#5198, With Charlotte Greve, Live

Brooklyn-based German saxophonist Charlotte Greve has been around for quite some time, having released nine albums as a bandleader with avant-garde indie pop group Wood River and Berlin-based jazz collective Lisbeth Quartett, as well as other collaborators. Now, she’s back with a record all her own, in which she accumulates and reflects on all her musical influences over the years, from playing classical music to listening to church music as well as metal, thanks to her brother and his friends.

“It’s a meditation for me to swim. That’s when I get my ideas,” says Greve, and oftentimes, those ideas have very humble beginnings: “One thing could be a solo piece, the other one an orchestra, but it’s, to me, the same, because it’s coming from the exact same place, which is a single note.”

Building layer upon layer over drones, either heard or implied, Greve plays atmospheric saxophone and flute textures, synthesizers, and sings ruminating lines, alongside her bandmates Charlotte Jacobs (background vocals & keys) and Buz Donald (drums), for this special live edition of New Sounds. - Sırma Munyar

(Photo of Charlotte Greve, Courtesy of the Artist)

Program #5198, With Charlotte Greve, Live (First aired 10/22/26)

ARTIST: Wood River & Charlotte Greve
WORK: Returners
RECORDING: More Than I Can See
SOURCE: Yellow Bird
INFO: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/more-than-i-can-see

ARTIST: Lisbeth Quartett
WORK: Full Circling
RECORDING: Release
SOURCE: Intakt Records
INFO: https://intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/release-2

ARTIST: Cantus Domus, Wood River & Ralf Sochazewsky
WORK: Sediments We Move: Pt. 1 
RECORDING: Charlotte Greve: Sediments We Move
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/charlotte-greve-sediments-we-move

ARTIST: Charlotte Greve
WORK: The Well
RECORDING: Live for New Sounds, October 2026
SOURCE: Not commercially available. 
INFO: The song appears on Waterbodies: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/waterbodies

ARTIST: Charlotte Greve
WORK: Desert Song
RECORDING: Live for New Sounds, October 2026
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO:  https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/waterbodies

ARTIST: Charlotte Greve
WORK: Lighter Blue
RECORDING: Live for New Sounds, October 2026
SOURCE: Not commercially available. 
INFO: The song appears on Waterbodies: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/waterbodies

ARTIST: Charlotte Greve
WORK: Wave
RECORDING: Waterbodies
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/waterbodies

ARTIST: Charlotte Greve
WORK: Sediments We Move: Pt. 1 
RECORDING: Charlotte Greve: Sediments We Move
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/charlotte-greve-sediments-we-move

ARTIST: Charlotte Greve, Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
WORK: Own Lap
RECORDING: Waterbodies
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/waterbodies

ARTIST: Tapiola Sinfonietta & Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Arvo Pärt
WORK: Summa (Version for string orchestra)
RECORDING: Part: Tabula Rasa / Frates / Collage Sur Bach
SOURCE: BIS Records
INFO: Available on digital streaming platforms including Apple Music, Spotify, etc.

ARTIST: Charlotte Greve
WORK: Membranes
RECORDING: Live for New Sounds, October 2026
SOURCE: Not commercially available. 
INFO: The song appears on Waterbodies: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/waterbodies

ARTIST: Charlotte Greve
WORK: Scorpio
RECORDING: Waterbodies
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/waterbodies

ARTIST: Wood River & Charlotte Greve
WORK: Returners
RECORDING: More Than I Can See
SOURCE: Yellow Bird
INFO: https://charlottegreve.bandcamp.com/album/more-than-i-can-see