16mm
Perceptions
Passage to the ear
Infinite Voyage
Nomansland
Steppin`Up
Kareyce Fotso & Reiner Witzel -
Witzel/Beirach/Scheuber/Oetz-
als sideman
DREI IM ROTEN KREIS
REINER WITZEL & DATFUNK
SEVEN HILLS
WITZEL`S VENUE
ORFEUS TRIO
INTERJAZZ
WEITERE PROJEKTE
Pressestimmen
PR-Texte
PR - Fotos
Filmbilder im Kopf
VANDOREN
P.Mauriat
Unterricht und Workshops
Three in the red circle
REINER WITZEL & DATFUNK
When I met Asterios Papastamatakis in Athens' trendy downtown district Keramikos in the fall of 2014 there was immediate affinity between us . We talked about music and live and made plans to play together.
Soon afterwards he invited me to join his trio "Datfunk" for a number of concerts in Greece, and the following year I invited the group to play in Germany.
Playing with "Datfunk", a band that had been playing frequently in clubs in and around Athens felt great. The sound of the trio was so soulful and funky … For quite a while I had had the idea in mind to make a soul-jazz-record and I realized that now I had found the right team to record it:
Asterios Papastamatakis, a relentless organ activist, a soulful virtuoso full of depth;
Michael Kapilidis, one of Greek's most wanted drummers who is coming from a background with lots of musicians in the family-tree and whose style of playing is really unique;
and Adedeji Adetajo originally from Lagos/ Nigeria, who came to Athens in 2007 and mixed up the scene with his funky guitar style.
In December 2015 we went to the studio in Athens and recorded two late-night-sessions. The atmosphere was energetic, but also relaxed and friendly.
The result are these 10 songs that we would now like to share with you ...