Jyoti Verhoeff | tl

Georgia Anne Muldrow’s next project is unlike anything she’s ever released. Georgia Anne Muldrow’s jazz persona is named is Jyoti – a Sanscrit word meaning “light”- and it is the name given to her from “the great and masterful ancestor” Alice Coltrane who was a family friend. Her first record composed as Jyoti is entitled “Ocotea“- the name of an aromatic wood that her mother had recently given her, and she told me that burning this wood is what sparked the inspiration for creating the “free-jazz” sound of the album. Entirely instrumental, the 9 track experience draws from an ocean...

With their instruments, voices and beautiful compositions they lure you into the depth and welcome you in the marvelous land of imagination, where nothing is predictable anymore and yet everything is recognizable. Born with disabled vision, Jyoti taught herself to play the piano. Her remarkably expressive and intimate playing is endowed with beautiful taste of authenticity. Her pure and soul stirring voice adds an intensity and depth that will not leave many people untouched. Maya is a classical trained cellist who started to play cello when she was 6 years old and seems melted with her instrument. Her passionate and...