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Mariane Bitran

French flutist, Mariane Bitran, released her fourth album "Wind Of Tomorrow ", in duo with Togolese guitarist Alain Apaloo on the Danish Jazz label, Alisio Music in december 2019. This album, recorded in Copenhagen, includes 9 original tracks and a african/meditative version of " What a Wonderful world ". Since her debut, Mariane Bitran has released two album as a leader, in Quintet form "A Place for You", "All One" and "Grey To Blue " in collaboration with Japanese pianist and composer, Makiko Hirabayashi, feat. American saxophonist, Bob Rockwell. All three albums were released for the Danish Jazz label, Stunt Records and well received both by the audience and the critics . The music is wide-spanning; inspired by different forms and rhythms and by her collaboration with musicians from the world-jazz-scene, as well as her roots in both classical and contemporary music. As soloist Mariane performed in festivals and toured in France, Germany, Denmark and Brazil, with musicians such as: Simon Spang-Hanssen, Pernille Bevort with Marcelo Nisinman, Chassol, Alain Apaloo's Api Pipo with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Zoomtop Orchestra with Richard Bona, Bojan Z, Nene Lima Filho, Olivier Cahours, Poul Reimann, Thomas Fonnesbech, Morten Lund, Anders Mogensen, Christophe Lavergne, only to name a few...

Arnold Ludvig Sextet: Iceland

by Dave Wayne
May 21, 2016

Situated in the North Atlantic, roughly equidistant from Scotland, Norway, and Iceland, the Faeroe Islands are one of the last places one would expect to find a thriving international jazz scene populated with world-class improvisers and a record label dedicated to documenting all of the action. Tutl Records, founded in 1977 by the Danish jazz musician and composer Kristian Blak, is dedicated to the popularization of Faeroese music of all stripes, including the jazz-based efforts of Blak's own band, Yggdrasil. ...