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Fabienne Ambuehl

Fabienne Ambuehl is a London-based pianist, singer and composer born in Switzerland. Her new album ‘Thrive‘ was released in January 2025 on Ubuntu Music. The band successfully launched the album with a sold-out concert at the Vortex Jazz Club in London.
‘Thrive‘ has received glowing reviews from the international jazz press. Jazzwise Magazine rewarded it 4 stars and it has received regular radio play in the UK, including BBC Radio 3 Jazz Record Requests, ‘Round Midnight and Night Tracks. The single ‘New Ones’ was on the JazzFM playlist for several weeks. On the Catalan public radio 3cat, there is an hour-long programme about Fabienne's music. The album was also presented on Deutschlandfunkkultur and ARD Jazz - Das Magazin and was selected “Album of the Week” on both Presto Music and the German Rondo - Magazin für Klassik und Jazz.

Her band is a dynamic ensemble of brilliant musicians – Matt Ridley on bass (The Antidote, The Darius Brubeck Quartet) and Jon Scott on drums (Mulatu Astatke, GoGo Penguin, Sons of Kemet XL), with special guest guitarists Tom Ollendorff and Ant Law. Ambuehl has a strong sense of ensemble interplay and balance between individual expression and collective cohesion. As Rondo - Das Klassik & Jazz Magazin put it: “Thrive convinces with warmth, precision and excellent interplay of the band”.

Ambuehl’s music is inspired by her surroundings, from the sounds and silence of the mountains, where she finds a deep connection with nature, to the rhythms and soundscapes of the big city. Her melodic ideas and detailed arrangements are rooted in jazz, playing with a folk-tinge and showcase her expressive and supple piano playing. Her vocals “are crystal clear, distinct and refreshingly free of jazz clichés” (Neil Duggan, AllAboutJazz) and as a writer she “has a poetic sensibility and uses expertly a range of poetic techniques in her lyrics” (Trevor Hodgett, 4 stars in RNR magazine)

Thrive

By Fabienne Ambuehl

Label: Ubuntu Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: New Ones; Immaculate Rain; My River; Binocular; Timeline; Soft Days; Nihil; Thrive.

Glitterwoods

By Fabienne Ambuehl

Label: Traumton Berlin
Released: 2025

Hiromi-Sonic Wonder, Lyle Workman, Djabe, Pelle Holmberg, Josh Meader, Metrik System

by Len Davis
April 27, 2025

Hiromi-Sonic Wonder, featuring Hadrien Feraud, Gene Coyl and Adam O'Farril, MamoGi with Mohini Dey, Djabe, with Tour Of Waterfalls, Swedish guitarist Pelle Holmberg, and Lyle Workman with his latest single. Jazz with with Swedish pianist Fabienne Ambuehl, Australian band The Exhibits featuring James Muller, Sydney guitarist Josh Meader, and New Zealand guitarist Callum Allardice with Elementa. ...

Fabienne Ambuehl: Thrive

by Neil Duggan
January 14, 2025

Swiss singer and pianist Fabienne Ambuehl emerged onto the jazz scene with her debut album Glitterwoods (Traumton) in 2015. She cultivated her musical skills at the Lucerne School of Music, also studying with Asaf Sirkis and Gwilym Simcock. Following a move to London, she releases her follow-up album Thrive. To help realise her evolving ...