Mike Hertings Bruderschaft

The cosmopolitan point of view is reflected in the band members of the brotherhood. There is the Cologne alto saxophone player Heiner Wiberny, who has played in the WDR Big Band for many years. The guitarist Paul Shigihara, born in Tokyo, also plays in the WDR Big Band. Ramesh Shothamm, percussionist, was born in Madras, and like Herting was also a close friend of the late Charlie Mariano. Then there is Matthias Schriefl (trumpet), who is one of the most successful German jazz musicians with "Shreefpunk" (ACT). As the icing on the cake, there are two guests who create some great highlights: the drummer Paul Kuhns (Willy Ketzer) and "Fesperanto" (as Peter Fessler calls himself). The successful singer did not want to miss the chance to contribute his remarkable voice to two pieces. The idea to provide a basis to "his" brotherhood of musicians with a CD was already born years ago, and Herting has been working since then on a cycle of compositions for this group with different band members. A double CD with 17 pieces resulted. They represent the music cosmos of Herting with different sounds, rhythms, elements of various jazz styles, world music touches from Africa to India, and homage to idols (such as Abdullah Ibrahim and Charlie Mariano). And they were composed for a brotherhood, which meets for a creative dialog in these songs and which interprets the multifaceted harmonic and melodic ideas with improvisation