The rising star of the Luxembourg jazz scene, the young drummer and composer Michel Meis proposes a group with, indeed, a traditional instrumentation, but with a future oriented approach and sounds and climates borrowed from a variety of musical styles.
The result: a resolutely modern jazz. An exciting, well-crafted sonic universe between melancholy and energy, in which complicity, improvisation and audacity all have their place. Their debut album Lost in Translation was released in January 2019 in the series “Jazz thing Next Generation” on Double Moon/Challenge Records – a first for a Luxembourgish artist.
Line-up:
Michel Meis: drums Alisa Klein: trombone Cédric Hanriot: piano Stephan Goldbach: double bass
Brunnenhof (DE), Blues ‘n Jazz Rallye (LU), Budapest Music Center/Opus Jazz Club (HU), inJazz (NL), Jammin’ Juan (FR), Jazz à Juan (FR), Jazzrally Düsseldorf (DE), Kinneksbond (LU), Kulturclub Schon Schön (DE), Like A Jazz Machine Festival (LU), Nancy Jazz Pulsations (FR), Neimenster (LU), Odessa Jazz Fest (UA), Opderschmelz (LU), Ploiesti Jazz Festival (RO), Speicher (DE), Sunset-Sunside (FR), Unterfahrt (DE), Vinnytsia Jazz Festival (UA), Völklinger Hüttenjazz (DE), ...
: PRESS QUOTES
"A band with a modern and experimental jazz that manages to be bold without falling into incomprehensibility." - Le Jazzophone (FR)
"A play both subtle and powerful, a music both free and well structured." - Jazz Magazine (FR)
"An instrumental gem. Solid stuff throughout." - Midwest Record (US)
"Meis delivered with “Lost in Translation” a beautiful and especially personal album. Worth listening." - Draai om je oren (BE)
"A quartet whose timbre is, thanks to the trombonist Alisa Klein, reminiscent of the trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire." - Télérama (FR)
"It may be a traditional jazz album, but one that surprises with the quality of its musicians." - JazzHalo (BE)
"Meis and his quartet give you everything they’ve got!" - Jazzenzo (NL)
"The birth of a promising quartet." - D’Lëtzebuerger Land (LU)
"A resolutely modern jazz and an album like a rollercoaster, between energy and melancholy." - Le Quotidien (LU)
: BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1989, Michel Meis belongs to the new generation of Luxembourgish jazz musicians. He currently studies jazz drums with Oliver Strauch and Georg Ruby at the Hochschule für Musik Saar (Saarbrücken, DE) and regularly proves his versatility and openness through numerous projects.
Besides his own jazz project, the Michel Meis 4tet, he played for a long time with Dock in Absolute (pop/jazz) and currently plays with Everwaiting Serenade (melodic hardcore), Kleinkram (jazz) and the duo Blankx with pianist Manuel Krass (free jazz/electro). Meis played live in clubs and at festivals in Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, China and Japan.
The Michel Meis 4tet consists of Michel Meis on drums, Alisa Klein on trombone, Cédric Hanriot on piano and Stephan Goldbach on double bass.
