The MARION & SOBO BAND returns for the third time to the Bonner Pantheon, bringing a truckload of new songs! The German-French-Polish band creates its own modern style from global music and vocal jazz, proving that handmade, acoustic music can be not only delicate, contemplative, and colorful but also high-energy and powerful even without drums. The Bonn ensemble, featuring the multilingual singer Marion Lenfant-Preus and guitarist Alexander „Sobo“ Sobocinski, presents their third studio album „gomera“, dedicated to the landscape and cultural diversity of the Canary Island, where the two have spent many winters and gathered many song ideas. Stylistically colorful with Gypsy Jazz, Rumba, Balkan and Chanson sounds. Linguistically diverse with songs (in French and also in English, Spanish, German, and Romani) that invite dancing and dreaming.
Marion Lenfant-Preus / Vocals, Guitar
Alexander Sobocinski, Guitar
Stefan Berger, Double Bass
Frank Brempel, Violin
PRESS RESPONSES to the program „gomera“ 2024/2025
„Gomera“ Album of the Week at WDR3
„Music that roots in nearly a hundred-year-old Jazz Manouche but alters and refreshes it with new influences.“ -- Jazzthetik
„Bringing the sound of Django Reinhardt into the 21st century, the Marion & Sobo Band achieves this effortlessly on their third album „Gomera“. Although the famous Gypsy Swing is their foundation, one never gets the idea of listening to music from the past.“ -- FAZ
„The Marion & Sobo Band is a group that virtuously juggles languages and effortlessly brings jazz pearls to shine. The audience was thrilled.“ -- Die Rheinpfalz
„Alexander Sobocinski, together with frontwoman Marion Lenfant-Preus, humorously and charmingly guided the program. From the first beat, the Franco-American singer captivated the audience with her relaxed and energetic style, taking them on a turbulent journey through the band's original compositions, pieces from older albums, and songs from the new album „gomera“, French chansons, new interpretations of jazz standards, and more, which invited some viewers to stand up early from their seats and let the music sweep them away.“ -- Hersbrucker Schweiz
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Video: "Epina Swing" - live @ Bardentreffen, Nuremberg
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Video: Putting on the Ritz // Insta-Reel
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