Di Sudut Bibirmu Frank Reinshagen

In 2007, the Goethe Institute invited me on a trip to Indonesia where I was supposed to record a CD. I was taking along a whole series of big band arrangements of Indonesian folk songs. Di Sudut Bibirmu, an ancient Molukkan love song the title of which might be translated as The Smile of Your Lips - was one of the tunes I had written an arrangement for. Since it had originally been arranged for vocalist and big band, it seemed an excellent choice to turn it into a soulful version for saxophone and rhythm section featuring the lead alto.