In 2011, Sebastian Schunke continues his position as a leading visionary in the international Jazz scene releasing his fifth addictive CD Life and Death and a release tour in Colombia, Lima and Uruguay. After the international press had celebrated Schunke’s previous CD Back in New York (featuring Jazz legend Paquito de Riveria) with great enthusiasm and then presented the CD to enthusiastic crowds on several festivals, jazz clubs and concert halls around the globe in 2009 and 2010, Schunke did not hesitate to take the next step in 2011. Sebastian Schunke brings with Life and Death a new and very intimate touch to his music – piano solo. For the first time Sebastian plays part of his highly acclaimed compositions as a Solo pianist. On the other 4 compositions he presents his new band – the new wild and high energetic Berlin. An international band of young innovative musicians based in Berlin – Dan Freeman on tenor saxophone, Diego Pinera on drums and Marcel Krömker on bass. This formation already toured the world with Sebastian, developing a new not yet seen and heard Modern Sound in Latin Jazz – it is maybe one of the most innovative sounds of Latin Jazz existing. The band is supported perfectly by Grammy Award Winning percussionist Pernell Saturnino. From New York. On this new release Life and Death Schunke’s compositions are changing: he opens up the harmonic and the compositional structure of the songs. He keeps his music fresh and wild and leads the music to a hip and experimental form of world jazz