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Heinz Sauer
If (Blue) Then (Blue)

VÖ: 08.01.2010

Genre: Piano Jazz

€17.50*

ACT 9493-2, 614427949325

Heinz Sauer / tenor saxophone
Michael Wollny / piano (on 1/7/9/10/11/13/16), fender rhodes (#04)
Joachim Kühn / piano (on 2/3/5/6/8/12/14/15)

Recorded on 22nd - 24th August and mastered on 01 October by Adrian von Ripka at Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg, 2009
Produced by Siegfried Loch

"Heinz Sauer's playing is of incomparable density, wisdom, vitality, beauty and unpredictability. A giant." FAZ

Heinz Sauer

Heinz Sauer, born in 1932, is considered a "giant" (FAZ) and a "master of the saxophone" (DIE ZEIT). The tenor saxophonist has preserved his creativity and vital, unpredictable playing style to this day. Since his early days performing alongside Albert Mangelsdorff, he has been at the heart of European jazz history and is regarded as a foundational figure in German jazz. As a member of the hr-Jazzensemble, in his long-standing collaboration with pianist Bob Degen, and since 1999 in a duo with Michael Wollny, Heinz Sauer has always sought the highest level of expression on his instrument. Through mutual inspiration, he has celebrated the freedom of modern jazz.