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You should be able to trust the opinion of a man, who has not only shaped the world\u00a0 of Jazz on and off\u00a0 the stage but who has also, as a\u00a0 producer, propelled Michael Jackson \u201cThe King of Pop\u201c to fame. Quincy Jones says about Laura, \u201cThis young woman doesn\u2018t need to worry about her career, she is amazing and I am sure we will be hearing more from her in the future.\u201c\u00a0\u00a0 When they met for the first time at the Stuttgart Jazz Open in 2017, what appeared to be a\u00a0 prophecy about the 21 year old singer Laura Kipp, has today been confirmed.\u00a0\u00a0 She has launched her debut album \u201cQuiet Land\u201c under the Label LAURA.\u00a0 This debut album is a showcase introducing us to her talents.\u00a0\u00a0 Despite there being many excellent Jazz musicians out there today, who span a wide range of music genre and styles, it is rare and surprising to find such a charismatic and understated maturity beneath such refreshing youthfulness. She also expresses the freedom and complexity of Jazz together with the instant emotional power of Pop, Soul and Chanson.\u00a0\u00a0 The opposing elements that she draws on really create a certain tension while also blending them beautifully.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a hardened Jazz Critic who has heard and seen hundreds of singers over the years, it unfortunately becomes harder and harder\u00a0 to impress .\u00a0 However, Laura Kipp doesn\u2018t fail to impress from the outset.\u00a0\u00a0 Despite her age she is so mature, well travelled and charismatic and this comes across in her voice. Her far reaching travels from her homeland in Swabia Germany to Paris,\u00a0 from New York to Los Angeles are\u00a0 also reflected in her broad range of styles, from\u00a0 brilliant songwriter ballads to punchy jazz vocalese, from soulful blues to string saturated glamorous\u00a0 Hollywood sounds .\u00a0 She has already internalised that unique power of jazz which she combines with her own individual expression together with collaborative creativity.\u00a0\u00a0 She builds on this with an inner confidence in her wonderful voice, her songwriting as well as the combined skills of her band members, the arrangements of both her mentor and bassist Jens Loh along with the expertise of Cornelius Claudio Kreusch as the producer and distributer.\u00a0\u00a0 The result is irresistible and rare in the German Jazz scene.\u00a0 Young jazz musicians can become obsessed with experimental style jazz but Laura has gone beyond this with what can only be described in the best sense of the term \u201cold fashioned\u201c with a modern twist. It is simply pure musical pleasure for those who love a bit of sophistication.<\/p>\n

As is the case for all great singers, LAURA is not only about the voice and technique she is, above all, about capturing the art of storytelling.\u00a0\u00a0 Quiet land tells the story of Laura\u2018s\u00a0 journey so far in her career, capturing emotions, encounters and experiences\u00a0 gathered along the way.\u00a0 Beginning with her entry into the Stuttgart Jazz scene with the brilliant input from both Anne Czichowsky and Fola Dada as her teachers, to the start of her musical career in the State Jazz Orchester (BuJazzo), then on to her studies in Paris.\u00a0 \u201cQuiet Land\u201c represents her roots in her homeland, for the solid, stable base that everyone needs in life.\u00a0\u00a0 Laura\u2018s hommage to her past in Swabia\u00a0 encompasses the inspiration, the magic of the city,\u00a0 the journey of discovery and overcoming hurdles along the way.\u00a0 All tied up in her poetic and original lyrics.<\/p>\n

Finding the right partner is also key for every talented artist.\u00a0 As such \u201cQuiet Land\u201c, and the project as a whole,\u00a0 is also down to\u00a0 the perfect collaboration between Laura and the bassist and composer Jens Loh. Jens is currently one of the best and multi-faceted experts in his field in Germany today, working alongside the likes of Nils Peter Molvaer, Max Mutzke and Nils Landgren.\u00a0 The connection between this 25 and 50 year old came about by chance through invitations to both to perform at a gig in 2017 on a Chet -Baker project.\u00a0\u00a0 Laura had previously heard Jens and his band \u201cHippie\u201c play the beautiful ballad, \u201cI\u2018ll be around\u201c.\u00a0 The piece moved Laura so much that she immediately wrote lyrics to accompany the ballad.\u00a0 \u201cWhen we eventually met\u00a0 at the gig I was very nervous about\u00a0 asking Jens if it was ok to use his composition\u201c.<\/p>\n

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