Nikolaj Hess NYC Quartet featuring Jochen Rueckert (US), Jayla Chee (US) & Marc Mommaas (NL/US)

NH brings together two exciting New York collaborations in an imaginative, virtuosic, intensely grooving super quartet.

The undertone of the music is playful and communicating, with a melodic nerve and captivating groove and energy. Juilliard’s young super bass talent Jayla Chee delivers hypnotic and ultra-musical bass playing, intertwining seamlessly with Jochen Rueckert‘s unmatched, sublimely swinging and deeply nuanced drumming, forms a pulsating sounding board and communication with Hess and Mommaas' beautiful expressive lyrical explorations on a journey of evocative ballads, hypnotic grooves and swing, cinematic soundscapes and singing melody lines.

It's a genuine musical New York hybrid alloy with musicians with background from Louisiana, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and New York, gathered in Hess's Nordic perspective with inspiration fr...

Nikolaj Hess NYC Quartet featuring Jochen Rueckert (US), Jayla Chee (US) & Marc Mommaas (NL/US)

NH brings together two exciting New York collaborations in an imaginative, virtuosic, intensely grooving super quartet.

The undertone of the music is playful and communicating, with a melodic nerve and captivating groove and energy. Juilliard’s young super bass talent Jayla Chee delivers hypnotic and ultra-musical bass playing, intertwining seamlessly with Jochen Rueckert‘s unmatched, sublimely swinging and deeply nuanced drumming, forms a pulsating sounding board and communication with Hess and Mommaas' beautiful expressive lyrical explorations on a journey of evocative ballads, hypnotic grooves and swing, cinematic soundscapes and singing melody lines.

It's a genuine musical New York hybrid alloy with musicians with background from Louisiana, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and New York, gathered in Hess's Nordic perspective with inspiration from West Africa and well-established roots in NYC.The music is Hess's award-winning compositions mixed with visits from Ellington, Monk and other jazz classics.

This is American/European jazz of the highest order!

Lineup:
Nikolaj Hess: piano
Marc Mommaas: tenor sax
Jayla Chee: bas
Jochen Rueckert: drums....

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