Nicole Johänntgen presents her album “Henry III” with Marc Roos (trombone), Victor Hege (sousaphone), and Pius Baschnagel (drums). “Henry III” is funky and refreshing, played simply and honestly, grooving and rumbling with New Orleans jazz inspiration. The saxophonist recorded the album analog on tape during a live concert at Domicil Pforzheim. Beautifully done in the old style. It evokes nostalgia. You can feel how familiar and enthusiastic the four musicians are. “Life” is the name of the first piece and is intended to set the roller coaster ride of life to music. Compared to the other two albums, Henry III has even more funk in it. With crisp melodies and a few drum rolls, they really get going again.

The new compositions encourage you to sing along, dance along. Just join in. But if you listen closely, you'll also discover Henry's profound, heartbreaking side. The side that lies dormant in all of us. In songs like “Dig Deep” or “Guetnachtlied,” there is so much space between the individual melodies that you fall into a twilight state. A state in which you reflect. Process things that lie deep within. And then the roller coaster ride continues with Henry, the third! And in the labyrinth, on a walk!