Schmackes Brass Band

The Schmackes Brass Band from Krefeld in Germany is somewhat of a different line-up, consisting of two trumpets, clarinet, banjo and sousaphone. They have been together for eleven years and provide a fun stage performance as well as jazz. The guys in the band are Ecky Odenthal (trumpet/vocals), Boris Odenthal (trumpet /vocals) Wim Maljers (banjo) Dr. Bernie Tebbe-Simmendinger (clarinet) and Rainer Strietzel (sousaphone). The CD featured on TJR is called simply "Vol.2" and titles on the CD are:-Willie the weeper, Somebody stole my gal, Savoy blues, Jazz me blues, Some of these days, Ain't misbehavin', Muskrat ramble, Nobodys sweetheart now, Basin Street blues, Panama, Down by the riverside, Cornet chop suey, That' a plenty, South, Hallo Kleines fräulien, Sister Kate and It's tight like that. Boris Odenthal provides German as well as the standard English texts for many of the songs in their live performances.
Please visit the bands website at www.schmackes-brass-band.de for booking details or e-mail schmackes@boris-odenthal.de