Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet has been played on NTS shows including If Music Presents You Need This w/ Jean-Claude, with Varié first played on 23 April 2017.

Albert Mangelsdorff on trombone, Heinz Sauer on alto and soprano sax and Gunter Kronberg on alto, Günter Lenz (bass) and Ralf R. Hübner (drums) carrying an unshakeable rhythm section.