Günter Baby Sommer is at the height of his musical ca- reer. The Dresden jazz innovator, who together with the pi- oneering generation of jazz has unbounded drumming and developed his own sound, presents a refreshing album with a cross-generational quartet with the Lucaciu brothers. “The other three members of the quartet are two generations younger. Günter Baby Sommer’s music and presence be- long to the inventory of traditions they feel inspired by and to which they have therefore orientated themselves. Jazz for them is a historical project which they approach with much warmth. Thus between these four musicians there is an electricity feeding on their similarities and differences – not only in age – and not diffused by any concessions”, writes Hans-Jürgen Linke in the liner notes.

Cover Art: Kornelios Grammenos, Knights, 1993
Graphic Design: Paul Bieri
Liner Notes: Hans-Jürgen Linke
Photo: Tobias Sommer

Compositions by Günter Baby Sommer, Robert Lucaciu, Simon Lucaciu. Recorded January 10, 2022, live at Loft Köln and January 11, 2022, at Studio Loft Köln, Germany. Recording engineer: Christian Heck. Mixed March 18, 2022, by Michael Brändli, Robert Lucaciu and Patrik Landolt at Hardstudios Winterthur, Switzerland. Mastered by Michael Brändli. Produced and published by Intakt Records.