Raisa gipsy jazz trio

'...what makes them so uniquely different is their repertoire combined with almost effortless conversion into a gipsy-jazz idiom. A big compliment indeed! They perform with a smooth and natural flair. Absolutely recommended.'
review HotClubNews, Germany.

'This group demonstrates a maturity with a natural musical talent. They have discovered a nice refreshing sound with a balance between gipsy and modern jazz; it's fresh, light as a feather and nevertheless it swings.'
review Francis Couvreux (Etudes Tziganes), France.

'On a high technical level but also with a remarkable feeling, Raisa swing!..'
review HotClubNews, Germany.

'...that the choice of your repertoire couldn't be better. The soloist is well accompanied by a very impressive mix of rhythm-guitar and double bass.' '...you've succeed ed in setting down a very good swing. Congratulations.'
review Carlos Alejandro (Radio Universidad Nacional), Argentina.

Raisa

Raisa's trio consists of a solo-, rhythm-guitars and a double bass. Originally inspired by the legendary Django Reinhardt and the traditional Gipsy jazz, Raisa have evolved along the years gaining their own unique sound; a fine balance of traditional Gipsy and American jazz, with one main essence: 'real swing'.

As founded in the gipsy jazz, Raisa are capable to perform a tastefully performed traditional gipsy and American jazz crafted together in a real loose and swingy way.
Their reportoire consists of pieces you can find both in Gipsy and traditional American jazz. So they play jazz standards and traditional Latino American influences such the bossa nova, samba, bolero and waltzes.

The Line up of Raisa is Bart Rozemeyer, Andreas Metzler and Florian Hierdeis. To keep the trio and their music fresh for listeners and for themselves to play they often invite guest musicians to play with them. Often the group is joined by great musicians like David Golek on guitar, Ton Derksen on soprano-saxophone, Els Teunissen on vocals, Benni von Gutzeit on viola and others. (watch the video's down)

Raisa's main musicians have played many venues in the Netherlands and further afield including the Montreux Jazz festival (Switzerland), Terrassa Jazz (Spain), Lion's Jazz, Harlem Jazz Club (Spain), Ferrarra buskers (Italy), Bimhuis, radio-shows, Rapenburg concerten... and on many occasions have enjoyed the opportunity to play with musicians as Juliano Reinhardt, the Rosenberg Trio (see gallery), Bireli Lagrene, Saskia Laroo, Jos Machtel, Berend van den Berg...