MOMOKO GILL x MELISSA WEIKART TRIO - Les Femmes s'en mêlent

MOMOKO GILL (uk) After spending her childhood between the USA and Japan, Momoko Gill settled in London and successfully established herself within the extraordinary creative buzz of the local experimental music scene. A drummer, keyboardist, producer, composer, and singer, she has found herself playing with Alabaster DePlume, Tirzah, Coby Sey, and Nadeem Din-Gabisi. With her deeply expressive voice, she has just released her debut album on Strut, produced by Matthew Herbert. At the crossroads of spiritual jazz, trip-hop, and Brazilian sounds, Momoko Gill, with her delicate drumming and watercolor voice, maps out new musical territories that are both radical and welcoming. MELISSA WEIKART trio (fr/us)

Franco-American musician Melissa Weikart maintains an unconditional love affair with her piano. Two voices that meet, complement each other, and evolve in parallel from their classical beginnings to more experimental open spaces, always united despite aesthetic shifts and mutating desires.

Also a member of the duo Béatrice Melissa, she solo-bends pop into strange shapes, fueled by jazz, 70s folk pop, and deep-rooted improvisational training, notably at the New England Conservatory in Boston.

Winner of the Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2022 springboard and the instrumentalist prize at the La Défense National Jazz Competition 2023, Melissa Weikart is establishing herself today as an artist apart. She will be joined by her bandmates Mackenzie Leighton and Jesa to showcase the tracks from her new album (released October 9th via Midnight Special).