Podiuminfo.nl 07/2012

Nederlands Jazz ArchiefEnglish:Saxophonist Susanne Alt hails from Germany but has long been a part of our jazz scene. Royalty For Real has the aura of a prestigious product. It is also a tribute to the late trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Hargrove was fond of participating in the after-hours sessions at North Sea Jazz; Alt occasionally played alongside him there – hence Bel Air Bop, one of the seven tracks. The saxophonist/flutist wrote five of the tracks herself, in addition to The Nearness of You and Roy Allan by Hargrove. The album was recorded in February 2022 in New York with pianist James Hurt, bassist Gerald Cannon, and drummer Willie Jones III. - door Jasper HarskampSusanne Alt is een van oorsprong Duitse saxofoniste die haar sporen heeft verdient in het jazzcircuit. Geen snob die alleen maar bij haar roots blijft, maar vaak genoeg samenwerkingen aangaat met muzikanten die buiten haar genre vallen. Of zich stiekem verdiept in soul en blues, zoals ze met verve doet op How To Kiss, haar vijfde album tot nu toe.(...)englishSusanne Alt is originally a German saxophonist who has earned her spurs in the jazz circuit. No snob who only stays with her ??roots, but often enough collaborates with musicians who fall outside her genre. Or else she secretly engrosses in soul and blues, as she does with gusto on How To Kiss, her fifth album to now. (...)