https://youtu.be/Lt5UZwRWr2M

Daniel Manrique-Smith / C, alto & bass flutes
Johann May / e-guitar
Ben Tai Trawinski / bass
Nico Stallmann / drums

"Vertical lift-off" was how broadcaster NDR described Jin Jim’s rise on the German jazz scene. These words are justified, if one considers the relatively short backstory which now culminates in their ACT debut album “Weiße Schatten” (White Shadows).In 2013 Peruvian-born flautist Daniel Manrique-Smith, bassist Ben Tai Trawinski, guitarist Johann May and drummer Nico Stallmann started up Jin Jim. In their first year as a band they were voted through by the public into the finals of the JazzTube Festival in Bonn. In the following year, the quartet won the “Future Sounds” competition at the Leverkusener Jazztage festival out of a field of nearly 200 entrants, and also released their first album “Die Ankunft” (The Arrival). Their meteoric ascent is based on the innovation which they bring to the music. Latin, jazz and rock al...


Recording Information

01, 04, 07 - 09 composed by Ben Tai Trawinski,
02 by Jan Akkerman, 03 by Daniel Manrique-Smith,
05 & 06 by Johann May

Music arranged and produced by Jin Jim
Executive Producer: Siggi Loch

Recorded by Wolfgang Stach
at maarwegstudio2, Cologne, February 1 - 3, 2018
Mixed by Wolfgang Stach
Mastered by Klaus Scheuermann

Cover art by Joanna Broda