Release Date: 07.06.2024 via Mandorla Music

The multi-reedist and composer Charlie Kohlhase, with  his containing five horns, guitar, bass and drums band, the Explorers Club, dedicates a wide-ranging set to victims of the AIDS epidemic and reflects on his journey living with HIV. The vibrant and original music of his own, plus arrangements of pieces by Elmo Hope, Don Cherry/Ornette Coleman, John Tchicai, and Roswell Rudd makes listening to that session a real feast for the soul and with dedication given, a food for thoughts about fragility and preciouslity of life at the same time.