Melissa Aldana: tenor sax
Pablo Held: piano
Pablo Menares: bass
Kush Abadey: drums
On her release tour, award-winning saxophonist Melissa Aldana will also visit the Tinguely Museum.
When Melissa Aldana’s debut album “12 Stars” was released by Blue Note Records, it attracted a lot of attention on the jazz scene. This spring, the Chilean saxophonist is wowing audiences with her follow-up album Echoes Of The Inner Prophet, the title of which is a tribute to her great inspiration, the recently deceased jazz legend Wayne Shorter.
Melissa Aldana’s sound is clear and pure. With differentiation and sensitivity, she models it according to the mood of the song and proves herself to be a master of subtle, authentic storytelling. Every note has an intention; nothing is random. As a result, the scope of her expression ranges from broad and warm to precise and delicate. She draws from an infinite palette of colors to paint her musical painting with fine transitions, blends and overlays.
The outstanding saxophonist creates sound worlds that flow in rhythmic waves like oceans, form lines, lose themselves again or condense into individual fragments. Aldana’s songs sound like compressed poetry – with a condensed serenity that opens the heart.
In cooperation with the bird's eye jazz club and Langnau Jazznights
Nils Wogram: trombone
Joris Roelofs: bass clarinet
Seamus Blake: tenor sax
Doug Weiss: bass
Jochen Rueckert: drums
In collaboration with the Centre for African Studies
Charley Rose: tenor sax
Fabio Gouvéa: guitar
Yuri Storione: piano
Joan Codina: bass
Kesivan Naidoo: drums
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