Double Review: Mellow Melange - Handbag (2013) & Nimm mich hin. Dein Will! (2017)
The CDs on hand are the seventh and ninth (if I am not mistaken) full-length releases by Bremen's extravagant quintet Mellow Melange. Both releases feature the following artists: Sonja Firker - vocals, violin, flauto dolce, autoharp, Matthias Schinkopf - saxophon, flute, flauto dolce, percussions, vocals, clarinet, trumpet, David Jehn - upright bass, mandolin, guitar, flauto dolce, harp, vocals, mandolin, banjo, Ingo Höricht - violin, viola, guitar, vocals, Michael Berger - piano. Together they are Mellow Melange. The name stands for what the quintet does when playing and writing music. They are mixing, combining, merging, and pairing different styles of music, and thus they create an artistic mélange of Jazz, Pop, Folk, Chanson, and Chamber Music. And although these soundscapes serve plenty of moods, a certain mellow air is omnipresent. Mellow Melange - Handbag: Little Stories of Little Things (2013) This concept album contains eighteen songs and the...