This double CD offers a delightful mix of sounds from the formation, with elements of ethno, jazz, pop and a cabaret audio book.

'Lo & Behold', the name of Berlin-based saxophonist Sandra Weckert's group, refers to an old blues line, meaning so much as 'come and look with astonishment'. One can be astounded by Sandra Weckert in numerous ways. When a saxophonist 'says a mouthful', it doesn't necessarily have to be a negative thing: the more he has in his mouth, the more power he can put into his horn. In any case, Sandra is fed up with the traditional jazz thing. Nonetheless, she is not one of those who claim that jazz died with the 20th Century. On the contrary, with new wind in her sails, she is shaking up jazz from the bottom up.

Jazz purists already have Sandra Weckert in their sights. In some circles she is persona non grata, because she has dared to put her finger where it hurts and points out how jazz in Germany has been driving away audiences for years. She holds up a mirror in front of the academics, parodies conventional styles, loves provoking and exaggerating. Instead of avoiding clichés, she builds them together in unusual, often excessive ways, so that she may someday go down in musical history as the Eulenspiegel of German jazz. 'I'm not inventing any new tones or playing anything that hasn't already been;' notes Sandra Weckert. 'I love jazz, but see and parody the things that, in my opinion, are going wrong. Especially in Germany there are many such things, and I rub other people's nose in it. They should finally learn to laugh at their own situations and mistakes, instead of endless analysis and searching for pedagogical concepts.' For this and other reasons, Sandra Weckert deals with the state of jazz in Germany not only musically, but also with an audio-play on an extra CD.

Sandra Weckert is not only Germany's most argumentative musician, but is also a master of placing herself in the spotlight.. She knows that it is no longer sufficient to play her horn with virtuosity.

Track Listing

• Here Comes The Queen
• I Keep On Singing
• Missing: Lizard
• Are You Suffering Cramps?
• My Mobile
• Ministry For Relaxation
• Never Trust A Lawyer
• Full Moon
• And Now In Stereo!
• A German Funeral A La New Orleans
• Life Is Your Right
• Jazz Is Difficult
• Weckert Remix By Tackman
• Lovesong For George W. Bush
• Sucess At Any Price
• The Music Industry (Radio Scit) - German Version
• The Music Industry (Radio Scit) - English Version

Additional Details

Label: Intuition

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 85:48 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/20/25

UPC: 750447338722