Laia Genc LiaisonTonique:piano - Sebastian Gramss:bass - Nils Tegen:drums
Influences
bill evans - you must believe in spring...I think so too!
keith jarett, herbie hancock, john taylor, paul bley, carla bley, hubert nuß, ahmad jamal, jacky terasson, brad mehldau, jason moran, thelonious monk, abbey lincoln, al jarreau, bobby mcferrin - incredible!, bill withers, bojan z, dave holland 5tet, dajngo bates, d´angelo, jill scott, erykah badu, rachel ferell, björk, ella, danilo perez, michel camillo, dexter gordon, richie beirach, stevie wonder, wayne shorter, sonny rollins, john coltrane, ornette coleman, lennie tristano, joanne brackeen, billie heart - man!, keith copeland, kurt elling, chet baker, ivan lins, djavan, mshell ndegeocello, bach, beethoven, schubert, chopin, bartok, messiaen, schönberg,
all these musician friends and good friends of mine...
one can never complete a list like this, impossible!
Somehow I always wanted to play the piano since I was a little kid. It stood there so friendly in the corner at my grandma..s place! It has always been my good friend over the years...experiencing music hasn..t always been easy for me, but I had some great mentors who helped me find my way! I am proud to have been meeting, talking, working and playing with some brave musicians, not only the ones I mentioned, but a lot more that were and of course still are important influences to me.
Working now as a freelance I studied jazzpiano with Hubert Nuß and Prof. John Taylor at the conservatory in Cologne where I graduated in 2006.
I have been a member of some german youthbigbands, the one to mention is the BuJazzO led by Peter Herbolzheimer.
In the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 I was invited with the quartet Nurse Or Nuc, then the Terrence Ngassa Band and finally with my own trio to the Nachwuchswettbewerb Leipzig, a competition for young players.
In 2004 I won the 1st place of the international competition Biberacher Jazzpreis with my trio the "LiaisonTonique". With the LiaisonTonique I recorded my first cd "Trilogien" which appeared in 2005 on JazzHausMusik.
In 2004/2005 I have been studying as an exchange student in Paris at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique et de Danse with Hervé Sellin, Riccardo Del Fra and Francois Théberge. It was a very inspiring year for me! I am greatful for the time that I spend there and for the people who took the time to get known to me!
I won the 3rd solist price at the competition Jazz á La Défense which took place in 2005 in Paris.
In 2005 the LiaisonTonique further on took part in two italian competitions. At first we played at BargaJazz, where we were the first international band in the history of the contest (people there told me as something special, so I mention) and later won the 3rd price at the 3rd etnomusicompetition in Milano.
In 2006 the PyromanDuo won the prize for the genre Jazz at the TIM Competition in Rome. Just end of September I had the chance to take part in the "Jazz Improvizacija 2008" a pianosolo competition and was happy to receive the 2nd price.
But apart from the hunting part...
Last April I brought the new album to the stores "Laia Genc LiaisonTonique Strandgut". I am very proud of it!
liebe laia, ich hab mich auch gefreut dich kennengelernt zu haben. ja vielleicht klappts mal mit doppel konzert. machs gut und bis hoffentlich bald. lg gee hye
Über Feedback ,wie dir die Musik von Joe gefällt, würde ich mich freuen :)
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Danke!
LG, Heike
Offizieller Joe Henson Support
You have surely heard about the tragic death of a brave young woman who was murdered in Iran just for peacefully protesting with her father on the streets of Teheran.
De ce charme, je rêve d'un autre monde ou sans armes et durant une courte trêve je regarderai ce monde de mon" Ascension". Masquant une douleur pour votre simple bonheur. En ce jour anniversaire a quoi bon faire la guerre. Jouons de nos passions pour apaiser cette colère et levons nos verres pour se pardonner ,demain d'être simplement humains
Vendredi 15 Mai 21H00 La Mer à Boire Olivier Goulet sous les marges avec Guido Zorn
« Du jazz contemporain, de la chanson française, des artistes viennent exposer leurs projets, puis partager un peu d’eux-mêmes avec Olivier Goulet. A la marge de ses beaux projets présentés demeure une place pour respirer aussi. Avec l’autre…De jolis moments en perspective avec cette semaine le compositeur et contrebassiste Guido Zorn. Ses différentes expériences dans le domaine de la chanson française ou des musiques improvisées font de lui un partenaire idéal pour cette soirée. »
Ce moment sera l’occasion de vous présenter un nouvel arrivé dans mon ensemble : Stéphan Carraci. Une musique ingénieuse et sensible au service des chansons. Et c’est précieux… Pour toutes les personnes qui ne pourraient pas être là ce soir. Le Mardi 19 mai: Un solo au Vieux Léon. Avec Niels « le sioux » en première partie . 21h00 . Entrée libre. Mº Les Halles. 18, rue de la Grande Truanderie…A bientôt et merci.
Our recorded material it is ok... good piano sound and atmosphere...much of perugia studio live will go in new cd... waiting for you in june at our Celimontana Concert baci L5
I just wanted to let you know, that a new track of mine is waiting for your oppinion. It's called "run the self" and its the first track after a decade of music production, that I sung myself.
If you like it, you can DOWNLOAD IT in high quality FOR FREE. just check out my blog for the link and have fun ;O)
cara Laia è stato un vero piacere conoscerti e lavorare insieme a Perugia ... we did good rec and I think it will be a fine work... alla prossima grazie luigi
