, Ki Koté. The success of esteem received by this first essay of personal compositions encourages the pianist to continue in this way. In 2013, he released the album Tales of Cyparis; the project, well received by the critics, places Grégory Privat among the most prominent musicians of the new jazz scene. In 2015, Grégory is the new piano player in the Liberetto quartet of Swedish bass player Lars Danielsson, who encourages him to sign with the label ACT; the album Family Tree of his first trio (Tilo Bertholo, drums and Linley Marthe, bass) is released on the prestigious label in October 2016. Three years later, in search of freedom and artistic independence, Grégory creates his own label Buddham Jazz, produces and records the album Soley in 2020 with Chris Jennings on bass and Tilo Bertholo on drums. In 2022, Grégory Privat will release his first solo album, Yonn.
Wojtek Justyna TreeOh!
Booking now 2024/2025 for Europe except Poland
Für ihr brandneues Album “Get That Crispy” haben die Musiker ihr kreativ- kompositorisches Talent vereint. Es ist gefüllt mit faszinierenden Harmonien, kraftvollen Melodien und kopfnickenden Grooves, die den Hörer fesseln werden. Diese neue Veröffentlichung des Wojtek Justyna TreeOh! steht ganz im Zeichen eines recht kühnen Vorhabens: Nämlich diese gitarrenbasierte Gruppe durch die Kombination von Fuzzy Lead sounds, traditionellen afrikanischen Instrumenten und pulsierenden Synth-Basslinien in ein neues Klanggebiet zu führen.
Matt Jaffe
Booking now 2024/2025 for Europe
MATT JAFFE is a singer/songwriter from San Francisco. Cutting his teeth on open mics around the Bay Area, Matt started pursuing music more seriously when JERRY HARRISON of Talking Heads offered to produce his first record. Matt Jaffe is a singer/songwriter from San Francisco. Cutting his teeth on countless open mics around the Bay Area, Matt started pursuing music more seriously when Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads offered to produce his first record. Since then, Matt has churned out more songs than he can remember the words to, oversaturated the market with gigs (opening for folks like Mavis Staples and Wilco), and co-written with the likes of Chuck Prophet and Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T's. With his band, Matt has played stages across the country, including The Fillmore, The Troubadour, and Irving Plaza and has just released his third album of original material, “The Spirit Catches You”, another installment in his campaign to bring the Guitar Gospel back to the masses.
Brian Hughes
Booking now 2024/2025 for Europe
Der in Los Angeles lebende Gitarrist und Producer Brian Hughes hat sich eine beeindruckende Karriere in der zeitgenössischen Jazz-Arena erspielt. Seine ersten beiden Alben, “Between Dusk and Dreaming“ und “Under One Sky“, haben ihn fest als einer der bedeutendsten Gitarristen und Komponisten in diesem Genre etabliert. Seit vielen Jahrzehnten Brian Hughes ist zusätzlich der Musical Direktor von Loreena McKennitt.
Cindy Blackman Santana
Booking 2024/2025 on request for Europe
Cindy Blackman Santana is a virtuoso drummer whose artistry spans the realms of jazz and rock. As a bandleader and as a musician, Cindy is a sound innovator with a passion for pushing creative boundaries and exploring movement and change. She is as known for the nuances and colors she brings to her beats and fills as she is for the sheer power of her soulful playing. “Some drummers act, some react. Some keep time, others create it. Cindy Blackman Santana is among the few who can,” writes Mike Zwerin of the International Herald Tribune.
Sandro Albert
Booking now 2024/2025 for Europe
Some people are born with music in their souls, and these are the people that change us forever. Sandro Albert's love affair with music began on the streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil. At the age of 14, Sandro bought his first guitar from an ice cream vendor who played his instrument to the people walking by. Not long afterwards, a friend started to share his jazz collection with him. Some of his earliest influences were Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, and Brazilian icons Milton Nascimento and Antonio Jobim. To this day, the sounds and imprints of the busy streets of Porto Alegre can be heard in Sandro's music. Sandro is that rare phenomenon in the jazz world who is equally gifted as a guitarist as well as a composer. For the past half decade, he had dedicated himself solely to his music.
Hanno Busch
Booking now: 2024/2025 for Europe
Als Gitarrist und Komponist ist Hanno Busch seit zwei Jahrzehnten in nahezu jeder Stilistik zwischen Jazz und Pop/Rockmusik zu Hause. Als Sideman bereicherte er eine Vielzahl von Alben und Tourneen durch sein unverkennbares Spiel. In den Landes- und Bundesjugendjazzorchestern und mit einem Studium an der Hochschule der Künste in Amsterdam begann er seinen Weg in die deutsche und europäische Musikszene.
Federation of the Groove
Booking now 2024/2025 for Europe
Der Name ist Programm! Zwischen Funk und Fusion zaubern die Musiker um den vielseitigen Ausnahmepianisten und ‑organisten Martin Sasse und den Kölner Gitarristen Bruno Müller (Till Brönner, Mezzoforte, Max Mutzke) einen „kernigen Groove“ auf die Bühne, der „fett nach vorne drückt“, wie die Kölnische Rundschau schreibt. Sasse und Müller kennen sich seit Jahrzehnten, was ihre entspannte Vertrautheit erklärt, die diese Musik erst zum Abheben bringt. Dazu legen Claus Fischer, langjähriger Bassist bei Stefan Raabs Heavytones, und Hendrik Smock, der auch für Roachford die Drums spielt, das Fundament. Das Urteil der Rundschau: „unendlich präzise“.
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