“I think we all have the impression that things are changing right now,” says Michael Wollny, one of European jazz’s leading young musicians. Wollny is right. Something is in the air. Across Europe, musicians, promoters, record companies, commentators and fans are gradually becoming aware that European jazz is in the ascendancy. Indeed, some of the most interesting, challenging and dynamic jazz around is no longer just coming from its land of origin, but from the Old World.