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Katharina Maschmeyer - Tenor Saxophone
Nils Pollheide - Guitar
Dirk Schaadt - Hammond Organ
Marcus Möller - Drums

- FETCH THE STICK -

Vinyl Release Oktober 2023

(Kcompositions by Nils Pollheide und Katharina Maschmeyer)

Translated soon:

They are back! GROOVE GROOVE GROOVE ist nun angesagt. Die soulvolle groovende Saxophonistin Katharina Maschmeyer und ihr langjähriger (musikalischer) Partner Nils Pollheide sind schon seit Jahren ein traumwandlerisch sicher auftretendes Team – der Ruhm ihres schon gemeinsam geführten KaMa Quartets / Katharina Maschmeyer Quartets, das in den letzten Jahren Festivals und große Clubs gleichermaßen begeisterte, eilt ihnen voraus. So wurde man schon mehrfach zu den "führenden und innovativsten Formationen der hiesigen Jazzszene“ gezählt. 

Das letzte John Coltrane gewidmete Album wurde in der „Zeit“ unter den besten Alben des Jahres gelistet. Jetzt wartet die Band mit neuer spannender Besetzung und teuflisch groovenden, knackigen neuen Kompositionen auf, die aus der Feder des Gitarristen Nils Pollheide und der Saxophonistin Katharina Maschmeyer stammen oder gemeinschaftlich komponiert wurden. 

Ihr Groove-orientierter und gleichzeitig eminent komplexer, dabei nie komplizierter Modern Jazz wartet nun mit 2 fantastischen neuen Bandmitgliedern auf: Please welcome Dirk Schaadt an der Hammond Orgel B3, mit dem Nils Pollheide bereits sein Debütalbum aufgenommen hat, und Marcus Möller am Schlagzeug. Dirk Schaadt und Marcus Möller sind ebenso wie Katharina Maschmeyer und Nils Pollheide seit vielen Jahren ein eingespieltes Team und grooven wie diese schlichtweg phänomenal.

 „Fetch The Stick“ ist der Titel des neuen Albums, welches im Herbst 2023 auf VINYL LP und digital erscheint. Passend zu diesem Titel mag man sich ein Bild vorstellen, welches einen Labradormix mit Drumstick im Maul zeigt. Dieser tolle, verspielte Gefährte war nicht nur der Namensgeber für das neue aufregende Projekt von Nils Pollheide und Katharina Maschmeyer, sondern hat den „tierischen“ Groove ihrer Musik auch maßgeblich inspiriert. So mussten ganz klar auch einige Kompositionen nach Wicky The Viking benannt werden. Ein tolles vielschichtiges neues Konzertprogramm ist in der langen, künstlerisch eminent fruchtbaren Corona-Kreativphase langsam und ganz organisch herangewachsen - und das mit einem sowohl traditionellen (bisweilen zum Beispiel an die besten gemeinsamen Alben von Stanley Turrentine und Shirley Scott erinnernden Alben) als auch tollem Neuen Bandsound. 

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VINYL LP Release Oktober 2023

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"A LOVE SUPREME / UNIVERSAL TONE "

  •    featured in the „The best albums of the year“ by „Die Zeit“ magazine

listet in the "25 best albums of the year"
in blog.about-music.de

    •    Featured on BR (Bayerischer Rundfunk)

•    Album of the Week on NDR Info Play Jazz

•    “Highlights in September“ at Deutschlandradio Kultur

•    Features in Jazz Podium & Jazzthetik magazines

 

"Puts her own musical mark on John Coltrane's revered suite 'A Love Supreme', interpreted through the lens of her own, individual experiences and veering far off the original's sonic world: Katharina Maschmeyer."
- JAZZ PODIUM

"With her intricately oscillating post fusion album, Katharina Maschmeyer and her delicate, immensely agile KaMa Quartet bridge the gap between Coltrane’s time and the present in a very impressive way, thus positioning her band as a strong German jazz ensemble." - Olaf Maikopf (Jazzthetik/ Deutschlandradio Kultur)

"The band leader, guitarist Nils Pollheide, keyboard player Philipp Rüttgers, drummer Jens Otto and guest percussionist Nippy Noya have rhythmized and spiced up the original quite a bit, adding some inspirational fire to it instead of watering it down." - BR (Bayerischer Rundfunk) "CD Tip in september"

“The top-class German quartet has already proven their abundant creativity and refreshingly original band sound on four impressive releases. For this reason, it is more than just okay to offer “A Tribute To John Coltrane“ , following the powerful spiritual traces of the master of masters. This undertaking was a complete success and floors us with fiery improvisations and eruptive explosions of energy.“
- CONCERTO magazine

 

Jazzfestival Karlsruhe

 

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"The saxophonist with the powerful sound is lauded as one of the best new German jazz artists, and rightly so. With “Duck On Ice, Flying Cow”, her quartet has definitely proven it’s a winner."

- JAZZ THING

Travejazz Festival 2018


Biography

Katharina Maschmeyer (saxophone/composition) got her Master Degree in the Netherlands. She graduated her Bachelor Study in Jazz- Saxophone at the “Conservatory of Arnhem” (Netherlands). She studied with Jörg Kaufmann and Frans Vermeerssen and attended workshops by Dave Liebman, Vincent Herring, Steve Swallow, Carla Bley and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Further she absolved vocal lessons by Lis Harting, Hartog Eysman and Marielle Vester.

In the course of her following Master Study in Zwolle (NL) she additively focused on composition. She had lessons (saxophone/bass clarinet/composition) from Rolf Delfos, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, Allard Buwalda, Simon Rigter and Joan Reinders, furthermore additional vocal lessons from Adrienne West and workshops with Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas.

She concentrates on composing and realizing her own music. Two records of her own quartet are already released. "On these albums she not only play the tenor and soprano saxophone in a very appealing and refreshing way, but also presents original music, which has much autonomy and is very multifaceted and energetic and relates from jazz, funk to rock music." - Sonic

"The saxophone player Katharina Maschmeyer is one of the most hopeful talents of the german jazz scene. Her latest album confirms this." - Wendland Jazz e.V.

“The interaction with Nils Pollheide, g, Jens Otto, dr, and Philipp Rüttgers, Rhodes, is marked by mutual inspiration, empathy, groove and movement, harmony and intensive dialogues. The well elaborated, smart and angular profiled compositions of the leader show soul and hard bop aspects, rhythmic capers and melodic richness.” – Jazz Podium   


 

 

 



 

Katharina Maschmeyer Quartet

Katharina Maschmeyer - tenor & soprano saxophone/bassclarinet
Nils Pollheide - guitar
Philipp Rüttgers - rhodes/synth bass (Clavia Nord)
Jens Otto - drums

guest solist: Frederik Köster - trumpet/flugelhorn


The quartet play original music which is very multi-faceted and energetic and relates from jazz, funk to rock music. After establishing the quartet in 2005 many successful and reputable concerts in Jazzclubs like Club Voltaire in Frankfurt followed. 2010 the Debut Album which documents the first creative years of the quartet was released on the label Mons Records. The album received many good reviews and a feature in one of Germany's most well known jazz magazines „Jazz Thing“.

Now the quartet recorded the second album for Mons Records. For this album she invited WDR jazz award winner Frederik Köster on trumpet. "Frederik Köster himself was very impressed by the recording: 'Katharina is not only an experienced saxophone player with many technical skills, but also a very talented composer.`" - Sonic




"With always creative arrangements, great manual skills and musical richness the quartet plays a very ambitious and exciting jazz which enthuses the audience." - ruhrjazz.net about a concert of the quartet




 

 

 

 

 


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(Katharina Maschmeyer Quartett feat. Frederik Köster)
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Sonic feature november 2011

 

 

Album reviews and concert-reports:

 

 

 

 

 

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(photos by Christoph Giese (www.kikofe.de)
& Bernd Zimmermann „Copyright Bernd Zimmermann“ (www.ruhrjazz.net)

Contact

Katharina Maschmeyer

e-mail:info@katharina-maschmeyer.com

phone: 0049(0)541/9708528

mobil: 0049(0)15119357457

 

 

Concerts


18.01.13; Rostock, Jazzclub; feat. Frederik Köster (tp)

19.01.13; Jameln, Wendlandjazz e.V. ; feat. Frederik Köster (tp)

08.02.13; Xanten, "Jazzquisite"

07.03.13; Lippstadt, Jazzclub; feat. Frederik Köster (tp)

19.04.13; Biberach, Jazzclub

20.04.13; Mainz, Jazzinitiative

25.05.13; Wernigerode, Jazzclub; feat. Frederik Köster (tp)

02.08.13; Meppen, Blues und Jazznacht

24.08.13; Ratzeburg, Jazz in Ratzeburg e.V.

 





 

Discography




"Circle of Elements" - Katharina Maschmeyer Quartet feat. Frederik Köster - Mons Records (2011)

Circle of Elements
Publication: april 2011





"Synergy" - Katharina Maschmeyer Quartet
- Mons Records (2010)

Synergy
Publication: march 2010