Feb 3rd Manon Mullener releases her new album Insomnia. Available here

For her second album, Insomnia, pianist Manon Mullener performs with a quintet formed by young musicians bursting with creativity from the Swiss jazz scene.

With Insomnia, we witness the diversity that jazz has to offer. Influences sometimes jazz, sometimes Latin, Manon makes us travel in her universe for a colorful result and a guaranteed freshness.These musical explorations remain animated by Manon's trademark: an overflowing energy and a groove that never fails to make one dream and even dance.

Manon Mullener is a 25 year old pianist from Fribourg, Switzerland. Born into a family of musicians, she began her studies in Fribourg and then at the Bern University of Music, alongside Colin Vallon and Django Bates. In 2019 she recorded her first album as a piano duo with Cesar Correa and David Stauffacher on percussion. In 2022 she launched the Manon Mullener 5tet and recorded their first album, Insomnia, that same year. Despite her young age, Manon has performed and toured in numerous clubs and festivals in Switzerland and abroad, including France, Germany, Spain and Mexico.

Personnel

Manon Mullener – piano and composition

Victor Decamp – trombone

Samuel Urscheler – saxophones

Benjamin Jaton – doublebass

Lucien Mullener – drums

Recorded by Sacha Ruffieux at Studio de la Fonderie, Fribourg

Mixed and mastered by Erwan Boulay at Studio Sextan, Paris

Artwork by hervé studio, Fribourg

 All tracks written and arranged by Manon Mullener.

Manon Mullener website