After having a pretty successful quintet in the 90’s for various reasons it became more and more difficult to continue, so in consequence the last couple of years I played mostly with my trio. I enjoyed this very much, the intimacy of playing without drums almost like chamber music. But going straight on, I had to do something more, so when I met some of my old friends and fellow musicians, the desire arouse to form a sextet, with the classic frontline: trumpet, tenor and trombone. Being lucky enough that Dusko Goykovic and Adrian Mears loved this idea, for piano I asked Jörg Reiter, with whom I played for years and years with the Peter Herbolzheimer Big Band, of course, Bruno Castellucci on drums for me was the only choice and last but not least, Mads Vinding on bass, who also is heard on my first trio CD, is back on my side again. During our first tour "Alessa Records" recorded the concert we played in the Jazz Club BIRDLAND in Neuburg/Germany and here is the CD with a selection of titles from this concert on 6th of May 2005. Enjoy listening to just "straight ahead" Jazz with Europes top musicians - check their age: You are listening to more than 342 years of Jazz! (Heinz von Hermann) Mit Heinz v. Hermann (ts), Dusko Goykovich (tp, flh), Adrian Mears (tb), Jörg Reiter (p), Mats Vinding (b), Bruno Castellucci (dr). 5 Tracks. Recorded 06.05.2005 live in Birdland/Neuburg/GER.