“Dazzling- in so many ways.” Jazzthetik 2024

“Hardly any other singer knows how to create songs that come across as unobtrusively light but have such a haunting depth.” Jazzthing 2024

“Expand" is an international collaboration project by Jazz singer and composer Sara Decker.

The program features a wide range of intimate duo and explosive quartet/quintet compositions by up-and-coming female jazz musicians from the German-American jazz scene. Melodious themes mingle with rhythmically complex layers.

• Vocals/composition: Sara Decker

• Trumpet/flugelhorn: Heidi Bayer (Cologne)

• Vibraphone: Yuhan Su (Taiwan/ New York)

• Bass/ compostion: Kaisa Mäensivu (Finland/ New York)

• Drums/ compostion: Mareike Wiening (Cologne)

• "expand" is supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.