The co-leaders of the newly-formed ALPINE AIR, saxophonist Heinrich von Kalnein and trumpeter Jakob Helling, describe this Austrian-German group as “a special kind of summit meeting” and a group “in which some of the outstanding musicians from both countries come together and find themselves united in a colourful eight-piece ensemble.” And when von Kalnein reflects on the history of these two neighbouring countries, he quotes comedian Karl Farkas: “We Austrians differ from the Germans in so many ways; especially in having the same language.”

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Heinrich von Kalnein (ts, ss, fl), Jakob Helling (tpt, flh), Silke Eberhard (as, cl), Alois Eberl (tb), Hanno Busch (e-g), Sebastian Scobel (p, e-p), Gina Schwarz (db), Reinhold Schmölzer (dr)