For fifteen years, the trio Bauer-Kowald-Sommer toured, playing at nume- rous festivals in Europe and the USA, at the "Black Art Festival" in Atlanta City or at the "Vision Festival" in New York. In December 2001, the three made their way into the studio in Zurich and recorded a beautiful CD over two days. Powerful, earthy sounds, tonal games, group improvisations, grooves and drive: the great spectrum of three masters playing with the current forms of jazz.
No one would have thought back in December 2001 in Zurich that this would be the last recording of trio with Peter Kowald. After the unexpected death of the bassist in September 2002, this recording has become a document to the memory of the bassist, as well as a declaration of friends- hip from Günter Sommer and Conrad Bauer. "For thirty years, this friends- hip to Peter Kowald enriched my life," writes the drummer Günter Sommer in the liner notes. "He did not only show me vast parts of the world, but through him I understood what keeps us moving, in the end, is the ability to do something with desire and love, to love something!"

Cover Art: Strawalde
Liner Notes: Günter Sommer

Compositions by Conrad Bauer, Peter Kowald, Günter Sommer (GEMA/SUISA). Recorded November 30 and December 1, 2001 by Martin Pearson at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich, Switzerland. Produced by Intakt Records. Published and Copyright by Intakt Records. Executive Production: Patrik Landolt