For many years, Roger Willemsen has also been active as a mediator of jazz in Germany. His film about Michel Petrucciani has been shown all over the world. For over a year, he has been hosting his own jazz broadcast in the WDR as well as the awarding of the German jazz prize He is known to the listeners of NDR culture with two series of classical music and jazz. "My Favorite Things" brings together some of the favorite songs of Willemsens, accompanied by his characteristic explanations. These are never academic, they do not regard the music as an area only for initiates, and they are unconditionally accessible. Because Willemsen is not concerned with a historical or musicological analysis, he prepares the music narrative, anecdotally, sensually, and also encounters musical prizes that lie apart from the classics of jazz history.
