Jocelyn Smith – Pure And Natural – Berliner Meister Schallplatten 180g Vinyl

Ame Jansens rocks with his mix of technical brilliance and wild, improvised musical abandonment. Heiko Jung, a real sparkling diamond of the German music industry, makes great use of his experience in the areas of jazz, funk and soul to round up the ensemble as a drummer.

And if Heiko is a diamond, then Markus Runzheimer is definitely a bombshell. Quiet and modest, until he reaches for his bass, but then truly explosive beats are let loose with a vengeance.

With all these amazingly talented musicians Smith succeeds in becoming totally professional and, thanks to her ‘live band’ concept, creates a sound that is extraordinarily sophisticated and, more importantly, thereby reveals a true love of art.

Recording: May 2011 at Studio 1, Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin, by Tim Tautorat and Maarten de Boer, Production: Rainer Maillard & Stephan Flock.