Klaus Heidenreich

In spite of the surprisingly numerous known colleagues, Klaus Heidenreich has become established and became the successor to  Nils Landgren as member of the NDR Big Band in 2008. In addition to the "leader" (expressed in a better way: primus inter pares) Heidenreich, keyboard player Sebastian Sternal deserves special mention. He is anyhow one of the most skillful among the new, young and wild Germans on the keyboard. However, Heidenreich and Sternal could not perform so entertainingly if they were not supported fittingly by the rhythm group composed of Robert Landfermann on bass and Jonas Burgwinkel on drums. Both have won the WDR prize for improvisation. They play here so inconspicuously as required and as present as possible. If "Travel Notes" were a book, you would have to read between the lines for the contributions of these two – and have fun doing it.