Jin Jim is one of the "absolute shooting star bands in the German jazz scene" (NDR).
Their rapid success is based on the innovation they bring to
their music: Latin, jazz, and rock fuse with unprecedented force. They create
rhythmically complex yet harmonically accessible music, drawing influences from
flamenco, Indian music, and pop.
The band's perfect harmony is achieved with guitarist Johann
May, bassist Ben Tai Trawinski, and drummer Nico Stallmann laying the rhythmic
foundation, over which Daniel Manrique-Smith's flute can soar. Manrique-Smith's
flute ranges from a bright classical tone to the lightly aspirated, bright
coloration of Latin American music and wild jazz solos.
When Manrique-Smith hums, blows, and sings into his instrument, it might remind listeners of Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.
