ALBUM PREVIEW
The only cover version on Mieke Miamis new album "Birdland" is that of the timeless Dusty Springfield classic "Son of a Preacher Man". The art of a creating a worthy re-make is a mystical one, but Mieke has really achieved something special here, re-working the sultry, soulful serenade to a lost love and turning it into a jazz drenched, enigmatic mid-tempo shuffler complete with Karl Ivar Refseth’s vibraphone, dubbed out effects and Mieke’s dramatic flutes, bass clarinet, alto sax as well as, of course, those spaced out vocals! Don't miss it!
ALBUM RELEASE DATE: 27.09.2024
This year Mieke Miami returns to Sonar Kollektiv with her third album, Birdland, which develops her unique fusion of psychedelic jazz and leftfield electronics with Mieke performing vocals, bass clarinet, flute, sax, keys, programming, as well as co-producing and writing all of the original music. It’s an album that in many ways represents a solo vision, but is also created with a full live band performance in mind.
The album’s title is not only a reference to the world famous New York jazz club (named after Charlie “Bird” Parker) but also to the many jazz venues of the same name in Germany alone, as Mieke explains:
“Hamburg’s best known jazz club when I was a teenager was one of them and when I started being really interested in music I used to tell my parents every Thursday night that I was going out to visit a friend. Instead, I took the S Bahn into the city and went to the Birdland jam session and tried to figure out what the hell they were doing there. This was the point when I started getting serious (ok, nerdy) about music, I was about 15 or 16 years old back then - oh no, now my parents will find out!”
The title also refers to the propensity of bird life in Mieke’s hometown of Luckenwalde, especially migratory birds like storks.
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