No, not that Köln concert – new Marshall Gilkes recording, Köln (WDR/Alternate Side Records), featuring the WDR Big Band is released next month an album largely comprised of the trombonist’s compositions and arrangements performed by the WDR Big Band and recorded in the WDR Funkhaus Studio 4 in the German city of Cologne that lends its name to the title.

Gilkes’ fourth album as leader his first fronting a big band Gilkes is now freelancing widely back in the States and performs with Edmar Castañeda for instance this weekend at a concert in New York state.

‘Downtime’, above, crops up as the last track on the album which is to be released on 10 February