Florian Döling had planned a quartet with trombonist Uli Binetsch for the 2025 summer garden concerts of the Freiburg musicians' initiative Jazz am Schönberg, but unfortunately Binetsch had to cancel. He was replaced by the young Spanish saxophonist Juan José Cabillas.

Alongside Cabillas, who was born in Cádiz, Andalusia, the quartet features Czech-born Václav Pálka on drums and pianist Tilman Günther from Müllheim on piano.

Although all four musicians currently live in Basel and Freiburg, this quartet breathes a European spirit that comes from the musical backgrounds of its protagonists and develops to its full potential in the free spirit of jazz.

Right from the first rehearsal, there was a spark between all those involved, prompting Juan Jose Cabillas to suggest recording the second rehearsal straight away. The recordings – as well as the concerts that followed – impress with their freshness, energy, and spontaneity in their interplay. So it was only logical for Florian Döling to launch the album Schwebend. The album is expected to be released in May 2026 on Döling's label anflow records.

With the exception of one song by pianist Tilman Günther, the program consists exclusively of compositions by the bassist and impresses with its wide stylistic range and varied grooves and colors. Outstandingly interpreted by an extraordinary ensemble.

Line-up:

• Juan José Cabillas (ESP) - altsaxophon

• Tilman Günther (D) – piano

• Florian Döling (D) – double bass

• Václav Pálka (CZE) - drums

Juan José Cabillas is a passionate and accomplished musician from Cádiz, Spain. He fell in love with the saxophone at the tender age of seven. His career as a musician began when he received formal training at the renowned Manuel de Falla Royal Conservatory.

Juan José Cabillas continued his musical education at Musikene, the renowned music academy in San Sebastián, Basque Country, where he realised several successful projects, including Juan José Cabillas with Strings, Ekhilore Quintet and Red Cheeks Quartet, with which he thrilled audiences throughout Spain.

Of special note is that in 2019, Juan José Cabillas collaborated with a symphony orchestra to record his debut album under the name Juan José Cabillas with Strings. In 2021, he continued his studies in Switzerland and began a Master of Arts in Musical Performance (Jazz Production/Performance) at the Jazzcampus in Basel. He also founded his own quartet, with which he released his second album in 2021.

Tilman Günther studied in Munich and lives in Müllheim in southern Baden, where he was also born.

He has played in various formations such as the Stafford James Trio, the Zipflo Reinhardt Quartet, the Rainer Pusch Quartet, the Peter Bockius Quintet, etc.

In addition, he has made various guest appearances in Europe and Asia with musicians such as Herbie Man, Paul Horn, Didier Lockwood, Birelli Lagrene, Silvain Luc, John Schröder, Nigel Kennedy, Philip Cathérine, Bill Elgart, Carla Cook, Dave Peterson, Tony Lakatos, Marcel Papaux, Wolfgang Engstfeld, Joris Dudli, Darek Oleszkiewicz, Gunter Hampel, Janusz Muniak, Leszek Zadlo, and others.

He has enjoyed a musical collaboration and friendship with Florian Döling spanning more than three decades, which has been documented on several CDs, most recently on the live duo CD "Rede vom Glück" (Talking about Happiness), released in 2023 by

Václav Pálka, born in the Czech Republic in 1992, is a drummer, composer, arranger, and educator based in Basel, Switzerland. In addition to his main focus, jazz drumming, he studied classical drums, composition, arranging, and producing in Denmark, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland.
Recent projects include various large ensembles - This Is What’s Love Big Band, Poens (self-titled album released in 2020) and What’s Love Large Ensemble (including 7 horn players, a string quartet, and a rhythm section), a sextet, quintet, quartet, and a quartet LOVE with Lionel Loueke, Fabian Willmann and Lukas Thoeni.
Over the years, Vaclav has shared the stage and recorded with artists such as Sullivan Fortner, Mark Turner, Tineke Postma, David Virelles, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard, Iva Bittova, Guillermo Klein, David Doruzka, Didrik Ingvaldsen, Sam Barnett, Melanie Scholtz and many others.