Melissa Aldana Quartet

Chile is not necessarily associated with jazz when compared to Cuba, for example. So it is all the more surprising that Melissa Aldana, a saxophonist whose music contradicts all the clichéd notions of Latin jazz, has entered the scene.

»Echoes of the Inner Prophet«, the title of Melissa Aldana's programme, promises introspection, a preoccupation with one's own deep emotional processes. The Chilean saxophonist takes us on an adventurous journey of sound, inviting us to participate in an imaginative trip. At the centre of it all is the soft sound of the tenor saxophone, which blends perfectly with the sensitive accompaniment of Cologne-based pianist Pablo Held. A sound that, in its fragility, is astonishingly reminiscent of singing.