Julian and Roman Wasserfuhr - Landed in Brooklyn (2017)

German brothers Julian and Roman Wasserfuhr show the action-packed nature of Brooklyn through hard-hitting, horn-and-piano entanglements. Their new album, Landed in Brooklyn and features established musicians, like Grammy-winning Blackstar tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin, who is all over this nine-track extravaganza, bassist Tim Lefebvre, and Kneebody drummer Nate Wood. Julian plays trumpet and flugelhorn, while Roman goes off on piano, marimba, and seaboard. The two received the break of a lifetime when Siegfried “Siggi” Loch, founder of the independent German jazz label ACT, gave the brothers their first shot at 17 and 20.

The Wasserfuhrs’ 2006 debut album Remember Chet, from ACT’s “Young German Jazz” series, opened the door to three more recordings, each more adventurous, original, and conceptual than the last. For their fifth album, the Wasserfuhr brothers go deep into the conceptual to depict the Brooklyn they know and love - with the inspiring nudge of Loch.

“When Siggi Loch called us up last year, and asked if we were interested in making another album for the ACT label, naturally we agreed - but we also admitted that we hadn’t really given it much thought, and we certainly didn’t have a unifying concept,” the brothers explained in the liner notes. “So it was our good fortune when he threw a suggestion into the discussion: we should head off for New York, be inspired by the magic of the city, and of course, by all the jazz to be found there. Plans started to fall into place quite swiftly. The bedrock of our studio band would be Tim Lefebvre on bass and Nate Wood on drums, both of whom agreed straight away to get involved. But the cherry on this particular cake was the opportunity to draft in Donny McCaslin.”

TRACKLIST

01. Bernie's Tune (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood) [feat. Donny McCaslin]
02. Tutto (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood)
03. Tinderly (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood) [feat. Donny McCaslin]
04. Durch den Monsun (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood) [feat. Donny McCaslin]
05. Carlo (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood)
06. S.N.C.F. (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood) [feat. Donny McCaslin]
07. Ella (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood)
08. Seven Days (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood)
09. First Rays of Dawn (with Tim Lefebvre & Nate Wood) [feat. Donny McCaslin]