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>> Debut album by BERLIN 21 STREETWORKERS <<

On October 10, 2025, the BERLIN 21 STREETWORKERS will release their debut album, LIVE ‘N’ EAZY, on all major streaming platforms! The CD and LP are already available. You can order them by emailing me.

What once began as a spontaneous musical reaction to the performance bans during the coronavirus pandemic with street concerts is now a musical powerhouse of the highest caliber – energetic, engaging, and danceable.

Emil Wahlgren (vocals), Alexey Wagner (guitar), Lionel Haas (piano), Martin Lillich (bass), and Torsten Zwingenberger (drums/percussion) present a repertoire of classics, a mix of urban soul, funk, and groove jazz, recorded live on their debut!

>> 50 YEARS OF THE NEW ORLEANS SHAKERS! <<

We can hardly believe it ourselves: In 2026, the NEW ORLEANS SHAKERS will celebrate their 50th band anniversary!

The NEW ORLEANS SHAKERS were founded in 1976 by Thomas l’Etienne (cl/sax/vocals) and me and toured Germany, Denmark, and Sweden until 1980. After I moved to Berlin in 1979 and Thomas formed a new band with singer Lillian Bouttè, which toured the world, the NEW ORLEANS SHAKERS gave their first concert after a 30-year hiatus on April 8, 2010.

Since 2022, the NOS have been performing with the lineup of Thomas l’Etienne (cl/sax/vocals), Lorenz Boesche (piano), Franz Blumenthal (bass), and Torsten Zwingenberger (drums/percussion).

The third album “Black Benny” was released in August 2023 by Blackbird Music. 

DRUMMING 5.1 BY TORSTEN ZWINGENBERGER

Torsten Zwingenberger improves every jazz composition with his drumming 5.1 technology. Since 1974, Zwingenberger, plays the drums to a level of enviable competence. Anyone who has heard him play live on stage, is witness to the dynamics and precision of this outstanding technique. His superior control over the drums is an essential component of the 5.1 drumming sounds. With a variety of different effects Torsten defines the new drum solo.

Drumming 5.1 is the advancement of the analog handmade drum and percussion technology:

  • Drums combined with percussion

  • at times 5 foot pedals played simultaneously

  • open handed (and “footed”) plus twin effects

  • melodic, groovy, swinging, dynamic, innovative and very fast

  • pure analog technique without electronic support