Charlotte Greve announces debut solo album Waterbodies & shares lead single ‘Membranes’
German-born, Brooklyn-based saxophonist, composer, and singer Charlotte Greve announces WATERBODIES, her debut solo album in her own name following nine releases under various band aliases, out October 2 via New Amsterdam. It’s also her first release since her 2021 breakthrough Sediments We Move. “Although this is my 10th release, in many ways it feels like a debut,” says Greve. “It captures the full range of what I’ve been drawn to musically. Rather than narrowing things down, I wanted to open them up, placing these disparate influences side by side and trusting their connection would come through because they’re all channeled through me.”
Produced by Grammy-nominated Shahzad Ismaily, WATERBODIES features an expansive cast, including the New York-based vocal ensemble KHORIKOS and the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. Greve (a sought-after sidewoman for artists including Chris Morrissey, Laura Veirs, Cass McCombs, Cassandra Jenkins and Matt Pavolka) channels that same range of collaboration into her own work. The album is a deliberate rejection of stylistic cohesion and her most personal to date, written while Greve was pregnant with her daughter and first child.