Dummer Mareike Wiening Introduces Metropolis Paradise

About

An in-demand sidewoman on the fertile jazz scenes of both New York City and her native Nuremberg, Germany, drummer Mareike Wiening [pronounced: Mar-eye-kuh Vee-ning] asserts her extraordinary talents as composer, player and bandleader on Metropolis Paradise, her first full-length CD and debut on the Greenleaf Music label.

Mareike Wiening – drums, composition
Rich Perry – tenor saxophone
Glenn Zaleski – piano
Alex Goodman – guitar
Johannes Felscher – bass

Drummer, composer and bandleader Mareike Wiening has distinguished herself bringing “a planar modulating harmonic language and a propulsive drift” (New York Times) to the most compelling jazz music of today. Wiening’s music was described as “thoroughly modern, progressive jazz … many layers that unfold with each repeated hearing; she will most definitely become a leading part of the jazz scene in the years to come.” (All About Jazz)

www.mareikewiening.com // www.greenleafmusic.com