LINDA JOZEFOWSKI
Linda Jozefowski is an eclectic Polish-Swiss flutist who explores a wide range of musical genres, from jazz to Indian music, electronica, hip-hop, experimental and classical music. The interest in odd rhythms leads her to study and explore the music of different cultures. Inspired by India, Africa and the Middle East, her compositions are based on odd polyrhythmic patterns, grooving bass lines and flowing harmonies that make complex elements readable.
Her first album "For my Dead Folks", released with Unit in 2011 and featuring vibraphonist Jean-Lou Treboux, drummer Maxence Sibille and double-bassist Charly Vilmart, combines modern jazz compositions with south indian rhythmic patterns.
In addition to her own projects, the flutist can be heard on various records shared in the studio with La Velle, Emyle Spanii, Mathieu Michel, François Lindemann, Flavio Boltro, Glenn Ferris, Guillaume Perret, Alvin Queen, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Mathias Ruppnig and Uri Gincel. Other productions of various genres include Polylogue from Sila, J. Lamotta and Soultrash.
Linda Jozefowski has had the opportunity to play with Olivier Hutman, La Velle, Reggie Jonson, Jaques Schwartz-Bart, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Sangoma Everett, Joel Holmes, Amir ElSaffar, Marie Krüttli, Niko Seibold and Mareike Wiening among others.
Since 2012 the flutist has been involved in various projects in Berlin, including the Kenneth Dahl Knudsen Orchestra, Vernon D'Hill, Joel Holmes Greenhouse Expansion, Nic Pax & Ridim Taxi, as well as her own projects.
Jozefowski's appearances on the scene include Off Beat Festival Basel, Jazz Festival Willisau, X-Jazz Festival (Berlin), Madajazzcar Festival, Cully Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Café, Jazz Parade Festival Fribourg, Festival Jazz en Revermont, Jazz Contreband Festival, Icogne Jazz Festival (CH), Be Jazz Sommer Bern ( CH), Chorus (CH), Hot Club de Lyon (F), AMR (CH), B-Flat (D), Château Rouge (F), Jazz Winter Meeting (CH) and many other clubs in Switzerland, France, Germany and Poland.
Her new album FOCUS NATURAL, featuring Swiss pianist Malcolm Braff, drummer Diego Pinera, double bassist Marion Ruault and saxophonist Domenic Landolf, has been released on Unit on January 20, 2023.
Her first album "For my Dead Folks", released with Unit in 2011 and featuring vibraphonist Jean-Lou Treboux, drummer Maxence Sibille and double-bassist Charly Vilmart, combines modern jazz compositions with south indian rhythmic patterns.
In addition to her own projects, the flutist can be heard on various records shared in the studio with La Velle, Emyle Spanii, Mathieu Michel, François Lindemann, Flavio Boltro, Glenn Ferris, Guillaume Perret, Alvin Queen, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Mathias Ruppnig and Uri Gincel. Other productions of various genres include Polylogue from Sila, J. Lamotta and Soultrash.
Linda Jozefowski has had the opportunity to play with Olivier Hutman, La Velle, Reggie Jonson, Jaques Schwartz-Bart, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Sangoma Everett, Joel Holmes, Amir ElSaffar, Marie Krüttli, Niko Seibold and Mareike Wiening among others.
Since 2012 the flutist has been involved in various projects in Berlin, including the Kenneth Dahl Knudsen Orchestra, Vernon D'Hill, Joel Holmes Greenhouse Expansion, Nic Pax & Ridim Taxi, as well as her own projects.
Jozefowski's appearances on the scene include Off Beat Festival Basel, Jazz Festival Willisau, X-Jazz Festival (Berlin), Madajazzcar Festival, Cully Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Café, Jazz Parade Festival Fribourg, Festival Jazz en Revermont, Jazz Contreband Festival, Icogne Jazz Festival (CH), Be Jazz Sommer Bern ( CH), Chorus (CH), Hot Club de Lyon (F), AMR (CH), B-Flat (D), Château Rouge (F), Jazz Winter Meeting (CH) and many other clubs in Switzerland, France, Germany and Poland.
Her new album FOCUS NATURAL, featuring Swiss pianist Malcolm Braff, drummer Diego Pinera, double bassist Marion Ruault and saxophonist Domenic Landolf, has been released on Unit on January 20, 2023.
Linda Jozefowski ist eine eklektische polnisch-schweizerische Flötistin, die eine breite Palette von Musikgenres erforscht, von Jazz über indische Musik, Electronica, Hip-Hop, experimentelle und klassische Musik. Das Interesse an ungewöhnlichen Rhythmen führt sie dazu, die Musik verschiedener Kulturen zu studieren und zu erforschen. Inspiriert von Indien, Afrika und dem Nahen Osten, basieren ihre Kompositionen auf ungeraden polyrhythmischen Mustern, groovenden Basslinien und fließenden Harmonien, die komplexe Elemente lesbar machen.
Ihr erstes Album "For my Dead Folks", das 2011 bei Unit erschien und auf dem der Vibraphonist Jean-Lou Treboux, der Schlagzeuger Maxence Sibille und der Kontrabassist Charly Vilmart mitwirken, verbindet moderne Jazzkompositionen mit südindischen Rhythmusmustern.
Neben ihren eigenen Projekten ist die Flötistin auf verschiedenen Platten zu hören, die sie im Studio mit La Velle, Emyle Spanii, Mathieu Michel, François Lindemann, Flavio Boltro, Glenn Ferris, Guillaume Perret, Alvin Queen, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Mathias Ruppnig und Uri Gincel aufgenommen hat. Weitere Produktionen verschiedener Genres sind Polylogue von Sila, J. Lamotta und Soultrash.
Linda Jozefowski hatte unter anderem Gelegenheit, mit Olivier Hutman, La Velle, Reggie Jonson, Jaques Schwartz-Bart, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Sangoma Everett, Joel Holmes, Amir ElSaffar, Niko Seibold, Marie Krüttli und Mareike Wiening zu spielen.
Seit 2012 ist die Flötistin an verschiedenen Projekten in Berlin beteiligt, darunter das Kenneth Dahl Knudsen Orchestra, Vernon D'Hill, Joel Holmes Greenhouse Expansion, Antonello Marafioti, Nic Pax & Ridim Taxi, Marcel Krömker Quintet, Jonathan Bratoëff, sowie eigene Projekte. Sie hat auch mit mehreren DJs und Produzenten zusammengearbeitet, darunter Elby Bad, Tikogo, Soultrash.
Zu Jozefowskis Auftritten in der Szene gehören das Offbeat Festival Basel, das Jazz Festival Willisau, das X-Jazz Festival (Berlin), das Madajazzcar Festival, das Cully Jazz Festival, das Montreux Jazz Café, das Jazz Parade Festival Fribourg, das Festival Jazz en Revermont, das Jazz Contreband Festival, Icogne Jazz Festival (CH), Be Jazz Sommer Bern ( CH), Chorus (CH), Hot Club de Lyon (F), AMR (CH), B-Flat (D), Château Rouge (F), Jazz Winter Meeting (CH) und viele andere Clubs in der Schweiz, Frankreich, Deutschland und Polen.
Ihr neues Album FOCUS NATURAL mit dem Schweizer Pianisten Malcolm Braff, dem Schlagzeuger Diego Pinera, der Kontrabassistin Marion Ruault und dem Saxophonisten Domenic Landolf ist am 20. Januar 2023 bei Unit erschienen.
Ihr erstes Album "For my Dead Folks", das 2011 bei Unit erschien und auf dem der Vibraphonist Jean-Lou Treboux, der Schlagzeuger Maxence Sibille und der Kontrabassist Charly Vilmart mitwirken, verbindet moderne Jazzkompositionen mit südindischen Rhythmusmustern.
Neben ihren eigenen Projekten ist die Flötistin auf verschiedenen Platten zu hören, die sie im Studio mit La Velle, Emyle Spanii, Mathieu Michel, François Lindemann, Flavio Boltro, Glenn Ferris, Guillaume Perret, Alvin Queen, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Mathias Ruppnig und Uri Gincel aufgenommen hat. Weitere Produktionen verschiedener Genres sind Polylogue von Sila, J. Lamotta und Soultrash.
Linda Jozefowski hatte unter anderem Gelegenheit, mit Olivier Hutman, La Velle, Reggie Jonson, Jaques Schwartz-Bart, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Sangoma Everett, Joel Holmes, Amir ElSaffar, Niko Seibold, Marie Krüttli und Mareike Wiening zu spielen.
Seit 2012 ist die Flötistin an verschiedenen Projekten in Berlin beteiligt, darunter das Kenneth Dahl Knudsen Orchestra, Vernon D'Hill, Joel Holmes Greenhouse Expansion, Antonello Marafioti, Nic Pax & Ridim Taxi, Marcel Krömker Quintet, Jonathan Bratoëff, sowie eigene Projekte. Sie hat auch mit mehreren DJs und Produzenten zusammengearbeitet, darunter Elby Bad, Tikogo, Soultrash.
Zu Jozefowskis Auftritten in der Szene gehören das Offbeat Festival Basel, das Jazz Festival Willisau, das X-Jazz Festival (Berlin), das Madajazzcar Festival, das Cully Jazz Festival, das Montreux Jazz Café, das Jazz Parade Festival Fribourg, das Festival Jazz en Revermont, das Jazz Contreband Festival, Icogne Jazz Festival (CH), Be Jazz Sommer Bern ( CH), Chorus (CH), Hot Club de Lyon (F), AMR (CH), B-Flat (D), Château Rouge (F), Jazz Winter Meeting (CH) und viele andere Clubs in der Schweiz, Frankreich, Deutschland und Polen.
Ihr neues Album FOCUS NATURAL mit dem Schweizer Pianisten Malcolm Braff, dem Schlagzeuger Diego Pinera, der Kontrabassistin Marion Ruault und dem Saxophonisten Domenic Landolf ist am 20. Januar 2023 bei Unit erschienen.
RELEASES
Lineup
LINDA JOZEFOWSKI - FLUTES & COMPOSITION
DOMENIC LANDOLF* - TEN. SAX & BASS CLARINET
MALCOLM BRAFF - FENDER RHODES
MARION RUAULT - DOUBLE BASS
DIEGO PINERA - DRUMS
DOMENIC LANDOLF* - TEN. SAX & BASS CLARINET
MALCOLM BRAFF - FENDER RHODES
MARION RUAULT - DOUBLE BASS
DIEGO PINERA - DRUMS
Details
Catalogue Number
UTR 5019
Recording Engineer
Mixing Engineer
Noé Franklé
Mastering Engineer
Noé Franklé
Album Duration
Genre
Jazz
Release Date
20.01.2023
Description
The album "Focus Natural" by Linda Jozefowski constitutes a special mixture of modern jazz compositions and African-inspired grooves, in which rhythmic experiments are the quintet's common thread. "Focus Natural" is a kind of philosophy in which focus and spontaneity, concentration and creativity flow naturally.
The music is caracterised by organic and earthly grooves, pentatonic melodies and transcendental bass lines that cross weird rhythmic patterns.The result is a wild, fresh and rough music.
"Very exciting and intense music with great flute solos on all the pieces. It shows that the flute is a powerfull instrument.”
Günther Wehinger
The music is caracterised by organic and earthly grooves, pentatonic melodies and transcendental bass lines that cross weird rhythmic patterns.The result is a wild, fresh and rough music.
"Very exciting and intense music with great flute solos on all the pieces. It shows that the flute is a powerfull instrument.”
Günther Wehinger
Swiss flautist Linda Jozefowski is excited to release her next album "Focus Natural" on January 20, 2023, with amazing musicians by her side.
Recorded under special conditions during a residency at Maison-Matrice in Crémines, "Focus Natural" is a kind of philosophy where focus and spontaneity, concentration and creativity are flowing totally natural. The result is a wild, fresh and rough music.
Linda's music is caracterised by organic and earthly grooves crossing weird rhythmic patterns. This time, the composer is inspired by african gnawa rhythms and turns them into more complex polyrhythms. Some compositions also recall the sound of the cool jazz of the 70ties.
The album is a mixture of modern jazz compositions and African-inspired grooves, where rhythmic experimentation is the quintet's common thread. It is no coincidence that the Jozefowskis have chosen two extraordinary masters of rhythm for the occasion: Swiss pianist Malcolm Braff on Fender Rhodes and Uruguayan/Berlin drummer Diego Pinera float together over improbable rhythmic peaks, while French double bassist Marion Ruault holds it all together with uncommon nonchalance. Floating melodies, often played together by a bass clarinet (Domenic Landolf) and an alto flute (Linda Jozefowski), create at times fascinating and mysterious atmospheres.
THE TRACKS
11 AM IN FOREIGN TIMES (Nikki Horton), AFIWA and TANA are inspired by african and gnawa rhythms in which more complex polyrhythms are performed thanks to the complicity and the rhythmical knowledge of Malcolm Braff and Diego Pinera. KARMIC PATHS and DOING NOTHING also the sound of the cool jazz of the 70ties. DUNKELBLAU and AQUATICA are characterized by their simple form and their original, modern interpretation. The Album also includes a alto flute solo and a duo with Domenic Landolf on the bass clarinet, interpreting the jazz standard from Sam Rivers BEATRICE in 7 beats. All the tracks are originals ecxept 11 AM IN FOREIGN TIMES and BEATRICE
Having Malcolm Braff on Linda’s side for her new project is dream that came true: with his very special rhythmic approach and his research on the different kinds of "swings" that exists in other musical cultures (like in brazilian or gnawa music), Malcolm Braff could’t be but the better interpret for her compositions, transforming the grooves into never heard patterns. The Berlin based drummer Diego Pinera, a specialist in the field of odd rhythms, surfed with extreme ease on the tracks, with absolute precision and rhythmical sensitivity. With her colored and full sound, young french bassist Marion Ruault brings to the music the earthly, wild groove, while the round, bautifull lines of saxophonist and bass clarinettist Domenic Landolf contributes into giving a deeper and layer to the canvas.
"Very exciting and intense music with great flute solos on all the pieces.
It shows that the flute is a powerfull instrument.”
Günther Wehinger
Recorded under special conditions during a residency at Maison-Matrice in Crémines, "Focus Natural" is a kind of philosophy where focus and spontaneity, concentration and creativity are flowing totally natural. The result is a wild, fresh and rough music.
Linda's music is caracterised by organic and earthly grooves crossing weird rhythmic patterns. This time, the composer is inspired by african gnawa rhythms and turns them into more complex polyrhythms. Some compositions also recall the sound of the cool jazz of the 70ties.
The album is a mixture of modern jazz compositions and African-inspired grooves, where rhythmic experimentation is the quintet's common thread. It is no coincidence that the Jozefowskis have chosen two extraordinary masters of rhythm for the occasion: Swiss pianist Malcolm Braff on Fender Rhodes and Uruguayan/Berlin drummer Diego Pinera float together over improbable rhythmic peaks, while French double bassist Marion Ruault holds it all together with uncommon nonchalance. Floating melodies, often played together by a bass clarinet (Domenic Landolf) and an alto flute (Linda Jozefowski), create at times fascinating and mysterious atmospheres.
THE TRACKS
11 AM IN FOREIGN TIMES (Nikki Horton), AFIWA and TANA are inspired by african and gnawa rhythms in which more complex polyrhythms are performed thanks to the complicity and the rhythmical knowledge of Malcolm Braff and Diego Pinera. KARMIC PATHS and DOING NOTHING also the sound of the cool jazz of the 70ties. DUNKELBLAU and AQUATICA are characterized by their simple form and their original, modern interpretation. The Album also includes a alto flute solo and a duo with Domenic Landolf on the bass clarinet, interpreting the jazz standard from Sam Rivers BEATRICE in 7 beats. All the tracks are originals ecxept 11 AM IN FOREIGN TIMES and BEATRICE
Having Malcolm Braff on Linda’s side for her new project is dream that came true: with his very special rhythmic approach and his research on the different kinds of "swings" that exists in other musical cultures (like in brazilian or gnawa music), Malcolm Braff could’t be but the better interpret for her compositions, transforming the grooves into never heard patterns. The Berlin based drummer Diego Pinera, a specialist in the field of odd rhythms, surfed with extreme ease on the tracks, with absolute precision and rhythmical sensitivity. With her colored and full sound, young french bassist Marion Ruault brings to the music the earthly, wild groove, while the round, bautifull lines of saxophonist and bass clarinettist Domenic Landolf contributes into giving a deeper and layer to the canvas.
"Very exciting and intense music with great flute solos on all the pieces.
It shows that the flute is a powerfull instrument.”
Günther Wehinger
Das Album «Focus Natural» von Linda Jozefowski stellt eine besondere Mischung aus modernen Jazzkompositionen und afrikanisch inspirierten Grooves dar, bei denen rhythmische Experimente der rote Faden des Quintetts sind. «Focus Natural» ist eine Art Philosophie, in der Fokus und Spontaneität, Konzentration und Kreativität ganz natürlich fliessen.
Die Musik ist geprägt von organischen und erdigen Grooves, pentatonischen Melodien und transzendenten Basslinien, die seltsame rhythmische Patterns durchkreuzen - das Ergebnis ist eine wilde, frische und raue Musik.
"Sehr spannende und intensive Musik mit großartigen Flötensoli in allen Stücken. Es zeigt, dass die Flöte ein mächtiges Instrument ist."
Günther Wehinger
Die Musik ist geprägt von organischen und erdigen Grooves, pentatonischen Melodien und transzendenten Basslinien, die seltsame rhythmische Patterns durchkreuzen - das Ergebnis ist eine wilde, frische und raue Musik.
"Sehr spannende und intensive Musik mit großartigen Flötensoli in allen Stücken. Es zeigt, dass die Flöte ein mächtiges Instrument ist."
Günther Wehinger
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