Openness and form – this is how you could describe the music of the tenor saxophonist, composer and improviser Stephan Mattner. His characteristic compositions open up a structure to which many musical paths follow, which are unfolded with great melodic sense, rhythmic variability and the necessary serenity. We are sent on a musical journey in which some areas of the 70’s and 80’s appear in a new light; Associations with Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie emerge to melt into the warm unmistakable sound of his tenor saxophone. The whole thing leads to music that is independent and yet rooted in the great jazz tradition.