Tommy Schneller Band - Live in The City Of Peace (2016)

Not long ago, 'Back Beat', a double album by the Tommy Schneller Band, appeared to be a very strong album that contains a very wide spectrum of styles. And now more than half a year later, the new live CD / DVD 'Live In The City Of Peace' is released, an album that is actually the live version of 'Back Beat'. Tommy Schneller, who was born in Ankum near Osnabrück on September 18, 1969, is an extremely active musician. Once started on violin, but soon switched to saxophone. His music teacher makes him familiar with swing music. Musicians such as Junior Walker, Red Holloway, Arnet Cobb, Hank Crawford and Stanley Turrentine are among Schneller's greatest sources of inspiration, as well as guitarists such as B.B. King and Albert Collins influence his game. But the moment he experiences the magical blues sounds of tenor saxophonist Gary Wiggins in the blues club "Pink Piano", he is completely taken by the blues and decides to fully focus on this. Les never had Tommy, he is an absolute self-taught and full of talent, and the man also has a very nice voice. His talent does not go unnoticed and it does not take long before he joins Christian Bleiming & His Boogie Boys with us recording the album 'Jivin` Time'. A year later he records 'Long Way From Home' with Christian Rannenberg. In 1990, Tommy joined the First Class Blues band, with Kevin Duvernay and Tommie Harris among others in the ranks. His participation in the Bluesnight Band delivers sessions with Larry Garner, Andreas Schmidt-Martelle and Ron Williams. Among others, CD recordings with Frank Biner, 'Mr. Frank Biner '(1994),' Time To Move On '(1995) and' Fixin 'To Jam' (2000), Big Jay McNeely, 'Deacons Hope Since 1949' (1998), Gregor Hilden, 'Westcoast Blues' (2000 ) and 'I Play The Blues For You' (2000) and 'Bluesin' The Groove ', a collaboration with pianist Christian Rannenberg and drummer Alex Lex,' Let's Get High '(2010) and' Mess Around '(2013). But also under his own name appear the necessary productions 'Blown Away' (19970, 'Blues For The Ladies' (2000), 'A Heartbeat Away' (2004), 'Smiling For A Reason' (2011), 'Cream Of The Crop' '(2014),' Arschkalte Art '(Charity-Single, 2015) and of course' Back Beat 'in 2016.' Smiling For A Reason 'and' Backbeat 'are both awarded with Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. the German Blues Challenge and Tommy Schneller receives a German Blues Award in 2010 and 2012 in the instrumentalist category....~Martin van der Velde