Nicole Herzog, Stewy Von Wattenwyl Group - I Loves You Billie

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:55
Size: 129,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:17)  1. Summertime
(4:57)  2. Lover Man
(4:57)  3. It Ain't Necessarily So
(5:58)  4. Night and Day
(5:37)  5. Domino
(6:17)  6. Give Him the Ooh-La-La
(4:27)  7. I Loves You Porgy
(4:39)  8. Nice Work If You Can Get It
(5:04)  9. God Bless the Child
(5:30) 10. Love for Sale
(3:09) 11. Send in the Clowns

Nicole Herzog, daugther of a Congolese mother and a Swiss father. At the age of 4 Nicole started taking lessons in classical ballet, and until her 16th birthday she pursued her dream of becoming a professional dancer. Singing and playing the piano had been just two more hobbies for a long years. Her passion for solo singing sparked when she participated in a musical organized by her high school. She kept singing in regional pop, soul, R'n'B and funk bands. Because of a rising interest in Jazz, she applied for the International Jazzfestival Generations 2004, where she participated in workshops held by Adrian Mears, Ira Coleman, Lewis Nash, Dick Oatts and others. At Generations 2004 Nicole was awarded a place in the fellowship band, with which she toured in Germany (Jazzclub Unterfahrt München) and Switzerland under supervision of Roman Schwaller and Adrian Mears. Subsequently Nicole devoted herself to her studies in International Relations, which she concluded with a bachelor at the University of Geneva. The studies did not keep her from making music. In Adrian Mears she found a composer, arranger and musician who was able to write challenging and varied compositions and arrangements suiting Nicole's voice. The result of this collaboration can be be found on the CD "Time Will Tell – Nicole Herzog Septet feat. Adrian Mears", which was published under the TCB Montreux Jazz Label in September 2008. Nicole completed her Master in European Studies from the University of Basel in December 2011. In 2012 Nicole founded together with the Bernese pianist Stewy von Wattenwyl the "Nicole Herzog & Stewy von Wattenwyl Group" and published an album “INTIMACY" (Brambus Records Label). This collaboration was a big succes. Together, Nicole and Stewy, won the Radio Swiss  Jazz Award 2014. In autumn 2015 Nicole and Stewy recorded their second album together, "I LOVES YOU BILLIE", which was published mid-march 2016. In mai 2016 Nicole got the opportunity to make a recording with the legendary US-tenorsaxophonist Don Menza. The album "THAT'S LIFE" (Label Musiques Suisses) is going to be released in autumn 2016. Nicole lives with her little family in Copenhagen and regularly performs in Switzerland, South Germany, Austria, France and China. https://www.nicoleherzog.com/en/portrait/

I Loves You Billie

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Nicole Herzog & Stewy Von Wattenwyl Group - Intimacy

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:19
Size: 120,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:19)  1. What A Difference A Day Made
(3:37)  2. Is You Is Or IS You Ain't My Baby
(3:44)  3. Pra Dizer Adeus
(3:05)  4. If I Were A Bell
(3:05)  5. I'm Through With Love
(3:27)  6. Amor De Conuco
(5:11)  7. Prelude To A Kiss
(4:29)  8. You Do Something To Me
(5:32)  9. Make Sure You're Sure
(4:48) 10. Romance In The Dark
(5:25) 11. Nature Boy
(5:33) 12. Miss Celie's Blues

A new big voice together with the finest pianist in Swiss jazz, Nicole Herzog - Stewy von Wattenwyl Group. Stewy von Wattenwyl has been accompanying Brambus for almost two decades and presented a long series of excellent CDs for the label and again and again new recordings. This is of particular intensity and sensitivity! In 2007, Nicole Herzog and Stewy von Wattenwyl were more by chance on stage for the first time  Zurich Jazzclubs, and the concert was so much fun that the same evening the talk was about a joint CD project. Five years and many joint concerts later coincided with coincidence, so that a canceled studio session offered the possibility to record spontaneously. And the result is enthusiastic: refreshing vocal jazz in various ad hoc formations from duo to quintet, earthy ballads, bossa, blues and boiling swing - magic moments captured in breathtaking sound quality. https://www.amazon.de/Intimacy-Nicole-Herzog/dp/B00BCR34NU

Intimacy

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Nicole Herzog - Nicole Herzog Meets Don Menza: That's Life

Size: 123,2 MB
Time: 53:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. I'm Hip (6:25)
02. I'll Be Around (6:31)
03. I'm Just A Lucky So And So (7:12)
04. Put The Blame On Mame (5:25)
05. That's Life (7:45)
06. Blah, Blah, Blah (7:05)
07. Mood Indigo (6:53)
08. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (6:01)

Personnel: Johannes Herrlich (Trombone), Oliver Kent (Piano), Jesper Lundgaard (Acoustic Upright Bass), Bernd Reiter (Drums).

Music-in all its variety- has been a constant companion of the Afro-Swiss Nicole Herzog since her earliest childhood. She began classical ballet lessons at the age of four, and until she was sixteen dreamed of becoming a dancer. Both singing and learning the piano remained just additional hobbies at first. Later, when she took part in a school musical, however, her passion for singing was set loose. From then on, she performed with regional bands in the realm of pop, soul, R & B, and funk. Don Menza is a powerful tenor saxophonist with a dynamic, distinctive sound and soloing style. His compositions such as “Groovin’ Hard” and “Time Check” have become standards in jazz study programmes at colleges and universities worldwide. In 2005 he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.

Nicole Herzog Meets Don Menza: That's Life   

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