Wolfgang Lackerschmid Quartet

In the organizer's words:

Wolfgang Lackerschmid wrote jazz history at a young age with his album "Ballads for Two" as a duo with Chet Baker. As a vibraphonist and composer, he stands for lively jazz: virtuoso, humorous, harmonically sophisticated - and always melodic. With the line-up he has put together for his 70th birthday, he can draw stylistically from the full range. It will be funky, groovy, swinging, deep in the ballads and rousing in the uptempo.
Wolfgang Lackerschmid - vibraphone, has played on over 200 recordings and countless live concerts with Chet Baker, Attila Zoller, Larry Coryell, Buster Williams, Paquito D'Rivera, Tony Scott, Jacques Loussier, Eberhard Weber, Albert Mangelsdorff, Ronnell Bey, Stefanie Schlesinger and at various Vibraphone Summits together with Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson, Mike Mainieri, Dave Samuels, among others. Lackerschmid has written numerous songs and jazz titles, some of which were already popularized worldwide in the seventies, e.g. by Chet Baker, concertante works for orchestra, choir and ensembles, as well as music for theater, ballet, films and radio plays.

Yotam Silberstein - guitar, born in Tel-Aviv, lives in New York. Has played with James Moody, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, Roy Hargrove, Pat Martino, Anat Cohen, Avishai Cohen, Kenny Barron, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Monty Alexander, among others. CD productions and tours under his name in Europe, Japan, South America, Asia and the USA. As a composer of film music he received the Sundance Time Warner Award in 2013. Current CD as leader with George Coleman, John Patitucci and Billy Hart and a duo album with Ron Carter.

Stefan Rademacher - bass, was a member of the Billy Cobham Band from 1994 to 2007 and played with Lee Ritenour, Don Grusin, George Duke, Chaka Khan, Ack van Royen, Bobby Shew, Randy Brecker, Dave Samuels, the London Jazz Orchestra, and as a guest soloist with the WDR Bigband and the Bochum Symphony Orchestra. He is a professor at the Bern University of the Arts.

Karl Latham - drums, has played with Chuck Loeb, Joe Lovano, Roy Ayers, Claudio Roditi, Michal Urbaniak, Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Allstars, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Anat Cohen, Eumir Deodato, Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Bob Malach, Blood Sweat & Tears, Dave Samuels, The Shirelles, as well as in Broadway musicals such as "Beautiful: The Carol King Musical" and "Hamilton".

Wolfgang Lackerschmid - Vibraphone
Yotam Silberstein - guitar
Stefan Rademacher - bass
Karl Latham - drums