Cat No:
WR4802
Release Date: 14 April 2023
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 655498298363
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
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Description
German baritone saxophonist and composer Kira Linn presents Illusion, alongside her six-piece band - the Linntett, the album moves in genres ranging from pop to jazz and indie to electro, neo-soul and R&B, played by three saxophones (Linn on baritone, Nino Wenger on alto and Christoper Kunz on tenor) as well as Rhodes (Lukas Großmann), electric bass (Lukas Keller) and drums (Johannes Koch).
Linn's technique and training are rooted in more traditional big band and modern jazz styles, but she has also been influenced by the likes of Billie Eilish, Arlo Parks and Laura Mvula, making for an album with an exciting mix of styles. For the first time, she sings and has written her own lyrics. "I started to write songs and also I wanted to use my voice," she explains. "It's so different from playing notes because of course, it's so much more direct." Anger and powerlessness, but also strength, diversity and freedom are core concepts that run through the record, "the songs are all inspired by emotions and topics that came up during the pandemic," Linn says. These concepts are also represented visually in the design with bright, bold colors and a bandleader who takes on a new form in every picture.
Illusions is an album demonstrating the startling creativity of Linn who so competently uses her work to speak about social themes on her own terms and in her own distinctive way - a refreshing new record from a refreshing new voice on the scene.
Kira Linn: baritone saxophone
Nino Wenger: alto saxophone, flute, alto flute
Christopher Kunz: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Lukas Keller: electric bass
Johannes Koch: drums
Lukas Großmann: synthesizer, piano, Rhodes -
Tracklisting
- 1. Hello
- 2. Rage
- 3. That Thing
- 4. Numb_ers
- 5. Illusion
- 6. Zoom
- 7. Zoom II
- 8. Underwater
- 9. Dumb-ness
- 10. Women to Sky
- 11. Solitude
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Wonder is the Beginning
Empirical
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Faithful One
Sultan Stevenson
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Ginger's Hollow
Linley Hamilton
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Phoenix
Lakecia Benjamin
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Lagos Pepper Soup
Michael Olatuja
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Samara Joy
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Satori: How Can We Wake?
Josephine Davies
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Alice Zawadzki
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Sultan Stevenson
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John Patitucci
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Straight Eight
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On A Modern Genius (Vol.1)
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John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
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I Hear Echoes
George Cables
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