Boozing Wizards - Redtenbacher's Funkestra | CD | Debut Album (1996)

BOOZING WIZARDS

BOOZING WIZARDS is Stefan Redtenbacher’s first album, recorded in spring 1996 at Third Dimension Studios in Winthrop, just outside Boston.

Made during Stefan’s time at Berklee College of Music, the album brings together Berklee professors, fellow students and friends from Austria. Led from the bass, it features Hammond organ, guitar, a substantial horn and woodwind section, vocals and programmed textures.

The recording captures an early stage of Stefan’s musical world: an international group of players working across groove-led instrumental music, arranged horns, improvisation and studio colour. It also marks the beginning of the collaborative approach that would later develop into Redtenbacher’s Funkestra.

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Personnel

·      Stefan Redtenbacher — bass, bandleader, producer

·      Dave Limina — Hammond organ, keyboards

·      Larry Finn — drums

·      Neal Itzler — guitar

·      Junauro Landgrebe — guitar (rhythm guitar on track 4, solo on track 5, melody on tracks 5 and 8)

·      Thomas Feurer — alto saxophone

·      Robert Friedl — tenor saxophone

·      Sebastian Grimus — flute, clarinet

·      Nichol Thomson — trombone

·      Wolfgang Haeuptli — trumpet

·      Dan Pratt — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet

·      Michaells “Michelito” Fana — vocals

·      Justin Mullens — trumpet (melody on track 3, solo on track 8)

·      Herwig Maurer — programming, sound effects

Production Credits

All songs composed, arranged and produced by Stefan Redtenbacher, except “Love, Love, Love,” written by Bailey/Williams; vocal arrangement by Michaells Fana.

Recorded and mixed by Mike Gatzios at Third Dimension Studios, Boston, Massachusetts, in April and May 1996.
Mastered by Bernie “Big B” Auer at Big Apple Studios.
Graphic design by R. D. Brough.
Illustration by Peter Tronolone.
Photography by Guenther Standl.