Jazz Articles about Lucia Cadotsch

About Lucia Cadotsch

Radio & Podcasts

Lucia Cadotsch, Michala Østergaard-Nielsen, Andreas Schaerer, Patrick Zimmerli & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 24, 2025

Modern-day sonic storytelling in a playlist characterized by tunes with a strong narrative trait.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Jim Funnell's Word Out “Asteroid B612" New Dream (Funnelljazz) 0:16 Host talks 6:23 Patrick Zimmerli “60 Morningside" Songs of Innocence (Emergence) 7:50 Host talks 14:09 Lucia Cadotsch “In the Zone" Does It Make You Love Your Life? (Heartcore) 16:01 Andreas Schaerer “Mr. More" Anthem For No Man's Land (ACT) ...

Album Review

Lucia Cadotsch: Speak Low II

Read "Speak Low II" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
December 2, 2020

On their sophomore effort, the multinational European trio around Swiss vocalist Lucia Cadotsch follows the band's initial instinct of organically dissecting and rearranging old favorites of the respective band members. This time around the trio is expanded by English keyboartdist Kit Downes' occasional organ embellishments and Lucy Railton's additions of odd melodic cello lines to conceptually intricate arrangements. The group's nearly-chordless and drum-free approach is able to conjure intimate spaces and fragile constructs while at the same time capturing not ...

Radio & Podcasts

Lucia Cadotsch, Dark Horse, Oaagaada, Sabu Toyozumi and More

by Maurice Hogue
November 11, 2020

As often happens on this show, the recordings we featured emanate from many countries, and this episode is no different. New releases include those by Japanese drumming legend Sabu Toyozumi (recorded in The Philippines), Sweden's Dark Horse, French drummer Raphael Pannier, Finland's Oaagaada, Italy's Ground 71, and Swiss vocalist Lucia Cadotsch. American baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton gets back to the wars with his trio What Happens in a Year, trumpeter Alex Massa focuses on water issues in his new release, ...

Interview

Lucia Cadotsch: Whispers Speak Louder than Screams

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 20, 2018

Speak Low (Enja Records, 2017), the debut release of her current Trio of the same name, catapulted Lucia Cadotsch among the new artists that promise to write original chapters of vocal jazz while showing deference to the artists that preceded them. Playing a compelling brand of music that has been aptly described as “acoustic retrofuturism" --think of it as the musical version of Blade Runner's stunning blend of futuristic ambience and vintage elegance --Lucia Cadotsch, bassist Petter Eldh and saxophonist ...

Album Review

Lucia Cadotsch: Speak Low

Read "Speak Low" reviewed by Niccolò Lucarelli

by Niccolò Lucarelli
February 14, 2018

Accade che un artista, sia esso musicista, scrittore, pittore o scultore, avverta l'urgenza di rifugiarsi nella semplicità espressiva, di guardare a forme essenziali dal sapore primitivo e ancestrale, per poi dialogare con la contemporaneità. “Retrofuturismo acustico." Così Lucia Cadotsch definisce nelle note di copertina Speak Low, la sua ultima fatica musicale. Il sostantivo spiega questo suo “guardare da dietro" la modernità, il volerlo fare in maniera sommessa, con eleganza e umiltà, rispettando quanto venuto prima e interagendovi per andare oltre; ...