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 30. Juli 2010Rick Braun (Rickie Lee Jones, Tina Turner, Glenn Frey, Natalie Cole, Crowded House, Tom Petty and War) will be backed by the "Heavy Mellow Quartet" at the Sopot Jazz Festival on October 9th 2010. We are very looking forward to this great show!  10. Juni 2010The "Heavy Mellow Quartet" will be the backing band for this years 3rd annual Smoothjazzfestival in Augsburg on the 23rd and 24th of September at the city's wonderful Parktheater. The featured artists this year will be David Benoit, Rick Braun, Chuck Loeb and Shilts.  27. Januar 2010Great show! Great band! It was truly a great experience! 25. Januar 2010Dass Marcus Johnson seine eigene Band für sein einziges Konzert in Europa zu Hause gelassen hatte und sich stattdessen kurzfristig entschieden hatte, auf drei deutsche Begleitmusiker zurückzugreifen, störte selbst seine vielen von weit her angereisten Fans überhaupt nicht. Gitarrist Stefan Machalitzky, Bassist Edward Maclean und Drummer Felix Lehrmann aus Berlin bereiteten dem Tasten-Wizard Johnson einen so perfekt groovenden, nach vorne treibenden Sound, dass sogar der Star des Abends selbst manches Mal in begeisterte Verzückung geriet. ... read more 15. Januar 2010The Heavy Mellow Quartet (-1) will be backing Marcus Johnson for his Show at Jazzclub Minden on the 23rd of January.  19. September 2009"[Steve Oliver] was perfectly supported by the German group called Heavy Mellow Quartet from Berlin, which accompanied all foreign artists of this festival. This group consists of Stefan Machalitzky (guitar), Volker Meitz (keyboards), Björn Werra (bass) and Kai Schönburg (drums), who often exploded into drum solos. This group had to manage more than 50 songs and performed them flawlessly by simply reading the notes from the sheets of music. The group has furthermore a tremendous grasp of things as I could observe during the rehearsal." ... read more 14. September 2009"Major kudos to the house band that learned ALL of our music-that's like 50+ songs...a phenomenally talented group of guys from Berlin. I want to say thanks to the hundreds of folks who attended from all over the world-great to see everyone. And to the people that put it all together, Christian and his team...congrats on a fantastic festival-you guys really have something going! Christian mentioned that it is likely to be in Munich again next year, so if you haven't been, I definitely think you should put it on your to do list for 2010. Danke Schoen! - DK." ... read more 8. September 2009"Die meisten Künstler machten mir den Eindruck, extrem unterfordert zu sein. Auf die fantastische Begleitband, das "Heavy Mellow Quartet", traf das sicher auch künstlerisch zu, keinesfalls aber konditionell: Die haben so um die zwei mal vier Stunden auf der Bühne gestanden und mussten sich auf unterschiedlichste Besetzungen einstellen" ... "Ich mag es, wenn Künstler wie beiläufig ihre Professionalität unter Beweis stellen. Das betrifft die "Heavy Mellow"-Quartettler, aber auch die unterschiedlichen Konstellationen der Solomusiker, die nur ein paar Fingerzeige untereinander brauchen, um eine mitreißende Show zu erzeugen." ... read more 7. September 2009"The major artists were backed by a German band called the Heavy Mellow Quartet from Berlin who did an admirable job. They accompanied all the US artists and showed no sign of weakness during their many hours on stage, they did a flawless job and adapted well to each and every performer, additionally they showed their skills with their soloing at many occasions. They must have had to learn over 50 songs and probably had minimal rehearsal time, but at the concerts, they delivered." ... read more |
The Heavy Mellow Quartet: Stefan Machalitzky - guitar, Volker Meitz - keyboards, Björn Werra - bass, Kai Schönburg - drums Contact The Heavy Mellow Quartet: 
 
 
 
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