YOUNG FRIENDS — Great German Songbook (2005) Serie : young german jazz | FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

"Perhaps a groundbreaking project" - (SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG) ACT
Tracklist :
1    Du, Du Liegst Mir Am Herzen    1:39
2    Kauf Dir Einen Bunten Luftballon    5:06
3    Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz    4:03
4    Sie Sieht Mich Nicht    4:38
5    Nur Nicht Aus Liebe Weinen    4:49
6    Eins Und Eins    4:11
7    Auf Wiedersehn, My Dear    4:54
8    Mensch    5:38
9    Es Sungen 3 Engel    5:30
10    Ich Weiß, Es Wird Einmal Ein Wunder Geschehen    2:38
11    Strangers In The Night    5:15
Credits :
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Florian Trübsbach
Bass – Eva Kruse
Drums – Eric Schaefer
Piano – Michael Wollny
Trombone – Johannes Lauer
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Axel Schlosser

WOLLNY | KRUSE | SCHAEFER — [em] Live (2010) Serie : young german jazz | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"The crashingly vital, interactive music of this group has arrived at the top of the world's most overpopulated jazz line-up at the moment." (U. Olshausen, FAZ) "... arguably the best jazz album of the last 25 years." (Stuart Nicholson, Jazzwise UK) ACT
Tracklist :
1    Blüten    4:23
2    Shelley    3:59
3    Phlegma Phighter    8:53
4    Sov Lilla Alma    3:39
5    Kiyoshi    4:34
6    In Water    3:33
7    Etude No. 1    3:38
8    Arsène Somnambule    5:41
9    Gorilla Biscuits    5:02
10    Break It    4:14
Credits :
Bass – Eva Kruse
Drums – Eric Schaefer
Piano – Michael Wollny

WOLLNY | KRUSE | SCHAEFER — [em] II (2006) Serie : young german jazz | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"Fast-paced and original, a new European jazz emerges here that doesn't rely too much on either domestic or US traditions, which makes it incredibly exciting." - STEREOPLAY ACT
Tracklist :
1    Bruder    0:57
Composed By – Eric Schaefer / Eva Kruse / Michael Wollny
2    Phlegma Phighter    5:19
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
3    Funèbre    4:47
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
4    Irradians    2:07
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
5    Another Mr. Lizard    4:11
Composed By Michael Wollny
6    Moving    4:17
Composed By – Eva Kruse
7    Takashi    4:53
Composed By Michael Wollny
8    Schwester    1:06
Composed By – Eric Schaefer / Eva Kruse / Michael Wollny
9    So Will Die Sonn' Nun Untergehen    4:59
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
10    Walpurgisnacht    5:12
Composed By Michael Wollny
11    Brizzle    2:49
Composed By – Eva Kruse
12    Rica    4:39
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
13    Dance & Grow    2:49
Composed By – Eva Kruse
14    Schneefall    2:20
Composed By – Eva Kruse
15    Gorilla Biscuits    4:15
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
Credits :
Artwork, Cover – Carl Henrik Wigren
Bass – Eva Kruse
Drums – Eric Schaefer
Piano – Michael Wollny

WOLLNY | KRUSE | SCHAEFER — [em] 3 (2008) Serie : young german jazz | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"A stroke of luck for modern jazz" - SÜDWESTPRESSE

CD of the Month: PIANO NEWS and CHOC JAZZMAN (FR) ACT
Tracklist :
1    Sempre Igor    4:03
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
2    Arsène Somnambule    5:52
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
3    Wo Leichte Kähne Fliehen    3:25
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
4    Monsters: Symmetriads    6:19
Composed By Michael Wollny
5    Ephemere Phone    1:36
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
6    Love Of Her Life    4:34
Composed By Eva Kruse
7    Nocturne    3:54
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
8    Kiyoshi    4:33
Composed By Michael Wollny
9    Lautloser Adel    3:55
Composed By Eva Kruse
10    What Kurtag Left    2:27
Composed By Eva Kruse
11    Grieg's Last Bow    2:55
Composed By Michael Wollny
12    Gravité    4:15
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
13    Redux    3:23
Composed By – Eric Schaefer
Credits :
Bass – Eva Kruse
Cover – Petra Horn
Drums – Eric Schaefer
Piano – Michael Wollny

CHRISTOPHER DELL — The World We Knew -> Celebrating Bert Kaempfert with Ladi Geisler (2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

 "A wonderful, moderate yet innovative homage to one of the great composers of the past century by one of the great vibraphonists of our time. Light yet highly ambitious. Simply terrific." - JAZZPODIUM ACT
Tracklist :
1    Don't Talk To Me    5:56
2    Danke Schoen    3:55
3    A Swingin' Safari    7:41
4    Strangers In The Night    5:58
5    Afrikaan Beat II    2:49
6    Wiedersehn    6:28
7    It Makes No Difference    4:37
8    Spanish Eyes    3:13
9    Afrikaan Beat I    2:48
10    Geh Nicht Vorbei (I Can't Help Remembering You)    4:53
11    The World We Knew (Over And Over)    4:25
12    Love After Midnight (90 Minuten Nach Mitternacht) 4:03
Credits:
Bass – Oliver Potratz
Composed By – Bert Kaempfert
Cover – Olav Christopher Jenssen
Drums – Eric Schaefer
Guitar – Ladi Geisler
Piano – Carsten Daerr
Saxophone – Christof Lauer
Vibraphone, Producer, Liner Notes – Christopher Dell

ERIC SCHAEFER + THE SHREDZ — Bliss (2016) FLAC (tracks), lossless

On “Bliss”, Eric Schaefer and his band The Shredz blend the fusion jazz of the sixties with the jazz dub of the nineties and the club music of today to concoct an explosive hubble-bubble of a magic brew. It’s not Voodoo. It is merely style and good taste, skills and know-how, complex compositions and improvisatory passion. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Abstract Dub    3:56
2    Barber    5:45
3    LongJam    9:10
4    SlomoJam    3:02
5    Oistrakh    5:43
6    No Bottom No Top    6:07
7    ShortJam    5:30
8    Bliss    3:38
Credits :
Eric Schaefer - Drums, Modular Synthesizer (8)
John-Dennis Renken - Trumpet
Volker Meitz - Keyboards
John Eckhardt - Bass

MICHAEL WOLLNY'S [EM] — Wasted & Wanted (2012) 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The album by "Germany's strongest (jazz) musical personality since Albert Mangelssdorff" (Hamburger Abendblatt): In all the crevices where convention doesn't want them, Michael Wollny's [em] explores new music. An adventure full of ingenuity, power and virtuosity. ACT
Tracklist 1 :
1    Wasted & Wanted    3:35
2    Symphony No. V, Mov 1: Trauermarsch    3:36
3    Metall    3:51
4    Blank    5:31
5    Kulintang    3:21
6    Cembalo Manifeszt    3:13
7    Wasserklavier    2:40
8    Ihr Bild    4:51
9    Nr. 10    3:30
10    Das Modell    4:09
11    Dario    3:47
12        Whiteout    5:11
Tracklist 2 :
1    Wasted & Wanted (live)    3:37
2    Blank (live)    6:23
3    Metall (live)    4:45
4    The Fearless Vampire Killers (live)    8:07
Credits :
Bass, Glockenspiel – Eva Kruse
Cover – Daniel Richter
Drums, Performer [Kulintang], Melodica – Eric Schaefer
Piano, Spinet – Michael Wollny

JOACHIM KÜHN NEW TRIO — Beauty & Truth (2016) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Old master, young talents, and a new trio: Alongside Eric Schaefer and Chris Jennings, we experience a completely different Joachim Kühn on "Beauty & Truth": powerful, clear, and to the point. Always firmly rooted in the groove. Overflowing with unrestrained joy of playing and plenty of soul. Not wise with age but as current as ever. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Beauty And Truth 1:22
Composed By – Ornette Coleman
2    The End 4:02
Composed By – The Doors
3    Because Of Mouloud 3:48
Composed By – Joachim Kühn
4    Sleep On It 4:15
Composed By – Stand High Patrol
5    Intim 2:47
Composed By – Joachim Kühn
6    Transmitting 6:09
Composed By – Joachim Kühn
7    Summertime 3:23
Composed By – George Gershwin
8    Riders On The Storm 3:35
Composed By – The Doors
9    Machineria 3:19
Composed By – Joachim Kühn
10    Sleep Safe And Warm 3:53
Composed By – Krzysztof Komeda
11    Kattorna 3:53
Composed By – Krzysztof Komeda
12    Blues For Pablo 8:31
Composed By – Gil Evans
Credits :
Bass – Chris Jennings
Cover – Heimo Zobernig
Drums – Eric Schaefer
Piano, Producer – Joachim Kühn