Tommy Meier Root Down - Root Down

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Tommy Meier Root Down
Root Down

Album CH 2007 on Intakt Records label
Jazz (Big Band, Free Improvisation)

Tracks 1 and 4 recorded at Unerhört! Festival, Rote Fabrik, Zürich on 27.11.04. Track 11 recorded at Poschiavo by RSI Rete 2 on 05.05.05. Tracks 2 and 3 (Vamp For Lady) recorded at Kiff, Aarau on 03.11.05. All other tracks recorded at Moods, Zürich, #6 on 27.11.06, #3 (Analog), 5, 7, 9 and 10 on 15.07.07 and #8 on 12.03.07. Mixed and edited at Will-y Klangdach, Guntershausen. Mastered at Oakland Studios, Winterthur. Produced by Intakt Records. Comes with 16 page booklet.

Musicians

	Tommy Meier Root Down , album by
	Co Streiff as, ss, *1959 CH alto saxophone
	Christian Weber b, cb, CH bass
	Herbert Kramis cb, b, CH bass
	Hans Koch bcl, ss, ts, *1948 CH bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
	Tommy Meier bcl, ts, CH composed by, cover, cover art, mixed by, edited by, producer, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, conductor
	Fredi Flükiger dr, perc, CH drums
	Marco Käppeli dr, perc, *1951 CH drums
	Jan Schlegel eb, b, *1964 CH electric bass
	Willy Strehler engineer, sound, mixed by, edited by, engineer, sound analog
	Philipp Schaufelberger g, eg, *1970 CH guitar
	Stephan Thelen g, sampler, *1959 CH guitar, sampler, loops
	Chris Wiesendanger p, *1965 CH keyboards
	Andrew Shields liner notes, translated by
	Chris Jäger perc, percussion
	Irene Schweizer p, *1941 CH piano
	Jürg Wickihalder ss, sax, *1973 CH soprano saxophone
	Peter Landis ts, ss, CH tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
	Hans Anliker tb, *1949 CH trombone
	Michael Flury tb, *1983 trombone
	Marco Von Orelli tr, CH trumpet
	Peter Schärli tr, fh, *1955 CH trumpet
	Russ Johnson tr, trumpet
	Joke Lanz voc, ttbl, *1965 CH turntables
	Trixa Arnold dr, voc, ttbl, turntables
	Martin Pearson , engineer, sound
	Christoph Flueler , engineer, sound, engineer, sound vamp for lady
	U. Brendle , composed by, blood part
	Baila , composed by, wa muluendu part
	Sun Ra p, 1914-1993 US composed by, mu part

Producers

Ornella Groebli cover, cover art

Jonas Schoder design, graphic

Patrik Landolt executive-producer

Christian Rentsch liner notes

Walter Schmid mastered by

Francesca Pfeffer photography by

Composers

Tommy Meier

Fela Kuti

Dudu Pukwana

U. Brendle

Baila

Sun Ra

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	The Dawn Part I - III	Tommy Meier Root Down		8:00
2	Lady	Tommy Meier Root Down	Fela Kuti	8:17
3	Analog / Vamp For Lady	Tommy Meier Root Down		2:03
4	City Of Noise	Tommy Meier Root Down		1:51
5	MRA	Tommy Meier Root Down	Dudu Pukwana	4:00
6	Kirui Part I - V	Tommy Meier Root Down		12:00
7	The Root	Tommy Meier Root Down	U. Brendle, Baila	4:30
8	Makaya And The Rain	Tommy Meier Root Down		7:50
9	The Drought / Colo Vamp	Tommy Meier Root Down		5:10
10	Zombie	Tommy Meier Root Down	Fela Kuti	6:05
11	Gebrselassie	Tommy Meier Root Down	Sun Ra	9:06

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