Baden Verboten! FUMMQ (Ferenc und Magnus Mehl Quartett) feat. Jake Saslow

• 1 Flushing Boulevard Bound Nr.7 Express Train 05:10
• 2 Hanni Don't Go 07:18
• 3 Baden verboten 07:42
• 4 Dark Clouds Hanging Over the White Lions Meadow 06:04
• 5 Folk Blues 06:49
• 6 Skipping Stones 08:37
• 7 Peace 06:51
• 8 Incognito 08:09
• 9 Katharina 06:33
• Total Runtime 01:03:13

Info for Baden Verboten!

The narrative tool “once upon a time” marks a story as a fairytale. It appears both timeless and up-to-date – building a bridge between distant times and the present, where listeners feel involved and taken along.

This also poses the desired effect of the current album. Individual compositions thereby represent significant personal, artistic and creative moments and episodes. Tales, in which laws of nature are replaced by wonder give rise to fascinating fictional worlds. Cheerful and inspirational.

Please enter the magical world of „FUMMQ“: This formation around the brothers Magnus and Ferenc Mehl has dedicated themselves to modern, unaltered Jazz. Their fresh and intense band concept includes not only original new compositions, but also deep and emotional ballads. In their music these four show no fear and hesitation to dig deep into the history of Jazz; and yet, they never lose their personal and explosive style, giving their music both energy and soul.

At the end of 2009 through the beginning of 2010 the band introduced their new CD “Baden Verboten” on two national and international tours, featuring the brilliant New Yorker Saxophone player Jake Saslow. Jake Saslow was a scholarship musician at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute where he worked with legends such as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Ron Carter.

The Ferenc and Magnus Mehl Quartet consists of young musicians who had been selected and supported by the National German Youth Jazz Orchestra and various State Youth Jazz Orchestras. All of them have made a name and achieved success in multiple previous formations and groups. Those achievements include, for example, awards from the “Jugend jazzt” competition, and being a finalist at the European Yamaha Sax Contest.

With gigs at the Elorrio Jazz- and Bluesfestival in Spain, and the nationwide Youth Festival Leipzig, among others, as well as countless concerts in renown Jazz Clubs the band further established itself and earned national and international recognition. In July 2006 the band won first place under the name Magnus Mehl Quintet at the Getxo Jazz Festival, a European wide jazz competition.

Through this well- known award the band was included into the main program of the festival. They played concerts with Eddie Palmieri and his Afro- Caribbean All-Stars and the Billy Cobham-Lockwood String Quartet. From these concerts a live CD of the band was published by the festival’s label.

Furthermore, the combo came in second at the 28th International Hoilaart Jazz Competition in September 2006 and first at the Jimmy Woode Jazz Award. Within this competition a jury around piano player Kenny Baron also awarded the band with three additional prizes for outstanding individual musicians. Multiple times did the band tour through the clubs of the German jazz scene, and play at established international festivals, including “VS-swingt”, the Ibiza Jazz Festival, the Pancevo Jazz Festival, or in Kopenhagen, by invitation of the German embassy.

Moreover, the ensemble was invited by the Goethe Institute to do a tour in Serbia. During this tour the musicians hosted a Combo- and Improvisations Workshop in the course of the Novi Sad Jazz Festival. Their harmony on and off the stage, and their captivating, energetic solo performances excite crowds over and over again. The fresh and unconventional style of the Ferenc and Magnus Mehl Quartet in addition to their charismatic and unforced appearance makes it impossible to escape the magic of their music.

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