NEW ALBUM COMING SOON

Yumi Ito’s new concept album, Distant Voices, reflects on themes of identity, matriarchy, and transformation, with symbols of nature and flowers woven throughout. Blending jazz, art-pop, and classical influences, the Swiss-Polish-Japanese artist moves beyond genre boundaries to capture a sense of connection and introspection.

The release of the album will be accompanied by an international tour (2025/2026) in Europe, Asia, the USA and South America.

The Band

  • Alessio Cazzetta

    — guitar

    Alessio Cazzetta is a Swiss guitarist with Italian and South African roots. His music combines influences from Coltrane, Hendrix, Indian classical, and neo-romantic music. Cazzetta’s musical journey has taken him around the world, sharing stages with David Binney, Yumi Ito, Vijay Iyer, Nat Su, and others. He has performed at festivals such as the Kathmandu Jazz Festival, Cairo Jazz Festival, and Montreux Jazz Festival, and in renowned clubs across Europe. His new album Love, Death & The Eternal Blues (VÖ 2024 via Unit Records) addresses the existential struggles of life. Alessio Cazzetta is both a guitarist and composer and currently lives in Basel.

  • Nadav Erlich

    — double bass

    Nadav Erlich is an Israeli double bass player and composer based in Basel, Switzerland. He began his studies at the Conservatory of Rosh Pina. Later he studied at the Tel Aviv Conservatory and has graduated his Master in Double Bass and Composition in Basel, Switzerland. As an in-demand bassist among the rising talents of the newer Jazz generation Nadav is collaborating with a large scope of diverse musicians such as Malcom Braff, Silvan Joray’s Clusters, Miriam Hässig’s Aye, the quintet Ayna Veer, Phelan Burgoyne Trio, Francesca Gaza, Jordi Pallares Project, the Basel based Quintet Katom, Yumi Ito and more.

  • Iago Fernández

    — drums

    Iago Fernández is a Galician drummer and composer living in Baselland. Since
    the age of 18, he has performed regularly at festivals and clubs in America, Asia and throughout Europe, especially in Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. He has performed with artists such as Lionel Loueke, Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Steve Nelson, Jesse van Ruller, Jorge Rossy, Marta Sanchez and many others. Fernández can also be heard on more than 50 albums, four of them as bandleader and composer: Agromando (2011), Acougo (2015), Brisa (2016) and Luzada (2022). Other projects currently include Yumi Ito, wiz, Iannis Obiols and Fernando Brox.