Schmid's Huhn // Hindemith Abstractions (CD)

For more than 13 years, Schmid’s Huhn has been forging an uncompromising ensemble sound at the junction of advanced jazz, composed structure, and free improvisation. Four distinctive voices from Germany’s jazz and improvisation scene channel post-bop energy, cool-jazz transparency, and con- temporary improvisation into music of eruptive density and sharply defined form.

With their fourth album Hindemith Abstractions (2026), the band turns its focus to Paul Hindemith and his work “Des kleinen Elektromusikers Lieblinge” for three Trautoniums. The resulting suite, “The Little Jazz Musicians’ Favorites”, treats Hindemith’s material as a point of departure for a decisive transformation: melodic cells, intervallic structures, and formal thinking are dismantled, condensed, and reshaped. The album is completed by “Reflections on Hindemith”, a fully free improvisational work that negotiates structure, energy, and collective risk in real time.

musichub (2026)

Stefan Karl Schmid - tenor saxophone

Leonhard Huhn - alto saxophone

Stefan Schönegg - bass

Fabian Arends - drums

Recorded at LOFT, Cologne in December 2025

Mixed and mastered by Christian Heck at Tonart Studio, Kerpen, Germany

Produced by Stefan Karl Schmid

Cover photo by Patrick Essex

Cover artwork by Philipp Trübiger

With every order, you will receive a free copy of the full sheet music for ‘The Little Jazz Musician's Favorites’ in PDF format by email.

Supported by

- Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

- Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westfalia