Holly Cole: vocal, Aaron Davis: piano, David Piltch: double-bass, Davide Direnzo: drums, John Johnson: reeds, Bob Piltch: guitar

Cymin Samawatie: vocals; Benedikt Jahnel: piano; Ralf Schwarz: double-bass; Ketan Bhatti: drums, percussion

ECM debut for a young band already making waves internationally. Cyminology proposes a unique intercultural chamber jazz, by turns poetic, sensual, melancholic, dynamic and pulsating. Based in Berlin the band features a singer of Iranian descent, an Indian drummer, a French-born pianist and a German bassist. Leader Cymin Samawatie is not only a charismatic frontwoman but also the author of most of the band’s material. She writes texts in Farsi (Persian) and sets them to her own music, often developed through improvising. As well as her own lyrics, Cymin also sings classic Sufi texts from Rumi and Hafez, masters of Persian poetry, and 20th verse of Iranian proto-feminist Farough Farrokhzãd.

Cymin Samawatie: voice, Benedikt Jahnel: piano, Ralf Schwarz: double-bass, Ketan Bhatti: drums

Zuzana Dumková: voices, electric & acoustic guitar, banjo, slide, bow, glass harp 
Marcel Bárta: tenor and soprano saxophone 
Michal Nejtek: keyboards 
Andrés Ibarburu: bassguitar 
Miloš Dvořáček: drums, percussions,vocal 
 
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Nicolas Ibarburu: electric guitar 
Martin Ibarburu: drums
Tomáš Liška: double bass
Johanka Linhartová: vocal 

Zuzana Dumková - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bassguitar, zither, percussions
Oskar Török - trumpet; Marcel Bárta - saxophones, basklarinet; René Pařez - electric guitar; Josef Štěpánek - steel guitar; Jakub Vejnar - bassguitar; Rastislav Uhrík - double bass; Roman Vícha - drums; Radek Němejc - conga, maracas

Elina Duni: voice, piano, guitar, percussion

Elina Duni: voice
Colin Vallon: piano
Patrice Moret: double-bass
Norbert Pfammatter: drums