Jochen Rueckert - We Make The Rules (2014)

The debut Whirlwind Recordings release from the multifaceted drummer and composer Jochen Rueckert features his quartet, a truly stellar cast of players which has been together since 2009. It includes Mark Turner on tenor saxophone, Lage Lund on guitar and Matt Penman on double bass, all three being guiding lights of their generation.
The all original music that was written by Rueckert with each of his band members in mind and it covers a lot of ground, while featuring the use of his penchant for writing understated melodies. The music was fine-tuned by the group during an international tour so that the album was recorded in only seven hours with six of the tracks being first takes, and the rest second takes.

Jochen is a German native who's been based in NYC since 1995, where he's become one of the pre-eminent artists of his generation known for his work with Marc Copland, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nils Wogram's Root 70, Sam Yahel, Will Vinson and Seamus Blake.