An interview with Reed player Nicole Johänntgen: Nicole Johänntgen Solo II at Gotthard Hospice chapel
Janice: Nicole, can you share with us the inspiration behind your soon to be released solo album? Nicole: It is about the slow down. To be aware of the moment. Wherever you are, depth and inner peace. I wanted to share this moments on the album with lots of human beings. It can help you to feel yourself again. To feel time more slowly. It doesn't matter where you come from, who you are, whether you like classical, jazz, rock or pop. I believe that this music helps you to help yourself. Janice: I know you are very much engaged with encouraging young women musicians through your workshops with SOFIA. Can you share with us when and how you became involved. Nicole: I was in 2003 part of the Sisters in Jazz IAJE meeting for more than one week in Toronto. I played with five more American female jazz musicians. We played at the Mary Lou Williams Festival and much more. We met Oscar Peterson and he listened to our concert. Usually it is the other ...