DREI IM ROTEN KREIS

DREI IM ROTEN KREIS“ IS THE BRAND NEW TRIO OF GERMAN SAXOPHON PLAYER REINERWITZEL.
THE NAME REFERS TO A 196OsMYSTERY MOVIE OF THE FRENCH “NOUVELLE VAGUE“.
THE CD-TITEL 16MM REFERS TO A CLASSICAL FILM FORMAT. THE MUSIC CREATES IMAGESLIKE A
SOUNDTRACK WITHOUT FILM, A RADIO DRAMA WITHOUT WORDS. MANY OF WITZEL'S
COMPOSITIONS REFER TO FILM SCENES OR IMPRESSIONS FROM TRAVELS ALL OVER THEWORLD.
THE CLASSICAL TRIO FORMAT OF SAXOPHONE/BASS/DRUMS (WITH SOME USE OF ELECTONICSAND
VARIOUS WOODWINDS AND PERCUSSION) GIVES SPACE TO EACH OF THE THREE MUSICIANSAND
ALLOWS FOR MANY WAYS OF EXCITING INTERACTION .

THE MUSICIANS :

REINER WITZEL : SAXOPHONE
- STUDIED MUSIC IN COLOGNE AND NEW YORK;
- SCHOLARHIP AWARDE BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF NORTH- RHINE WESTFALIA AND
WINNER OF CITY OF DUESSELDORF SPONSORSHIP AWARD;
- NUMEROUS CD RECORDINGS, INCLUDING WITH DAVID SANBORN , LEW SOLOFF AND VERNONREID;
-CONCERTS AND/OR RECORDINGS WITH MARLA GLEN , DEFUNKT, GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA,ALEX
SIPIAGIN, FELA KUTI, FURY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE, UDO LINDENBERG, HR-BIGBAND,HARALD
SCHMIDT SHOW AND OTHERS;
- CONZERTS AND CONCERT TOURS AROUND THE WORLD;
-COMPOSITIONS FOR TV AND THEATRE;
- TEACHES SAXOPHONE AT THE FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS

CHRISTIAN SCHEUBER : DRUMS, TAIKO
- STUDIED IN BERN AND NEW YORK;
- CONCERTS AND CD RECORDINGS WITH PAUL BOLLENBACK, JAMES GENUS, ALEX SIPIAGIN,
OLIVIER KER - OURIO, BENNY GOLSON, HERB GELLER, WOLFGANG LAUTH, STEPHANUWYLER,ROLF
HÄSLER AND OTHERS;
- TOGETHER WITH ANDREI KONDAKOV, ARKADY SHILKLOPER AND VLADIMIR VOLKOV WINNEROF
THE JAZZ -EAR AWARD 1999 - CD OF THE YEAR FOR THE CD “LIVE IN NORWAY“; COMPOSEDTWO
PIECES FOR THE CD ;
-TEACHES IN VARIOUS JAZZ ORCHESTRAS AND FESTIVALS – CONCERTS AND CONCERT TOURSALL
OVER THE WORLD.

JOSCHA OETZ : ACOUSTIC BASS

BORN '71, IS AVIRTUOSOCOSMOPOLITAN, BASSPLAYER, COMPOSER, SEPCIALIST FPR AFRO-PERUVIANMUSIC,CONTINUOUSLY CROSSING MUSICAL BORDERS.

AFTER SPENDING TEN YEARS IN LIMA/PERU AND SANDIEGO/ CA HE MOVED BACK HIS FOCUS OFACTIVITY TO HIS HOMETOWN COLOGNE, BUILDINGUP A CREATIVE NETWORK WITH MUSICIANS SUCH AS HAYDEN CHRISHOLM, SIMON NABATOVAND NIELS KLEIN. HE RELEASED FIVE CDs UNDER HIS NAME FEATURINGMUSICIANS SUCH ASBARRE PHILIPS AND ALEC MARAMBIO AND RECORDED AS A SIDEMAN WITHPERUVIAN ARTISTSINCLUDING SUSANA BACA AND GABRIEL ALEGRIA

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CONTACT : REINER WITZEL , TEL: 0172/6561757, MAIL@REINER-WITZEL.DE

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