Thomas Rotter
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Bio
Thomas was born and raised in Lüdenscheid/Germany and had his first guitar lessons at the age of 15. Later on he switched to bass. In 1988 he moved to Stuttgart/Germany to study bass at the High school for music with Prof. Bernd Konrad and Thomas Heidepriem. Since that time he began to work as a professional musician involved in different styles and projects.
As a sideman concerts with musicians like Maria Joao (Portugal), Gerd Dudek (European Jazz Ensemble), Bernd Konrad, Daniel Messina (Ex-drummer with Babara Dennerlein), Dany Martinez (Cuba), Bob Degen (USA), Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Marcelo Kitay (Argentina),Roxana Amed (Argentina), Cléber Alves (Brazil), André Queiroz (Brazil), Ricardo Fiuza (Brazil) and many other musicians.
About
Thomas Rotter displays his soulful versatility as an instrumentalist and as a composer on his 2009 released debut album "Traumzeit". It features 10 beautiful original compositions by Thomas, and the tunes seem to have special qualities: two songs from album, "Rainsong" and "No way out", were several weeks among the "Top Ten Jazz compositions" on the composers platform "sibeliusmusic" in 2000.
The just released CD includes some special guests from Brazil: one of the most busy brazilian drummers; André "Limao" Queiroz from Belo Horizonte, who worked with top musicians like Toninho Horta or Maria Schneider, and, last but not least, Cléber Alves on tenor-and sopranosaxes. Cléber is also from Belo Horizonte and gained some special reputation for his 2006 released album "Revinda" which was choosen as the "best instrumental album" from Minas Gerais.
