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 sou...