Gig Review: Part1 [re:jazz] & Jazzanova

JazznotJazz presents:
[re:jazz] & Jazzanova featuring US. Singer Paul Randolph

in association with: MTV Music Week
 
Venue: The Gibson Club, Frankfurt
Date: Sunday 4th November

Only my second visit to The Gibson Club (1st gig: De Le Soul=awesome) and I find myself already becoming a bit of a fan. It's such a cool industrial space, the accoustics are fantastic and  the labrinthesq layout so fun to explore. 

[re:jazz] kicked off the night and it was certainly impressive, Mediha's voice is simply beautiful and she is also a bit of a comical performer, slick performances all round but especially from Oliver Leicht on sax.

November 2nd 2012 saw the release  of "Kaleidoscope" there 5th studio album and the repertoire focuses on own compositions. Still using jazz as the basic vocabulary, the Frankfurt band project around jazz pianist and DJ Matthias Vogt takes the liberty of extending this freedom.The new voice of [re:jazz] : the singer  "Mediha" who, following the departure of Inga Lühning in 2011.In addition, the regular seven-man formation has been joined for the anniversary by several musical guests: The most prominent of these is undoubtedly the singer of the Brand New Heavies, the wonderful N'Dea Davenport and the Berlin star trumpeter Studnitzky.

catch [re:jazz]: 
 www.rejazz.de

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30.Januar 2013	Aschaffenburg	Colos Saal
17. November 2012	Minden	Jazzclub
15. November 2012	Prag (Czech Republic)	Palac Akropolis

Gig Review Part2 to follow: 
Jazzanova featuring Paul Randolph & 2012 MTV Music Awards