 Who doesn't know it, the movie from 1962 awarded Oscars and Golden Globes? Of course, it is Breakfast at Tiffany's. The film music, awarded a Grammy, was composed by Henry Mancini, and the title song "Moon River" became the most well known of the pieces. The movie is based on a short novel by Truman Capote, who however had a different plot – and a considerably different end. Anette von Eichel described how she got the idea to provide the main character Holly Golightly with her own world of music as follows: "I took a trip on a train a while ago. When I arrived at the station, I realized that I didn’t have anything to read with me: no book, no newspaper, nothing. So I stepped into the nearest bookstore. There was a little book that immediately caught my eye because of the beautiful smiling face on the cover, Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote. I guess anyone who reads the title can imagine the book cover I saw in front of me. And though I know that you should never read the book once you have seen the movie, I bought the short novel and got on the train. "What shall I tell you: I loved it from page one. I especially loved the heroine with her card: ‘Miss Holiday Golightly, Traveling’ and all her ideas about life and happiness that were at once funny, romantic, melancholic and also at times rather wild. I loved her sense of independence and the open end that the story has: Holly takes her trip to Brazil and is never seen again. "The story and Holly Golightly intrigued me so much that I decided to make a sound-portrait of her character." In doing this, however, she does not use Mancini's music – with the exception of "Moon River" – but instead pieces that seem to be customer-tailored for Holly Golightly, regardless of whether they are standards such as "Moonlight in Vermont", "Speak Low or her own compositions. She created a fantastic blend of nostalgic, dreamy sounds and sassy, rebellious gems. Anette von Eichel's last CD was released in the series "Jazz thing next generation" in 2004. Before that, she completed her studies (among others, under Jeanne Lee and Rachel Gould) in Den Haag/Holland and was able to gain experience in various bands. She teaches at Cologne Music College today. His voice has become mature and well-rounded, expressive and full of emotions over the years. Like a good actress, she has put herself into the character of Holly Golightly – not as a character in a play, but instead musically. Her band is composed of leading European musicians. Florian Ross was educated in Cologne, London and New York and has played on numerous CDS, among others, with Intuition as well as the band "Nils Wogram Nostalgia". Jesse van Ruller is Holland's most well-known jazz guitarist, at the latest since he won the Thelonious Monk Contest in 1995 as the first European to do so. He tours internationally and has played with almost all international big names from Joe Lovano to Roy Hargrove. John Hollenbeck, conductor of the "Claudia Quintet“, has already won numerous prizes as drummer and composer. And Jasper Blom has not only won the European Jazz Award as saxophonist twice, he also is head of his own ensembles and has played regularly with known musicians from Chet Baker to George Duke since the 80s.
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