One Nora Kamm

• 1 One 03:19
• 2 Cœur 05:41
• 3 Chuku chuku 04:05
• 4 First Flight 04:00
• 5 Flowing People 05:09
• 6 Tu ma ndem 03:38
• 7 Leader 03:43
• 8 Light 03:23
• 9 Africa My Love 04:57
• 10 Sensible 03:16
• Total Runtime 41:11

Info for One

Born in Frankfurt, Nora Kamm operates in the border area between jazz, afro and fusion. Kamm began playing the flute at the age of twelve, discovered the saxophone five years later and studied jazz at the Lyon Conservatory. She released two albums with the band Dreisam and played with musicians such as Michel Benita, Manu Dibango, Andy Sheppard, Cheick Tidiane Seck and Erik Truffaz. After moving to Paris in 2018, she intensified her interest in East African sounds and rhythms.

They are rare, the female artists who stand out on the international jazz scene and are driven by a deep desire to share their love of music. The saxophonist, flutist, singer and bandleader Nora Kamm is one of these passionate musicians.

After years of performing around the world in groups or alongside big names on the international scene (Michel Benita, Paco Séry, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Pascal Obispo, Tayc, Andy Sheppard, Mariana Ramos, Manu Dibango, Émile Parisien ... ) and two critically acclaimed albums with her band Dreisam (Révélation Jazz Magazine, FIP Radio Album of the Week, Prix soliste Selmer pour Nora...), she now throws herself along under her own name into a new musical adventure with their album ONE, which will be released on January 27, 2023.

Between jazz, afro and fusion, ONE unfolds his compositions like transcultural dances and songs that radiate a warm and cheerful light. Not only because it is the artist's first project under his name, but also because to say ONE means unity, the merging: of musical genres, cultures and peoples. And what better way to express this unity than on stage? Nora Kamm puts her virtuosity at the service of emotion, playing with the saxophone's plasticity to free it from its usual practices and careful to let it sing like a multitude of human voices. The performance begins and we are enchanted from the first notes. The hips roll, the head bobs and the feet just want to dance. The body is enchanted and you just have to let yourself be carried by this unique energy.

"To get straight to the point: ONE is breathtaking." (Denis Desassis, Citizen Jazz)

Nora Kamm, saxophone
Joran Cariou, piano, keyboards
Dharil Esso, drums
Ranto An'i Avo Rakotomalala, bass
Inor Sotolongo, percussion

Nora Kamm
is a German saxophonist, singer, composer and bandleader, based in Paris.

As a recording and touring musician she has collaborated with artists such as Tayc, Pascal Obispo, Manu Dibango, Andy Sheppard, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Mariana Ramos, Paco Séry, Emile Parisien...

Nora has released two albums with her former band Dreisam which have been highly rated by major French press, radio and television, such as Jazzman Magazine (Révélation), FIP Radio (Album of the week), France TV and TéléMatin. For six years with this band, Nora performed more than 200 concerts in France and Europe. She won the Selmer Soloist Prize in 2014 and is sponsored by Vandoren.

Working with many musicians of West African origins since her arrival in Paris in 2018, Nora is driven by these influences and created an entirely new repertoire, a fresh mix between Jazz, Afro and Fusion music.

Her new album ONE is released on January 27th 2023. Nguyên Lê on guitar, Paco Sery on drums/percussion, Salimata "Tina" Traoré on vocals and Cheikh Diallo on Kora are special guests on this album.

Nora plays saxophones, flute, and includes singing on this record.

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