In the early 1980’s she was a secret known only to insiders on the Munich jazz scene: 15-year-old Barbara Dennerlein, captivating an enthusiastic audience with impressive wit and skill as she whirled her fingers over the B3 Hammond organ – an instrument often derided and associated with the dusty patina of bar jazz. But what this pert, unaffected teenager performed was pure jazz. Jazz at its best, ranging from swing to bebop, from blues to funk. Yet despite all this enthusiasm, scarcely anyone truly believed that this young lady would become Germany’s most important and successful jazz export, acclaimed and respected by critics and the public alike on both sides of the Atlantic.