Ben Zahler and his band 8 Octopi's new album ERRORS IN DISGUISE is a poetic and stylish blend of music and lyrics. His fine combination of sound and word makes for a multi-levelled experience for ...

In his latest project STORM BEFORE THE CALM Jan Alexander reverses the chronology to explore his decades long musical journey which he says, "traverses peaks, valleys, structure and chaos." The band ...

The debut of Irene Reig's and Kika Sprangers' new project ALTO FOR TWO - also the name of the album - is released by BERTHOLD records. The line up: Irene Reig (alto sax), Kika Sprangers (alto+soprano ...

Tal Arditi's new album Colors is released by BERTHOLD records. The line up: Tal Arditi on guitar, Lukas Traxel on bass and Tobias Backhaus on drums. In this his second album, Arditi astonishes with ...

Accompanied by Sharik Hasan on piano, Tiziano Bianchi on trumpet, Alex Pinto on guitar and Joshua Crumbly on bass, Balani in his new album offers a remarkable, imaginative and cross-cultural body of ...

Alleingang (Going it Alone), Markus Becker's second solo album is released by BERTHOLD records on October 29th 2021. In his own inimitable style, the renowned concert pianist has created a jazz and ...

Freistil (Freestyle) is Markus Becker's new solo album is released by BERTHOLD records. Renowned as an international classical concert pianist, this is a CD of Becker's own jazz compositions. The 19 ...

Die erste Frage, die einem beim Hören des neuen Albums des Pianisten Markus Becker in den Sinn kommt, ist: "Darf man das?" Becker hat sich Musik Beethovens vorgenommen, und das nicht, um sie ...

The young quartet sees its debut album as a starting point and they don't disappoint with their enthusiasm, thoughtfulness and virtuosity. Influenced not least by Immanuel Wilkins and Ambrose ...

Supported by a wide cast of musicians, Bogdanovic's seductive voice and eloquent compositions give AWAKE, her second album, its compelling dramatic curve. The composer's inspirations are a "mashed ...

Supported by a wide cast of musicians, Bogdanovic's seductive voice and eloquent compositions give AWAKE, her second album, its compelling dramatic curve. The composer's inspirations are a "mashed ...

Flamenco and jazz merge on 'Del Rio a la Mar' Band leader/composer Bernard van Rossum dives deeper into the essence of Flamenco 'Del Rio a la Mar' is the title of the new album by the Bernard van ...

Lukas DeRungs' debut album KOSMOS SUITE is an exciting, unusual and beautifully judged musical exploration of the place of humanity in the cosmos. DeRungs develops his ideas using jazz, choral music ...

The album title DEM DEUTSCHEN JAZZ, also the name of one of its tracks, is a homage to the strength of the contemporary German jazz scene and there is no doubt that this new album does it great ...

The Doppler trio's intriguing new album ARCHEAN is released by BERTHOLD records. The line up: Daniël van der Duim on piano / synthesiser, Floris-Jan van den Berg on double bass / vocals (both from ...

Wie sehr eine Reise ins Innere einer Tropfsteinhöhle die Fantasie beflügeln kann, zeigt "Movement" - das neue Album von Terese Lien Evenstad. Zusammen mit ihrem Ehemann Alexander Ivarsson verbrachte ...

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The guitarist/composer Frank Wingold pursues the ideas of intertwining, synchronicity, and the coordinated interplay of musical events on different levels, inspired by phenomena in quantum physics. ...

Gryniva, composer and arranger of the music, grew up in Ukraine and came to Germany as a thirteen year old with her parents in 2002. This new album powerfully combines a reinterpretation of Ukrainian ...

Ganna Gryniva's new solo album KUPALA is released by BERTHOLD records in October 2023. "This album is a summary of my work over the last six years as a solo performer with loops, effects and ...

Experience a fusion of dark tones, intricate melodies, and passionate sincerity in Phillip Golub's ABIDING MEMORY. It blends improvisation with structured compositions, showcasing a balance between ...

Dani Gurgel and Debora Gurgel's hypnotic bliss is the result of their long established musical intimacy. Dani Gurgel's syncopated and precise scatting vocals are stitched along Debora Gurgel's left ...

The mysterious Hans Anselm is back and gathered his five musicians to go on a journey towards the innerst of sound. In their upcoming album the quintet illustrates the state in between as a permanent ...

The HANS ANSELM QUINTET's new album Room Scope Moon is released by BERTHOLD records on September 24th 2021. The line-up: Gabriel Rosenbach on trumpet, Benedikt Schnitzler on guitar, Anna Wohlfarth on ...

The Ingen Navn Trio's debut album ELEWHA is a journey from the surface of the sea to the ocean bottom. The saxophonist Inga Rothammel grew up in Schwerin, in north east Germany, surrounded by water. ...

Very few albums begin so convincingly and are immediately engaging. Zukunft [Future] the title piece of Kemaca Kinetic's debut, first feels its way carefully, stumbling towards a rhythm, then you are ...

Very few albums begin so convincingly and are immediately engaging. Zukunft [Future] the title piece of Kemaca Kinetic's debut, first feels its way carefully, stumbling towards a rhythm, then you are ...

It is always best to fall nicely between all stools, which - not inevitably, but often - produces the more interesting music; and in the case of Kuhn Fu definitely the more amusing. Since 2012 the ...

It is always best to fall nicely between all stools, which - not inevitably, but often - produces the more interesting music; and in the case of Kuhn Fu definitely the more amusing. Since 2012 the ...

The Waffle House index has been measuring the impact of disasters in the USA since 2011: Green = full menu - restaurant has full power, food unlimited, damage at worst limited. Yellow = limited menu ...

The Waffle House index has been measuring the impact of disasters in the USA since 2011: Green = full menu - restaurant has full power, food unlimited, damage at worst limited. Yellow = limited menu ...

What on earth is that? A guitar that sounds as if Metallica's Sandman is creeping round the corner; over it a first cautious but ever increasing big-band wind set, with grooving drums and rock guitar ...

The Lisa Wilhelm Quartett's debut album POTPOURRI is "...not just for jazz audiences," says Wilhelm herself. "We want to give a whole range of music lovers a really nice experience." Wilhelm's ...

With his new album Freshta, Mark Lotz confirms his reputation as a composer and improviser who always comes up with surprisingly haunting music. always comes up with surprisingly haunting music. ...

Through the Rain, Eyal Lovett's new album, is released by BERTHOLD records on February 26th 2022. Lovett, an Israeli jazz pianist now living in Denmark is accompanied by Aidan Lowe on drums and Jan ...

Eyal Lovett's new album, Where Do We Go From Here? captures the essence of a turbulent and emotional journey. With Lovett on piano, Jan Sedlak on bass, and Yogev Shetrit on drums, the trio weaves a ...

There is music that makes everything familiar, because it simply varies what you already know. Then you feel good, just because you are not challenged by anything unfamiliar, any new ideas. There is ...

New World is the fourth album from Danish vibraphonist Martin Fabricius and his trio. Vast landscapes, mystical sceneries, train rides, breathtaking ballads, a war, a hero, a time to laugh and a time ...

Berthold Records invited Mudita to come to the Sendesaal in Bremen and record live for a broadcast on Radio Bremen. From this session, March 18th 2021, now comes "To the West". A mesmerizing live ...

The Nefertiti Quartet's new album LIVE IN PARIS celebrates the French quartet's tenth anniversary. The music is a scintillating whirl of traditional, polyrhthmic and experimental jazz, played by four ...

"Love for detail, room for improvisation, and no genre boundaries. That's the musical philosophy behind Orbit Kid Society. The creative mind behind the ensemble is Berlin-based singer and composer ...

"Love for detail, room for improvisation, and no genre boundaries. That's the musical philosophy behind Orbit Kid Society. The creative mind behind the ensemble is Berlin-based singer and composer ...

OZMA's seventh studio album Hyperlapse is released by BERTHOLD records on February 7th 2020. The album is a musical journey combining contemporary jazz, rock, electronic and cinematic music. It is ...

Anniversary Song, Partikel's new album is released by BERTHOLD records on July 15th 2022. The line up: Duncan Eagles on saxophone, Max Luther on double bass and Eric Ford on drums. The songs were all ...

GOZAR - the album title (also the name of a track) means "passage" in Persian. The music traces her life story from Teheran, Iran to Germany where she now lives. Moving between traditional Iranian ...

The martial band name is somewhat misleading: the quartet Phalanx doesn't sound like a closed formation, but rather an open system. The relevant coordinates are jazz and something ...

The band Projektor met whilst studying, and in the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Characteristic of the five musicians from Berlin and Cologne is their distinctive language and their very own ...

The saxophonist Phillip Dornbusch and his band Projektor want to draw the audience's attention to music that was created in moments when people, past and present, have not lived in a democracy, have ...

The saxophonist Phillip Dornbusch and his band Projektor want to draw the audience's attention to music that was created in moments when people, past and present, have not lived in a democracy, have ...

"This is my letter to the world, that never wrote to me" - With these poignant lines from the esteemed American poet Emily Dickinson, Defne Sahin introduces her new album "Hope". Beginning with these ...

Sao Paulo Panic - The innovative and experimental idea was seeded at jazzahead! 2019. As Dani Gurgel explains: "I put together a panel at the festival and invited other artists, including Thiago ...

"Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass mich diese Stille und Leere inspirieren würde_" Die Saxofonistin Kika Sprangers (*1994) gehört zu den spannendsten und ausdrucksstärksten Jazzmusikerinnen der ...

The album features two young, yet masterful bands, Troschel's German septet and his American quintet. "The album is a tribute to our transatlantic friendship, about the dance of opposites and dualism ...

His debut album "Wayfarer" (2022) has brought saxophonist/composer Loek van den Berg a lot of good, winning awards for 'Best Composition' (Dutch Jazz Competition) and 'Best Newcomer' (Edison Jazz ...

His debut album "Wayfarer" (2022) has brought saxophonist/composer Loek van den Berg a lot of good, winning awards for 'Best Composition' (Dutch Jazz Competition) and 'Best Newcomer' (Edison Jazz ...

FLY MAGIC is saxophonist Timo Vollbrecht's longstanding signature ensemble. A genre-exploding unit with a bold sense of creativity and intent. Following two highly acclaimed releases (Fly Magic, 2016 ...

Frank Wingold's new solo album To be Frank is released by BERTHOLD records. Wingold, guitarist, composer and professor of jazz guitar in Osnabrück, Germany, has brought to solo guitar many of the ...