Camila Meza at BMW-Welt Munich Feb 2015 Photo credit: Ralf Dombrowski

There was very fine competition-concert today at the matinee of the BMW Welt Jazz Awards here in Munich.  Camila Meza is a vocalist and guitarist from Chile, based in New York. She has very good chances indeed of becoming far more widely known. She presented a well-judged and confidently presented combination of Brazil, songwriting, mainstream modern jazz, and – not least – charm. Not at its heart essentially innovative, but definitely heart-warming, and she has a fabulous band: Shai Maestro, Linda Oh, Kendrick Scott … which is also the personnel on a new CD, just recorded and to be released later. Very classy…

Kendrick Scott at BMW-Welt Munich Feb 2015 Photo credit: Ralf Dombrowski

Linda Oh at BMW-Welt Munich Feb 2015 Photo credit: Ralf Dombrowski

Shai Maestro at BMW-Welt Munich Feb 2015 Photo credit: Ralf Dombrowski

Camila Meza at BMW-Welt Munich Feb 2015 Photo credit: Ralf Dombrowski