Yamabiko Quintet

Michel Pilz - bassclarinet
Reiner Winterschladen - trumpet
Frank Paul Schubert - alto saxophone
Christian Ramond - double bass
Klaus Kugel - drums

A top-class line-up has gathered in the newly founded YAMABIKO QUINTET.

The five musicians demonstrate their high virtuosity and musicality with dense, intense and tension-fi lled improvisations and compositions.

Michel Pilz, Reiner Winterschladen and Frank Paul Schubert are three great wind players, all actionists of a clear line that combines Coltrane‘s ideal of sublime tonality with the rigor of new music. The interactions among them work perfectly. Christian Ramond plays his bass with chamber-musical clarity, and Klaus Kugel is as light-handedly sensitive a percussionist as one could wish for in such a soloist ensemble.
In 2023 the CD YAMABIKO QUINTET received five stars in the magazine FONO FORUM and was listed under "Recommended New Releases" and "BEST OF 2023 - HONORABLE MENTIONS" in THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD.