I thank all the musicians for being on these records:
(alphabetical order)
Anand Mukherjee
Brandon Vetrano
Leon Lissner
Francis Mikel
Lutz Jahnke
Paul Baetzing
Sabine Kibbel
... and for rehearsing, playing gigs and being on other records:
(alphabetical order)
Christian Hilbrecht
Christian Schuessler.
Influences
Offenbach, Frankfurt, New York City.
Costa Mantatzis, Udo Kistner, Joerg Heuser, Bernhard Sperrfechter, Sean Moran, Art Hirahara, Michael Buhr. Lance Murphy.
Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Michael Sagmeister, Wes Montgomery, Spacelab Venezuela, to be continued.
Alexander Root ...
... lives, plays and studies music in Brooklyn, New York.
... played recently in NYC for
Fulton Seaport Market (New York, NY) ---
Harlem Hell Fighters (US army veterans, Harlem, New York, NY) ---
Cafe Steinhof (Brooklyn, NY) ---
Vodka Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) ---
Puppets Jazz Bar (Brooklyn, NY) ---
Abigail (Brooklyn, NY) ---
Duane Park Cafe (New York, NY).
...played in Germany for
Dreikoenigskeller (hosting the jazz session for 2 years, Frankfurt / Main) ---
Sinkkasten (Frankfurt) ---
IHK-Frankfurt (Frankfurt) ---
BRITA (Wiesbaden) ---
HAFEN 2 (Offenbach) ---
Mampf (Frankfurt) ---
Jazz Matinee Busing Palais (several times, Offenbach / Main) ---
Maschanz Restaurant (Frankfurt) ---
Kaffehaus Bornheim (Frankfurt) ---
Weinkeller Franco (several times, Frankfurt) --
Hochschule fuer Gestaltung Offenbach (several times, Offenbach) ---
Die Gruenen (Offenbach) ---
Untere Berger Strasse Sommerfest (Frankfurt) ---
An Sibin (several times, Frankfurt) ---
Your's Irish Pub (Frankfurt) ---
Club Voltaire (Frankfurt) ---
Art Bar (Frankfurt) ---
...and other places that I forgot.
Education:
Brooklyn-Queens-Conservatory of Music, NYC (Jazz Performance)
FMW, Frankfurt / Main (Jazz Performance)
Private Lessons: Costa Mantatzis, Udo Kistner, Martin Lejeune.
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SINGLE & ALBUM STREET DATES:
TORTUGA BAR – “STORM EP” 5 Track Single – in store: 5.6.2009 (“VierSieben Records” / “AL!VE”)
TORTUGA BAR – “Narcotic Junkfood Revolution” CD & VINYL – in store: 26.6.2009 (“VierSieben Records” / “AL!VE”)
„Narcotic Junkfood Revolution“ merges into a multi-genre extravaganza collection of cool and awesome songs that fit together like the best mixtape nobody’s ever got around to making for you!
I highly appreciate the support of Udo Kistner at the recording sessions and thank him a life long for being a generous musical and mental advisor / godfather for many including myself. And in the same way will I never forget the great Costa Mantatzis(†30.11. 2006) for being the most generous and loveliest guitar teacher and friend and 'malaga' of Offenbach and the rest of the world !
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