Die Enttäuschung has worked its way through whatever combination of bass clarinet, trumpet, double bass and drum you can think of. With Alexander von Schlippenbach they scored a coup: Monk’s entire oeuvre presented in one live concert and documented in a three-CD box set. the Enttäuschung not only absorbed an unbelievable amount of jazz history, they also transferred it into a living musical process, musical lava. Rudi Mahall writes in the CD-booklet of the forth release on Intakt Records:

„...with our leaning to perseverance practiced over 20 years we searched for a congenial drummer and we got Michael Griener aboard: 100 % enthusiasm as prerequisite and the same taste... in a band like this the drums are the fulcrum, they navigate sound and form, like a conductor does in a classical orchestra, and Michael Griener is a master! And why add Christof Thewes? First: once you find a songwriter of this caliber hold on to him! Second: every band needs a trombonist like this! Third: Thewes gives hell to the wind section and Four: he is the most full-blown improviser. The engine runs like greased lightning – hear for yourself!“

Cover art: katja Mahall
Photo: Robert Hödicke and Eckhart Derschmidt
Lithograph: Karl Mahall
Graphic design: Jonas Schoder
Liner notes: Die Enttäuschung

Recorded April 11, 12, 2017, in Berlin by Christian Betz, Berlinaudio. Produced by Die Enttäuschung & Intakt Records.