„Berlin Calling spurtet durch die Stilistiken des modernen Jazz, das Klangbild zu einer modernen Variante von Döblins ‚Berlin Alexanderplatz’.“ FONOFORUM
Rebels with a cause… The ACT-series Young German Jazz - started in the year 2005 - enters its seventh round. It is a long-standing tradition for ACT boss Siegfried Loch to help talented young German jazz players: He was supporting German artists as early as the nineteen sixties and he produced the debut albums of musicians like Klaus Doldinger and Volker Kriegel. This new ACT-series has gained substantial recognition both at home and abroad since its inception. Its main goals are: systematic development of young talent, alerting the big German festivals to the strength and quality of the national scene and giving German musicians a fair chance to compete internationally. The English and the French in particular are displaying a heightened interest in the new sound from Germany: “It is high time that people on this side of the Rhine st...
line upCarsten Daerr – piano, melodica
Daniel Erdmann – saxophone
Ritsche Koch – trumpet
Ronny Graupe – 7-string-guitar
Oliver Potratz – bass
Sebastian Merk – drums
Recorded at Traumton Studio by Markus Mittermeier on April 11-13 and July 3, 2006
Mixed by Markus Mittermeier
Mastering by Klaus Scheuermann
Produced by Carsten Daerr and Daniel Erdmann