Peter Matern is a well-known saxophonist on the German jazz scene having been recording and performing for the past thirty years (twenty of them in the quartet he leads with an unchanged line-up), this album is nonetheless something different and very special.

'The Kiss' was written during the Corona pandemic, and because people were forced to stay at home and to maintain distance from others there was suddenly more time to bring to realisation ideas and plans, which until then had always been put on the back burner. So it was during this time that Materna formed a new trio with bassist Lisa Wulff and drummer Silvan Strauss. Both of these musicians were born in the same year, 1990, and both have also been winners of the Hamburg Jazz Prize. Wulff won it in 2019 and Strauss is the most recent incumbent from 2021. Together they form a special and unique jazz trio!

Peter Materna: soprano, alto and tenor saxophones

Lisa Wulff: soprano, electric and double bass

Silvan Strauss: drums