Musicians


Martin "M" Balzer,
(Fender Rhodes, Organ, Rap, Beats)

... has made his dreams come true with this band: He plays the Rhodes and at the same time (!!) he can drop his funny-swingin' Rap rhymes ! This band provides a lot of room, groove and energy - so for him there is just nothing left to be desired !
(M's musical biography).		 Martin Balzer
Andreas "AK" Kümmerle,
(Electric- and acoustic guitar)

...has already been the partner of M's in the two-headed POCKET BAND configuration with the programmed beats. He is a professional musician and music teacher, providing inspired improvisations as well as phantastic compositions which perfectly match this bands musical area.
> Andreas' homepage		 Andreas Kümmerle
Svend Renkenberger,
(Drums)

...is our backbone and engine. The kind of vibration and liveliness he puts into it, reveals a drummer driven by passion. He combines a perfect timing with a unique feeling for grooves, grown in his long playing experience in jazz and funk bands !
> Svend's Homepage "Peace agency"		 Svend Renkenberger
Michael "Mikey" Krauss,
(Bass)

...plays his instrument with inimitable coolness, which drives every foot in the area to tap like hell. The entire musical range of the band runs in his blood in high concentration, and additionally he has developed amazing compositor's talents!		 Michael Krauss

Guests:

Gregor "Gregge" Kohler,
(Bass)

...has been our third bass player and is at home in Jazz as well as in Heavy metal music. And even if these styles doesn't have anything in common he definitly doesn't sit between the seats, but rather firmly on the one of his choice at any time. A good groove is what he's about and with this he is in the right place in the Pocket Band...
Gregges MySpace-Page		 Gregor Kohler
Stephan Schwenk,
(Bass)

...is a professional bass player, arranger, producer, singer and songwriter with lots of years of playing experience "in his pocket". Joining us he not just learned to play our quite large repertoire, he rather approched every tune in an highly intuitive way, which provided new energy to the band's sound.
> Stephans homepage		 Stephan Schwenk
Thorsten Meinhardt,
(Bass)

...is our replacment bass player. He is a professional with a diploma in his pocket and he also teached our bassman playing bass. Hence, even if we have to call him a "replacement", we know he is of the luxury kind !		 Torsten Meinhard
Isabel Meisel,
(Vocals)

...is the new star in the music world of Stuttgart. After succuessfully finishing her studies of jazz vocals she now manages to enthuse her audience with an expressive voice and stage performance. Beside of her own projects she finds the time to enrich our music with finest vocals.		 Isabel Meisel


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