Cologne Jazzweek: Isaiah Collier Parallel Universe

In the organizer's words:

When Isaiah Collier came to Cologne Jazzweek for the first time in 2022 with The Chosen Few, the saxophonist, who was born in Chicago in 1998, was virtually unknown in Europe. But Collier took his audience in Cologne by storm and they were thrilled by the rousing playing of this young Chicagoan, who gave modern jazz a spiritual and emotional edge. Collier returns to Cologne in 2025 and has his album "Parallel Universe" with him for his performance. On it, the young musician shows a new side to his work. It is definitely political music that Collier performs on it, because he reflects the Afro-American diaspora, incorporates gospel and blues, funk, soul and hip-hop alongside jazz and also opens himself up to Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Cuban music. Collier will be bringing soul singer Jimetta Rose and former trumpeter Corey Wilkes from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to Cologne.

Isaiah Collier - sax/voc/keys
Corey Wilkes - trp/perc
Jimetta Rose - voc
Sonny Daze - emcree/perc
Conway Campbell - b
Fly Guy Byrd - gtr
Richard Gibbs III - keys
Trea - dr

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