The Tassilo Dellers Jazz Quartet, founded in 2004, plays acoustic modal Jazz. The first CD „See You“ (2004) is CD with only slow ballads. All the same, the Quartet uses binary as well as ternary grooves. The second CD "Love" (2008) exists exclusively of selfmade compositions by Tassilo Dellers and shows a vastly built dynamic spectrum: Quiet, melodious passages, from time to time composed in a sense of "chamber music", alternate with energetically powerful improvisations; lyrical, restrained melodies with partly intensive and wild tone sequences. A little more than half of the compositions are based on odd metres (5/4, 6/4 and 6/8), which, however, show a mostly fluent groovy pulse, due to the middle tempi.
For our third CD Mixed Dreams (published 2014 on UNIT Records) it goes on in a similar Modal Jazz style but the sound has changed: Adrian Schäublin plays the Fender Rhodes Piano an Tassilo Dellers plays in several compositions also the C- and the Alto-Flute. Look also at: Rolf De Marchi (music jounalist) about the music on the cd
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CD "See You" (2004)****CD "Love" (2008) ****CD "Mixed Dreams" (UNIT 2014)
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1981-86 saxophone and traverse flute studies a.o. at the SJS Berne. Since 1990 has also played various string instruments (guitar, bouzouki, banjo).
Numerous concerts in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Poland, Russia.
Formations: A.D.N. (experimental jazz), Omen (world jazz, funk), Dellers Ethno Trio (world music), Dr. d/Age (crossover, ambient). Takes part in over 20 CD productions.
1st prize at the Jazz and Rock Festival Augst in 1986, prizewinner at the International Young Talents Jazz Festival Hoeilart (Belgium) in 1988, further festivals: Jazz Festival Montreux (CH), International Jazz Days Atlantis and Casino Festival Basel (CH), Jazz Festival Unterschleissheim (D), Ethno Jazz Festival Gibellina (Sicily), SKIF Festival (St Petersburg/Russia).
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Studies at the Jazz School Basel. Since 2001 teacher at the Music School Liestal. With Felix Handschin at the drums he has experimented, in the duo POLAR, at improvisations and pieces of his own. As a sideman he is on the way amongst others with the versatile "Gary Scott Band" (Art on Ice Band), with the funky "Waap" as well as with the entertaining "Christoph Walter Orchestra". The free jazz pioneer Archie Shepp he could as well accompany as Donna Summer, Leona Lewis, Lou Bega, Seven and others. www.nairda.ch
Studied and finished his exams at the Jazz School Basel.
Performances with various bands of most different style directions as Straight Ahead Jazz (acoustic jazz trio), Balkan Jazz (Kapsamun), Brazilian music etc. Took part at various projects like film and theatre music (a.o. Theatre Basel) and CD productions.
Training with Andreas Sträub.
For 15 years active and demanded live and studio musician in the Swiss music scene, in the pop and rock as well as in the funk, jazz and world area. Concerts and tours a.o. with Nubya, Phil and Tanja Dankner, Bluewin Christmas Session, Dr.d/Age Ambient Groove Ensemble, Omen.