Olivia Trummer, Jean-Lou Treboux

C2J is a touring project from internationally renowned jazz pianist Olivia Trummer in collaboration with Swiss vibraphone player Jean-Lou Treboux.

The name of the project comes from Classical to Jazz. Trummer has taken music by Bach, Mozart and Scarlatti and created inspired jazz arrangements and re-workings of each piece. A recording project, C2J One, sponsored by Bayer Kultur has been produced to coincide with the tour.

C2J is a musical project Olivia Trummer was always going to make. Having achieved international success as a jazz pianist, singer and songwriter, Trummer now embraces her rich Classical upbringing and her experience as a Classical piano soloist. Now for the first time both sides of this fascinating young artist come together in this exciting project.

Treboux is a true Jazz improviser and his musicality allows Trummer to write with a freedom guaranteed to be matched by Treboux's playing. Tastefully using his instrumental virtuosity he surprises and inspires with his instinctive and creative way of approaching the arrangements.

C2J allows Trummer to follow her sense of adventure, her appetite for improvisation and her determination not to accept the norm. With her ability to re-shape and find new meaning in the music Trummer has produced wonderful arrangements and intricate patterns that come to life when performed by the duo. The new compositions invite virtuosity and sophisticated improvisational skills - a welcome challenge for an extraordinary duo!