So much happened laast couple of months! I didn’t even had time to update this site and tell you what I was doing!
I was performing as much in the last 4 months as I would do in almost a year in 2007, went to Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria, Bonaire, Curacao, Denmark, played a lot of festivals with DJ Maestro, Wicked Jazz Sounds, and also the Susanne Alt Quartet. We enjoyed the enthousiasm of small clubs in Belgium and Germany, and the interest at the Jazzahead in Bremen where we had a showcase. I enjoyed strolling throught the streets of Sofia and Copenhagen and relaxing in Bonaire….
We’ve put a lot of video films on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/venustunes
The Susanne Alt Quartet recorded a new cd in june and july which will be out at some point at the end of this year. As on the first 2 cd’s we only have original compositions of the band members which of course include:
Thijs Cuppen, Piano, keys
Sven Schuster, double bass
Philippe Lemm, drums
And me on alto and soprano sax and a bit of flute.
I am very proud and happy to announce that 2 very special guests joined us for some tunes:
Bruno Speight, guitar player of Maceo Parker and original member of the S.O.S. Band. Killer rhythm guitar player.
His Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/brunospeight
AND:
Fred Wesley, the funkiest trombone player on earth.
His website: http://www.funkyfredwesley.com
Make sure you buy the book he wrote: “Hit me Fred: Recollections of a sideman”. It’s available on sites like Amazon.com and Bol.com. It’s all written by himself (no ghost writer), in a very touching and also very funny way. He gives you a very personal insight of the bands he performed with.
I am still speechless that those 2 world class musicians were joining us. It feels like telling some kind of wicked lie, can you imagine?
So we will have some editing and mixing to do in august and then I hope to get everybody together for a nice cd-release tour at the end of the year or beginning of 2009.
Stay tuned,
Love,
Susanne