Wollny's growth as an artist on record has been fascinating to follow and while not all his projects have yielded 50 carat gems it's only in the doing that an artist discovers a little more of himself, including his or her strengths and weaknesses. It's how an artist's vision is shaped. In Wollny's case, aspects of his musical personality seem to be coalescing very quickly, and with it the realisation the piano trio is the best forum to focus his talent. At the end of October 2015 Wollny's trio embarked on a Karsten Jahnke Jazz Nights tour of 14 German cities. It prompted the German broadsheet Süddeutche Zeitung to announce, “Wollny's off on tour. Just get yourself there. Awesome!” More than 10,000 people took that advice, and the final night of that tour is captured on the CD of this CD/DVD release. Recorded on 13 November 2015, it shows how much has stayed the same in Wollny's fast maturing approach and what is different. The awe-inspiring head-banging performances that defined his group [em] are there to be drawn upon – and often are, to dramatic effect – but so too is a more carefully calibrated emotional range that values slow tempi, thoughtful, restrained moods and melodic development. He had to go out into the dark (Wunderkammer from 2009) to arrive at this point – but now there is an arc to his improvisations (and the presentation of this concert) that speak of continuing artistic growth – the development of the lyrical aspect of his musical personality and greater awareness of managing inside/outside, dissonance/consonance and polytonality and polyrhythmic playing to specific aesthetic effect that suggest he is well on his way to redefining the piano trio. The concert draws most of its repertoire from Weltentraum (2014) and Nachtfahten (2015), but the versions here have an ease of execution that define Wollny's accomplishments in a trio context. New bassist Christian Weber (who made his first appearance on record with the trio on Nachtfahrten from August 2015) has integrated and assimilated himself into this group in a way that his American predecessor never quite achieved and deserves credit, together with the consistently excellent Eric Schaeffer, for their contributions to a quite exceptional album. The DVD comes from a performance at the Leverkusener Jazztage on 11 November 2014, and here Weber's contribution can more accurately be measured by comparing his playing to that of Tim Lefebvre on bass on Weltrentraum Live – Philharmonie Berlin that calls on a very similar repertoire. It's almost as if Weber's meant to be in the band. Highlights here are ‘Phlegma Phighter’ (a Schaefer original that audiences love in its stirring complexity and impressive execution) and ‘Little Person’ that allows the Romanticist in Wollny to surface.