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Julian and Roman Wasserfuhr
Relaxin’ in Ireland
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WHAT are three young German jazz musicians doing recording an album in west Cork, Ireland, including tunes like What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?
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Julian Wasserfuhr is a trumpeter and flugelhornist and his brother Roman Wasserfuhr a pianist and on Relaxin’ in Ireland they’re joined by cellist Jorg Brinkmann.
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