About this concert
„Vertical lift-off“ was how broadcaster NDR describes Jin Jim’s rise on the German jazz scene. These words are justified, if one considers the relativelyshort backstory which now culminates in their ACT debut album „WeißeSchatten" („White Shadows")
In 2013 Peruvian-born flautist Daniel Manrique-Smith, bassist Ben Tai Trawinski,guitarist Johann May and drummer Nico Stallmann started up Jin Jim. In theirfirst year as a band they were voted through by the public into the the finals ofthe JazzTube Festival in Bonn. In the following year, the quartet won the„Future Sounds“ competition at the Leverkusener Jazztage festival out of afield of nearly 200 entrants, and also released their first album „Die Ankunft“(The Arrival). Their meteoric ascent is based on the innovation which they bringto the music. Latin, jazz and rock all collide here with maximum impact. Thegroup’s repertoire, has set out their essential direction: „Rhythmically highlycomplex yet harmonically accessible, and with influences ranging fromflamenco to Indian music and pop.“
In February 2018 they went into the studio to record „Weiße Schatten“. Jin Jimshowed once again how refined and individual their sound is.
Many live shows around the world and a global pandemic later, 2023 finallyfollows a new album with which Jin jim have once again outdone themselves:New Choices.
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Jin Jim Biography
„Jin Jim“ is a Modern-Jazz-Rock-Band consisting of young musicians from Cologne, Bonn and Peru. Their music is like a journey through cultures and time: with Hip-Hop Beatbox Flutes, German Balkangrooves, soundscapes from Island and Spain, songs about the weather or the pompous arrival of a monarch. So many different influences come together when we hear Jin Jim's unique sound, that seeks to fuse music styles with coherence. Jin Jim’s compositions are characterized by strong rhythms and a vigorous drive, letting the energy of rock music meet the improvisation of jazz. In 2014 the quartet won the „Futuresounds“ Jazz Competition at the 35th edition of the „Leverkusener Jazztage“, selected out of more than 200 competitors.
„The songs are like waves, in which the powerful parts switch to softer less energetic ones“
(Kölner Stadtanzeiger)
„Jin Jim’s Peruvian frontman on the flutes drove his tight band through playful and intoxicating lines without ever losing the thread of the melody and the story of the song. High instrumental quality, at all times with a central theme, atmospheres and their apparent joy on stage every second of the performance, led Jin Jim to victory.”
(Leverkusener Jazztage)
"Jin Jim sind eine der absoluten Senkrechtstarter-Bands in der deutschen Jazzszene. Erst vor vier Jahren hat das Quartett um den Flötisten Manrique Smith zusammen getan und eroberte vom Rheinland aus erst die Bühnen von Jazztube Bonn, der Jazztage in Leverkusen und des Jazzfestivals in Viersen, später ging Jin Jim auch international auf Tour und war im Juni 2017 auch auf der JazzBaltica zu Gast, wo sie die große Halle der Evers-Werft mit ihrem beeindruckenden Zusammenspiel begeisterten."
NDR Info (Felix Tenbaum)
Read More„The songs are like waves, in which the powerful parts switch to softer less energetic ones“
(Kölner Stadtanzeiger)
„Jin Jim’s Peruvian frontman on the flutes drove his tight band through playful and intoxicating lines without ever losing the thread of the melody and the story of the song. High instrumental quality, at all times with a central theme, atmospheres and their apparent joy on stage every second of the performance, led Jin Jim to victory.”
(Leverkusener Jazztage)
"Jin Jim sind eine der absoluten Senkrechtstarter-Bands in der deutschen Jazzszene. Erst vor vier Jahren hat das Quartett um den Flötisten Manrique Smith zusammen getan und eroberte vom Rheinland aus erst die Bühnen von Jazztube Bonn, der Jazztage in Leverkusen und des Jazzfestivals in Viersen, später ging Jin Jim auch international auf Tour und war im Juni 2017 auch auf der JazzBaltica zu Gast, wo sie die große Halle der Evers-Werft mit ihrem beeindruckenden Zusammenspiel begeisterten."
NDR Info (Felix Tenbaum)
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