Alma Naidu - Alma (2022)

Born in 1996 as the daughter of a conductor and an opera singer, ALMA NAIDU learned her first instrument at the age of five, the piano followed by violin and guitar as well as several vocal training courses (classical, musical, jazz). At 15 she began to write her own music, studied in Munich and London, had roles in musicals (including Gasteig, Staatstheater Augsburg). As a pop and jazz singer, she impresses at the Burghausen Jazz Week, the Nublu Festival (New York) and the Leverkusen Jazz Days.

Star jazz drummer WOLFGANG HAFFNER takes notice, invites NAIDU as a guest on his album "Kind Of Tango" and becomes the producer and drummer of their debut. The twelve songs on "Alma" are based on a core line-up of drums, bass and keyboard instruments, prominently complemented by top-class guest contributions (NILS LANDGREN, trombone, DOMINIC MILLER, guitar). From solemn ballads to exhilarating mid-tempo, the music moves ingeniously at the interface of jazz, blues and songwriter pop, touched by classic trace elements. The music, composed almost exclusively by NAIDU, finds its highest perfection in sensitive arrangements and with the participation of consistently first-class musicians. An amazing debut!