RELEASE: FR . 08 . 10 . 2021
6 COMPOSITIONS . 5 ALBUMS . 41 TRACKS . 2 AND A HALF HOURS OF COMPOSED & IMPROVISED MUSIC . »BROOME (DELUXE EDIT)« CONTAINS ALL TRACKS OF THE »BROOME (SAXOPHONE EDIT)«, »BROOME (JAZZ EDIT)«, »BROOME (ELECTRO EDIT)«, »BROOME (PIANO EDIT)« AND »THE LIVING BROOME SESSION«.
SPECIAL GUEST ON THE »BROOME« SERIES BY ANDREAS SCHULZ FEAT. PAUL ENGELMANN IS LOS ANGELES-BASED GUITARIST TOM RIZZO. HE HAS WORKED ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS, FROM MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKS TO GRAMMY-WINNING SONGS. TOM TOURED WITH THE MAYNARD FERGUSON BAND AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF »THE TONIGHT SHOW BAND« IN ITS FINAL JOHNNY CARSON YEARS, WHERE HE COMPOSED AND ARRANGED MUCH OF THE MUSIC HEARD ON THE SHOW. A PROFILIC WRITER, TOM HAS COMPOSED MUSIC FOR HUNDREDS OF EPISODES OF HIT TV PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS MANY INDEPENDENT FILMS. TOM’S RELEASES INCLUDE »A SECRET GARDEN«, WHICH FEATURED PETER ERSKINE, BOB SHEPPARD AND DAVE CARPENTER. FURTHER, TOM RIZZO’S CREDITS INCLUDE NORAH JONES, JENNIFER LOPEZ, BRIAN WILSON, ROBIN WILLIAMS, CHAKA KAHN AND MANY MORE.
DIGITAL BOOKLET: »PDF – THE LAST DANCE«
DIGITAL BOOKLET: »BROOME [DELUXE EDIT]«
DIGITAL BOOKLET: »BROOME [DELUXE EDIT]« WITH COVERS
DIGITAL BOOKLET: »BROOME [SAXOPHONE EDIT]«
DIGITAL BOOKLET: »BROOME [ELECTRO EDIT]«
DIGITAL BOOKLET: »BROOME [PIANO EDIT]«
DIGITAL BOOKLET: »BROOME [JAZZ EDIT]«
PRESSRELEASE »BROOME« (ENGLISH)
LIVE @ N.Y.C’S FESTIVAL MONDO 2020
COVER »THE LIVING BROOME SESSION«
COVER »BROOME (SAXOPHONE EDIT)«
THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD: »THEY HAVE REMARKABLE CHEMISTRY AND A UNIQUE SOUND … SCHULZ AND ENGELMANN SEEM TO IMPROVISE FREELY, THEN SUDDENLY, MYSTERIOUSLY, MELODIES MANIFEST. THE FIRST TRACK, “YTR.CBS. MANHATTAN”, IS CAPTIVATING. DRUMS AND SAXOPHONE CREATE SUCH A RICH SOUND, THEY ALMOST BECOME ONE INSTRUMENT … “505051” SEDUCES WITH ITS EXQUISITE TENDER OPENING AND MELANCHOLY TONE, THEN PICKS UP PACE TO A GENTLE CRESCENDO … IMAGINATIVE LIKE A MOVIE SOUNDTRACK, REMARKABLE FOR ITS ARTISTIC DENSITY AND INTONATION, TRULY GRIPPING … THE MUSIC NEVER FORCES ITSELF ON THE LISTENER. INSTEAD IT BUILDS AND INTRIGUES UNTIL THE LISTENER HAS TO STOP EVERYTHING TO LISTEN CLOSELY … JAZZ EDIT AND SAXOPHONE EDIT FEATURE FIRST TAKES, POST-PRODUCED TAKES AND ALTERNATE TAKES OF MOST TRACKS. THE LATTER ARE NEVER SECOND BEST, OFTEN BRILLIANT NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF THE LEITMOTIF.«
DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR: »EINE GENAU AUSGEZIRKELTE KOMPOSITORISCHE STRENGE, […] PACKENDE, ATMOSPHÄRISCH HOCHVERDICHTETE MINIATUREN. MUSS MAN GEHÖRT HABEN!«
THE FREE JAZZ COLLECTIVE: »THE COMPOSITIONS/IMPROVISATIONS ARE SMART, BUT ALSO FRIENDLY AND MELODIC.«
MUSIC CONNECTION: »GERMAN COMPOSER ANDREAS SCHULZ AND ALTO SAXOPHONE VIRTUOSO PAUL ENGELMANN PROVIDE AN EMOTIONALLY-GRIPPING SOUNDTRACK TO REALITY IN THE MIDST OF PANDEMIC CHAOS.«
ANDREAS SCHULZ FEAT. PAUL ENGELMANN: »LONDON TRANSPORT«
ANDREAS SCHULZ & PAUL ENGELMANN: WATTEN – »JAZZ IN DER PUPILLE«