(September 2018)
My second album as a sideman for Jasmin Bayer is going to be released on November 7 2018 under the title ‘The Green Unicorn’ by enja records. On the same day will be presented live at the Bayerischer Hof Night Club in Munich.
Jasmin Bayer’s supple, engaging voice comes into its own on THE GREEN UNICORN perfectly well in both tender, touching ballads like “Pale side of the Moon” or in more robust, rhythmically emphasized titles like “Pimp it up” or “The Green Unicorn” itself. She knows how to captivate her audience in very different ways which might be at the basis of her steadily rising success.
On her new CD Jasmin works with her meanwhile brilliantly experienced trio which is further supported by two extraordinary soloists, the French baritone saxophonist Céline Bonacina and the formidable trumpeter Axel Schlosser who takes care of the solos in the Radio Big Band HR, Frankfurt and is also involved with great projects (Mozart Reloaded) and concerts with the Frankfurt Brass Band and avantgarde musicians like Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Olav Poltziehn. — Matthias Winckelmann, ENJA Records
