Fun without compromise is the motto of JO, the band formed in 2015 by Cologne-based drummer-composer Jo Beyer. A winner of both the Getxo International Jazz Competition Award and the European Burghausen Jazz Award, Beyer brought together three of his favourite musicians, Felix Elsner (piano), Sven Decker (tenor saxophone) and Andreas Wahl (guitars and e-bow) with the intention of playing his snappy compositions with great improvisational flair. JAZZTHETIK’s reviewer is one of many observers who approve, commenting: “JO has humour but is serious, has chutzpah but also fierce dedication when it comes to teasing out the vitality and abysses inherent in Beyer’s compositions.”Jo Beyer (dr), Andreas Wahl (elec & acoustic g), Felix Elsner (p), Sven Decker (tenor sax)