Good Morning Midnight:past is present Edition

Good Morning Midnight by Julia Hülsmann Trio and Roger Cicero captures a rare and poignant intersection of voices - marking both an ending and a beginning. For Julia Hülsmann, it completes her celebrated trilogy exploring the interplay between jazz and poetry. For Roger Cicero, it represents an early and striking step into the spotlight, revealing a side of his artistry far removed from the mainstream success that would soon follow.

At the heart of the album are the words of Emily Dickinson, whose introspective, timeless poetry finds a new resonance within Hülsmann’s subtle and deeply atmospheric compositions. Bridging centuries and sensibilities, music moves effortlessly between intimacy and openness, light and shadow. Cicero’s vocal performance brings these contrasts vividly to life, balancing curiosity, vulnerability and quiet intensity with remarkable sensitivity.

Supported by Hülsmann’s trio and enriched by delicate arrangements, ‘Good Morning Midnight’ unfolds as a nuanced dialogue between literature and sound. It is an album of reflection and discovery, where jazz becomes a language capable of connecting distant worlds and revealing new emotional depths.

A defining recording - now rediscovered as part of past is present.