Video: Susanne Alt Organ Trio live in Bastia/Corsica
While I am still working on the video from Bimhuis, Amsterdam, here's the footage of our concert in Bastia, Corsica (France). I play together with Cyril Directie on drums and Hans de Wild (organ). A new formation which is also available for bookings :-) So we have the 5-piece band, consisting of sax, keys, bass, drums, percussion; and we have this more compact setting with sax, organ and drums. This setting is known as Organ Trio, inspired by Fred Wesley's band "Generations". Let me know what you think in a short comment on Youtube!
What you cannot see in this video is the stress I had from KLM who lost my suitcase and until 30 minutes before this concert I didn't have an outfit.. All my clothes were gone plus merchandise and everything else.. It was hard to shop for an outfit in Bastia because of 2 factors: People are of a different body size (I am 1,83m/6 ft tall) and women have to choice of only 2 directions: either you have to shop for a gown of €1000 and up in one of the fancy boutiques or there's office, casual or lounge wear. Thank god for Mango on 4 Bd Paoli! Thanks to the 2 dedicated staff members I could fix this lovely outfit. So what happened to the suitcase then? Eventually, after several days, my suitcase got delivered, but at the wrong address, which lead to more work and change of plans. Guess what, when flying back to Amsterdam, my suitcase was lost again, but resurfaced after 1,5 hours waiting. In the end, everything was solved, I got the money back and I had my gear.
Note to self and to others: Always put your stage outfit and a part of your merchandise in your hand luggage!
Thank you so much Jazz Equinoxe for the lovely booking and I hope to be back! Thank you Michel Maestracci for the great hospitality! Because everything was taken care of, we could forget the trouble during the concert and focus on making music for the lovely audience in a sold out venue.
Today is the official release of my latest album Dark Horse!Pictured here: Susanne Alt and Dark Horse drummer Willie Jones III in The Hague a few weeks ago.Dark Horse, along with all other previous albums, is available in my shop. If you want to support me, this is the best way, apart from buying the items after a concert. If you order your CD or LP here you will get a handwritten card from me and I will post it personally :-) 100% of the revenue will go to the artist and her label.But Susanne, I thought Dark Horse was already released 2 weeks ago at your concert at Bimhuis?That was a sort of pre-release concert. I chose this moment to sell physical merchandise there because once there's a digital release, for some people it will lead to less physical sales. On the other hand, digital platforms are a chance to let people listen and let them decide how they want to listen. I get it, it's convenient, and I also use a lot of streaming media for learning music and teaching. Personally, I choose to buy an album when I really love the music and/or want to support the artist, especially if it's self-released. Did you know that it takes more than 2000 Spotify streams to equal a revenue of €10? Sometimes, at concerts I get into discussions, why I sell my cd's and vinyls so cheap?People tell me I should be charging €15 or even €20 per cd and €30 or €35 for an album. I feel I don't have to make more profit on top. I rather want to encourage you to buy some of my previous albums... and carry it the brand new tote bag :-)Also, we used the concert at Bimhuis for shooting video material. In about 2 weeks I will send a newsletter with an overall update, also including brand new footage of this new music, so stay tuned. Subscribe here (Subscribe form on the website).Other ways to buy Dark Horse:If you happen to have a gift voucher from bol.com, order it from there. There's distribution in Germany for the people that like to order it via WOM, HHV and other shops.Super happy to make this happen, also extra shout out to German distributor Plattenfirma to go. I wish there was a service like that in Benelux and other countries as well! I definitely can recommend their services.And, how convenient, since today Dark Horse is out on all digital platforms.Reviews and radio airplay are coming in one by one, mostly involved, interesting and positive responses. Sometimes I read that the expectations of the writer was different, or sometimes things are misunderstood, but you know, what really counts is that people take the effort to write about it!!! Writing about culture is important, wherefore thank you everyone who makes it happen. I really appreciate it and feel humbled. Thank you Jazzfuel once more again for the outstanding service and communication.From time to time, Incoming press will be added to the press section, so if you come back sometimes, you can see that it will be filling up. Also, if you want you can read around in our archives with all the articles about previous albums. - While I am still working on the video from Bimhuis, Amsterdam, here's the footage of our concert in Bastia, Corsica (France).I play together with Cyril Directie on drums and Hans de Wild (organ). A new formation which is also available for bookings :-)So we have the 5-piece band, consisting of sax, keys, bass, drums, percussion; and we have this more compact setting with sax, organ and drums. This setting is known as Organ Trio, inspired by Fred Wesley's band Generations. Let me know what you think in a short comment on Youtube!What you cannot see in this video is the stress I had from KLM who lost my suitcase and until 30 minutes before this concert I didn't have an outfit.. All my clothes were gone plus merchandise and everything else..It was hard to shop for an outfit in Bastia because of 2 factors:People are of a different body size (I am 1,83m/6 ft tall) and women have to choice of only 2 directions: either you have to shop for a gown of €1000 and up in one of the fancy boutiques or there's office, casual or lounge wear. Thank god for Mango on 4 Bd Paoli! Thanks to the 2 dedicated staff members I could fix this lovely outfit.So what happened to the suitcase then? Eventually, after several days, my suitcase got delivered, but at the wrong address, which lead to more work and change of plans. Guess what, when flying back to Amsterdam, my suitcase was lost again, but resurfaced after 1,5 hours waiting. In the end, everything was solved, I got the money back and I had my gear.Note to self and to others: Always put your stage outfit and a part of your merchandise in your hand luggage!Thank you so much Jazz Equinoxe for the lovely booking and I hope to be back! Thank you Michel Maestracci for the great hospitality! Because everything was taken care of, we could forget the trouble during the concert and focus on making music for the lovely audience in a sold out venue.
