"Very exciting music, an excellent quartet"
(Bert Noglik, former curator of the Berlin Jazz Festival)
"Marvelous...very fine the whole thing..."
(fellow clarinetist Rudi Mahall)
Recorded live on one single afternoon in February 2020 shortly before the first covid lockdown at Tito Knapp's "Zentrifuge" in Berlin this is an absolutely singular album.
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It captures the spontaneity and creativity of a real concert event.
There is no professional recording with harmonica as part of the ensemble in the field between Improvised Music and Contemporary Jazz that shows more musicality, exceptional sound conceptions & craftsmanship than "BERLIN, GERMANY" by the BROEDE SCHIRMER UNIT.
As Berlin still is my favorite city, we choose to find the titles for the music referring to certain places there.
1. Prominent Promenade on Planufer 11:55
2. Two im Monbijou 03:24
3. Viktoria Goes Parking 03:17
4. Sommerfrische Humboldt 15:55
5. Please Cross at Kaisersteg ! 03:49
6. West Ending 09:00
BERND OEZSEVIM - drums
JAN RODER - bass
TOBIAS SCHIRMER - clarinets
MAT BROEDE - harmonica, piano
