Dears, my album Focus Natural has been released digitally on January 20, 2023, but exceptionally it will be released “again” in a phisycal form on April 19, 2024. I know it looks strange to release an album again after 15 months… However, being a musician and mama and keeping everything on track at the right time is not easy!
Have a listen to it and also preorder the full phisycal Album on my page: lindajozefowski.bandcamp.com
This year we will also be touring with this project. Check out my latest post to get to know where and when.
In those sad times where governments are unable to bring a real peace in the world it feels so inappropriate to share good news and personal achievements… However, it is time now to update you about my upcoming concerts in 2024 presenting the music of my new album Focus Natural. From my little position I hope to bring a vision of peace and togheterness at least through my music and in the space-time setting of my next concerts:
24.3.24 Basel Cargo Bar with Malcolm Braff & TBA
9.4.24 B-Flat Berlin
10.4.24 Hat Bar Berlinwith Kenneth Dahl Knudsen
12.4.24 Jazz Ahead Bremen with kenneth Dahl Knudsen and Matias Fisher
It has been such a beautifull experience to spend 3 days in the beautifull city of Aalborg, teaching bachelor and master students and giving a Masterclass on Konnakol and advanced Rhythms at the Music University of Aalborg, from the 14th till the 16th of October 2024. Many thanks to the amazing bass player Kenneth Dahl Knudsen for this great opportunity he gave me. I enjoyed so much playing with him again, togheter with Glen Montanaro and Matias Fisher at El Mundo. We had a lot of fun. Looking forward to share more music with those beautifull souls. We will play again! Here you can whatch a video where we are performing a song from my new album Focus Natural, called Doing Nothing:
September was a beautiful month, which began at the Willisau (CH) Jazz Festival with our band opening the Dave Douglas concert.With Gabriel Zufferey with us, we were drawn into a circle of exhilarating synchronicities in which we found ourselves in the right place at the right time 😀
Photo by Juan Carlos Hernandez
Check out here for more music and have a beautiful day!
Among lots of positive press quotes and interviews from different Magazines about the album Focus Natural, my face appeared on the title of July’s swiss magazine Jazz’n’More! Thanks Angela Balhorn for the beautiful two pages interview!
It’s been a real pleasure to discover the great music that Niko Seibold composed for his Elftone Ensemble, and such a beautiful experience to play with this great band in April at the Off Beat Festival Basel togheter with amazing musicians such Paulo Almeida, Jim Hart and Song Yi Jeon.
Becoming a mother is an incredible experience that changes your life forever. Beyond the difficult moments that can occur, there is no greater joy than rediscovering the world together through the eyes of your child. But being a mother also requires a total commitment to a soul that needs security, presence and love. It has taken me a while to devote myself to other things, but it is finally official: my second Focus Natural baby is going to be out on 20 January this year. Yes, it’s a bit like another small birth!
Our release concert will be recorded by the Radio Svizzera italiana (RSI) and be part of the Jazz Winter Meeting Series:
>>>> January 20, 2023, 19:30 @ Jazz in Bess Lugano (CH)
Many many thanks to Valentin Martel for the beautifull artwork, Matt Branger aka Dsu Ranger for the amazing video, Noé Franklé for the excellent production (recording, mixing and mastering), the collective of La Maison-Matrice for having hosted our residency and our recording session, family & friends for their love & support, and of course the amazing musicians with whom I am sharing this beautifull musical journey: Domenic Landolf (ten sax & bass cl.), Malcolm Braff (rhodes/piano) Marion Ruault (double bass) and Diego Pinera (drums)
FOCUS NATURAL by Linda Jozefowski Quintet is a jazz album recorded under special conditions in spring 2020. It’s a mix between jazz, afro and experimenting with rhythm where creativity and focus are flowing totally natural
Check out those links to follow/like me, to listen to more music and/or buy a digital or phisical album:
The new single from Polilogue from Sila is out now. My friend Kevin Bucket asked me to play the flute on that song. I love so much this track and I enjoyed so much solo on it! Have a listen to this late back groove and to the beautifull voice of Laurène Pierre-Magnani:
This year 2020 I did something really cool: I recorded my second album called FOCUS NATURAL! This happened in a lovely place called Les Suites Du Pantographe in Crémines (Swiss Jura), with amazing musicians at my side. Two specialists in the field of rhythmic exploration made it groove amazingly: swiss pianist Malcolm Braff and Berlin based drummer Diego Pinera. French bassist Marion Ruault brought to the music the earthly and grooving vibe, while the bautifull lines of saxophonist and bass clarinettist Domenic Landolf gave a further interesting layer to the whole.
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