We made our very first visit to Berlin tonight to see the Tina Schlieske Sextet play. On stage was Tina Schlieske (vocals), Cody McKinney (bass), Pete Hennig (drums), Bryan Nichols (piano), Zacc Harris (guitar), and Brandon Wozniak (saxophone).

Tina has been dipping into jazz and doing jazz focused shows and this show was all jazz in a great jazz venue. They did two one hour sets with a break in the middle. It was all great with the highlight for me being when they did some Frank Sinatra songs. Tina really nails those songs with tons of energy. Her other favorites are Nina Simone and Billie Holiday.

I think they hit every song on the recently released album “The Good Life”. If you like jazz you should give it a listen.