Translation of the original Japanese text





» the lead:

"It's a classical vocal concert and at the same time it's a jazz gig."
Mellow Melange Trio, who attracted the audience with its sound and music
which is more than classic, jazz and pop music, presented their new CD "Gift"
earlier than everywhere else. People call their music "new acoustic music".

» the body text:

"That sound was so different and attractive that it made me stop and I couldn't move
from that place anymore. The next thing I noticed was that I was walking around
to find out where is was coming from."

It was at the Frankfurt Music Messe being held every year. In a hall filled
with heaps of different sounds I was pulled to that voice and I found them.

They are based in Bremen, that city in Germany where the legendary Bremen
music band hails from. It's a famous town as everybody in the world knows the Grimm's fairy tale
about the animal music band. The Mellow Melange Trio produces and sends out its music from
that old town to all of Europe. People don't mind where the group's music, genre, language or
they themselves are from.

The city of Bremen is beautiful. The traveller will fall in love with this town Mellow Melange are singing in.

"Hey my Love", the song that the group's vocalist Sonja sings, brings the sound that was born in Bremen,
where the air still is filled with the atmosphere of history and the new age of Germany.

» introductory essay for Mellow Melange

Mellow Melange Trio consists of the main trio being Ingo, Sonja and Michael. In addition come clarinet, doublebass and percussion. They form the group from the main trio to the band of six according to the single pieces of music.

Starting from jazz, then classical, with its mysterious sound and voice, their music not only is crossing over any genre of music but also the borders of countries all over the world. Sonja's attractive voice supported by Michael's piano gives an additional special touch to Ingo's compositions.

They have released a lot of CDs and records. Sonja: the vocal and violin. Graduated from Hamburg Music College, where she studied classical but also musical singing and jazz-violin. Ingo: the composer. He gives lots of compositions to different artists and at the same time plays within the group. Michael: the pianist. He started as a jazz-pianist and has performed with lots of musicians. He also participates in classical music festivals.

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