Jazz Articles about Mai Leisz

MaiGroup: Metamorphosis

by Chris Mosey
June 2, 2019

Metamorphosis, a word of Greek derivation, describes the dramatic change of physical form that occurs when, for example, a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Estonian jazz bassist Mai Leisz (pronounced Lease) uses it to describe her own psychological transformation “as a person and as a musician, from a girl to a woman, from a music student to a world-touring musician, from the tiny Estonian village of Leisi to Los Angeles, from unhappy to happy." She says: “I no longer search for ...