Roger Jannotta & Thorsten Klentze Project

Roger Jannotta woodwinds

Thorsten Klentze guitar

Natalie Elwood vocal

Mathias Engl trumpet, flügelhorn

Paul Tietze bass

Harald Rüschenbaum drums

1. ANYWHERE WOULD BE A GOOD START BLUES FOR A BIG HOUSE BREATHLESS snip

2. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE snip

3. ROSA AND JACK snip

4. TEMPTATION snip

5. A SONG FOR JOAN snip

6. DONT BE SO STINGY snip

7. SOON snip

8. AUTUMN BALLAD snip

9. GIOVANNA snip

10. WE INDIVISIBLE SEPARATE snip

11. LEO PUFFS snip

12. GHT BLUES BLUES FOR GEROLD snip

13. RECUERDO snip

14. FIVE OCLOCK snip

15. LET IT GO snip

Roger Jannotta and Thorsten Klentze have known each other for a long time – therefore it was high time to publish the common development of their musical journey.

In the 20 years there were numerous joint projects and productions that documented their creative work. The present recordings are, so to speak, the crème de la crème of the common years.

Lyrical and modern, the sextet conjures up colorful soundscapes full of surprises, simple beauty or rousing groove over the compositions and songs of both bandleaders of those who leave a lot of room for improvisation.

With a fine sense for the choice of fellow musicians, the two have put together a top-class band from the Munich scene.

The vocalist Natalie Elwood lays unforgettable feelings on the songs with her sonorous voice and enchants the audience with her - almost instrumental sounding - improvisation.

Mathias Engl's crystal clear, supple flugelhorn and his enthralling swinging trumpet play around every complex harmonic turn with refinement.

Energetically charged, with an infectious groove - Paul Tietze plays his bass with dreamlike ease and wit, giving the music the perfect grounding.

Harald Rüschenbaum's polyrhythmic play, designed with great emotional expression, merges the sound of the band into a dynamic palette of colors.