LUKASHEVA, TAMARA - Homebridge (Sealed) (CD)

Tamara Lukasheva is considered one of the outstanding voices of German jazz way beyond her generation. Her exceptionally agile power of expression that she has been polishing for about 15 years leaves deep impressions, not only on jazz audiences. Lukasheva's independent music moves within a field of tension between strong melodies, East-European influences, dynamic improvisation and expressiveness. Her quartet's debut album, Patchwork Of Time, was highly praised by media and audiences alike. BR Klassik adjudged it to be "One of the highlights of composer Tamara Lukasheva, who brings her splendid vocal temperament and the complexity of her music into an enthralling flow." And Jazzthetik wrote: "Tamara's voice is versatile, vitally alive, full of surprises and technically at the highest level." In 2014 Lukasheva's quartet was awarded the Junge Deutsche Jazzpreis Osnabr?ck [Young German Jazz Prize Osnabruck]. In the following year the band won the 2nd prize at the Keep an Eye Jazz Awards in Amsterdam and in 2017 received the Neue Deutsche Jazz Preis [New German Jazz Prize] in both categories (ensemble and soloist).