Name: Yucca Rose Jazz Vocalist Genres: Smooth Jazz / Art / Theater Label: Rose Records and Publishing Management: Rose Entertainment BIOGRAPHY: Yukke Roswenda Heckmann, better known as Yucca Rose, is a World Music performer and Ethnic Jazz vocalist from Malang in East Java, where she was born on June 21st, 1979. To further her musical career, she moved to Jakarta to study at Elfa Music Studio and Institut Music Daya Indonesia. Over the last fourteen years, she performed with a wide variety of jazz bands / solo artists and recorded two albums with her Jakarta based orchestra "Major Seventh" (the self titled "Major Seventh" debut album and the second album named "Eastern Sunrise" both published by DiscTarra Indonesia). She released her first solo album "Tree of Life" in March of 2013 and the second album "Radio Dalam Orchestra - Wir haven Spass" in 2016. All albums and two single releases feature some of the greatest Indonesian jazz musicians and include collaborations with European Jazz and World Music artists. She is produced by her husband, the German musician and audio engineer Peter Heckmann and now divides her time between Indonesia and Germany. As a highly regarded contemporary painter and designer, Yucca Rose still finds the time to paint constantly adding to her extensive collection of artwork. Additionally, she creates larger scale wall murals, unique bamboo toys and wood sculptures and adds her unique and colorful painting style to recycled wood boxes, wardrobes and tea-containers in her Rumah Kreatif workshop in Indonesia.