Swiss-born pianist, keyboardist and composer is our Discovery Artist of the week. He is an established sideman on the New Yorker scene and recently launched his own band “Manu Koch & Filtron M”. Today’s tunes were recorded live at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY on November 5th 2012.
Check out http://www.manukoch.com more information and to purchase his music.
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Personnel:
Manu Koch (piano, keyboards)
Panagiotis Andreou (electric bass, voice)
Mauricio Zottarelli (drums)
Sebastian Nickoll (congas)
add Brahim Fribgane (oud) on ‘New Year’s Labyrinth’ and ‘Puma’
add Apostolos Sideris (acoustic bass) on ‘New Year’s Labyrinth’
All tunes written by Manu Koch
All tunes recorded live at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY on November 5th 2012
Manu Koch & Filtron M
March 30th 2013, Blue Note Jazz Club – New York, NY
April 24th 2013, Terraza 7 – Elmhurst, NY
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