“Sara Decker's bright, clear voice is a feast for the ears, the finely spun accompaniment (...) a delight.”- Concerto Magazine 2021
“Sara Decker masters the difficult discipline of setting German poetry to music with elegance and grace, and she has excellent instrumentalists at her side. She is considered a rising star of the European vocal jazz scene and won second prize at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Voice Competition.”
MDR Kultur, Women in Jazz 2020
Sara Deckers’ second Album ‚poetryfied‘ with her Cologne based quartet features Ms. Deckers original compositions to German poems of R. M. Rilke and Emily Dickenson.
The musicians are all currently coming up in the European Jazz scene. The pianist on this album is talented Billy Test who currently holds the piano chair at WDR Bigband. On bass and drums you can enjoy listening to Nicolai Amrehn and Jeroen Truyen.
Other tracks feature soli by German trumpet player Heidi Bayer and tenor player Stefan Karl Schmidt.
“poetryfied” was released on AMC records 2020.
“poetryfied" is supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
