Musicians:
Thomas Rotter (Germany) - six string bass, fretless bass, upright bass
Ull Moeck (Germany) - piano
André "Limao" Queiroz (Brazil) - drums
Cléber Alves (Brazil) - tenor-and sopranosax
Jochen Feucht (Germany) - tenor-and sopranosax
All compositions and arrangements by Thomas Rotter // Produced by Thomas Rotter // Recorded 02./03. February 2008, mixed and mastered in July 2008 by Uwe Schenk at uwarton studio, Stuttgart, Germany.
Label: Mulatina Records MR-3707
Thomas Rotter displays his soulful versatility as an instrumentalist and as a composer on this debut album as a bandleader. It features 10 beautiful original compositions by Thomas. The tunes seem to have special qualities: two songs from album, "Rainsong" and "No way out", were several weeks among the "Top Ten Jazz compositions" on the composers platform "
sibeliusmusic" in 2000. (view screenshots
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The just released CD features two special guests from Brazil: one of the most busy brazilian drummers;
André "Limao" Queiroz from Belo Horizonte, who worked with top musicians like Toninho Horta or Maria Schneider, and, last but not least,
Cléber Alves on tenor-and sopranosaxes. Cléber is also from Belo Horizonte and gained some special reputation for his 2006 released album "Revinda" which was choosen as the "best instrumental album" from Minas Gerais.
What listeners say about "Traumzeit":
"I have to admit that I don´t listen to jazz music very often, but this one I like very much". T.Leitl
"This is one of the very few jazz recordings I put on the list of my "most liked albums"". E.Gross
About Rainsong: "WOW! I love this chart! This chart, as well as many other Rotter charts, is fantastic...! Thank you for writing such great music!" K.Eberle
What the press says:
About CD release concert, 16.01.2009 in Backnang/Germany
(sorry, only german language)
Jazz Genuss mit einem Rhythmus-Feuerwerk
"Was
die vier Musiker mit dem brasilianischen Saxofonisten Clebér Alves, dem
Schlagzeuger André Queiroz und den deutschen Kollegen Ull Möck am Piano
und eben Thomas Rotter am Bass, den Abend über an südamerikanischem
Rhythmus-Feuerwerk, kantablen Melodie-Linien und groovenden
Improvisationen boten, war schlicht Genuss-Jazz in Bestform. Das
Repertoire der Band bestand fast ausschließlich aus den Kompositionen
des Bandleaders und die versprechen besondere Qualitäten. An diesem
Abend konnte er seine neue CD
Traumzeit
vorstellen. In ihrer bescheidenen und liebenswürdigen Art waren
Top-Musiker am Werk, die auch jeder New Yorker Jazz Lokalität zur Ehre
gereicht hätten".
BKZ 24.01.2009 
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