Mark Alban Lotz - Birgit Lotz Verlag

-1: Mark Alban Lotz (alto flute, arrangement); Maarten Ornstein (clarinet); Stephan Schmid (piano); Jos Machtel (acoustic bass);
Stefan Kruger (drum set); Alexis Zayas Rosabal, Amalia Pedroso (lead vocals); Sjahin During (okónkolo, cow-bell); Javier Campos
Martínez (cláve)
-2: Mark Alban Lotz (C-flute, composition); Maarten Ornstein (tenor sax); Stephan Schmd (piano); Jos Machtel (acoustic bass,
valve trombone); Stefan Kruger (drum set, arrangement); Alexis Zayas Rosabal (lead vocal); Lilian Vieira (rap); Javier Campos
Martínez (iyá); José Pilar Suarez (itotelé); Sjahin During (okónkolo); André Pet (trombone)
-3: Mark Alban Lotz (alto flute, bass flute); Maarten Ornstein (clarinet, bass clarinet); Stephan Schmid (piano); Jos Machtel (acoustic
bass, tuba); Stefan Kruger (drum set); Alexis Zayas Rosabal (lead vocal); Javier Campos Martínez, Jorge Nunñez Menocal, Miguel
„Anga” Diaz (congas); Sjahin During (cláve); Tijtze Anne Vogel (arrangement)
-4: Mark Alban Lotz (C-flute); Maarten Ornstein (clarinet); Stephan Schmid (piano); Jos Machtel (acoustic bass); Alexis Zayas
Rosabal, Amalia Pedroso (lead vocals); Javier Campos Martínez (iyá); José Pilar Suarez (itotelé); Sjahin During (okónkolo)
-5: Stefan Kruger (cow bell); Javier Campos Martínez (quinto); José Pilar Suarez, Jorge Nunñez Menocal (chekére); Alexis Zayas
Rosabal (lead vocal), Frenla, Jorge Nuñez (vocal)
-6: Mark Alban Lotz (bass flute); Maarten Ornstein (clarinet); Stephan Schmid (piano); Jos Machtel (acoustic bass, valve trombone);
Stefan Kruger (drum set); Amalia Pedroso (lead vocals); Javier Campos Martínez (iyá); José Pilar Suarez (itotelé); Sjahin During
(okónkolo)
-7: Stefan Kruger (cow bell); Javier Campos Martínez, Jorge Nunñez Menocal, Rodolfo Muñoz Ramirez (congas); José Pilar Suarez
(lead vocals)
-8: Mark Alban Lotz (bass flute); Maarten Ornstein (bass clarinet); Jos Machtel (tuba); Javier Campos Martínez (lead vocals); José
Pilar Suarez (itotelé); Jorge Nunñez Menocal (iyá), Sjahin During (okónkole)
-9: Mark Alban Lotz (flutes, arrangement); Stefan Kruger (composition); others unidentified
-10: Mark Alban Lotz (flutes, arrangement, composition); others unidentified
-11: Mark Alban Lotz (flutes, arrangement); Hueso (bongo); Maarten Ornstein, Stephan Schmid (composition); others unidentified
-12: Mark Alban Lotz (flutes, arrangement); Jorge Nuñez, José Pilar, Sjahin During (batá); Javier Campos Martínez (lead vocal);
José Pilar, Alexis Zayas, Jazmin Saavedra, Lillian Vierra, Jos de Haas (vocal)
-13: Mark Alban Lotz (flute, arrangement); Stephan Schmid (piano); Maarten Ornstein (clarinet, saxophone); Jos Machtel (acoustic
bass, valve trombone); André Pet (bass); Alexis Zayas (lead vocal); Javier Campos Martínez, José Pilar (vocal)
-14: Mark Alban Lotz (flute, arrangement); Stephan Schmid (piano); Maarten Ornstein (clarinet, saxophone); Jos Machtel (acoustic
bass, valve trombone); André Pet (bass)
-15: Javier Campos Martínez, Sjahin During, Jorge Nuñez (batá); Alexis Zayas, Javier Campos Martínez, José Pilar (vocal). The flute
intro by Mark Alban Lotz was superimposed later at Zeist, The Netherlands.
Collective personnel of vocalists used on the above sessions: Jazmin Saavedra, Xiomara Larringa, Frenla, Alexis Zayas Rosabal,
Amalia Pedroso, Javier Campos Martínez, José Pilar Suarez, Jorge Nuñez Menocal, Chummarra & Frenla, Jose de Haas, Mark Alban
Lotz (ensemble vocals)
Havana, Cuba, ICAIC studio, April 1997
Changó in The Dark (Changó) [Pygmies In The Dark] (Lotz)–1 (azr,ap) VIA 9920592 (CD),
LOM Promotion* (CD),
Dutch Jazz + World 2000 CD**
Crazy Babalou (Babalú Ayé) (trad/Lotz/Vieira, arr Kruger)[Dj.S.]-2 (azr, lv) VIA 9920592(CD),
LOM Promotion* (CD)
Ibeyi (Cuban traditional, arr Lotz)/Dr. Gregg (part 1+2) (Kruger) -9 unissued
Arará Track (Babalu Ayé) (trad/Lotz, arr Kruger)-3 (azr) VIA 9920592 (CD),
EBU CD***
Checke, Checke (traditional, arr Lotz) –10 unissued
Hueso Groove (Ornstein/ Schmid)s –11 LopLop LLr-CD 0014
Ogun (trad) –12 unissued
Baba Furruru (Cuban traditional,arr Lotz) –12 (jcm,jp,az,js,lv,jdh) -
Odudada/Obatalá (Cuban traditional, arr Lotz) –9 -
Blues For Yemayá (Yemayá) (Orisha, arr Lotz)–4 (ap, azr, ensemble) VIA 9920592(CD),LOM Promotion*,
Bear Family BCD16912CP****
Guiro Para Ogún (Ogún) –5 (azr) -
For Cosme And Damian [Ibedyi] [Dr. Gregg (Kruger)]-6 (ap) -, Utrechtse Jazz CS SJU.9901(CD)
Makuta (X) –7 (jps) -
King Of The White Cloth (Obatalá)–8 (jcm) -
A Shuffle For Oshun-13 (Traditional, arr Lotz) (az,jcm,jp) LOM Promo CD, LopLop LLr-CD 0014
Pesco Cubano-14 (Traditional, arr Lotz) unissued-
Elekotó-15 (Traditional, arr Lotz) (az, jcm,jp) LopLop LLr-CD 0014
Note: Additional recordings at the Kwetterhof Studio, Wormerweer in September 1997, January 1998 and February 1998. Edited,
mastered and additional recordings at Zeist in August 1998. All arrangements by Mark Alban Lotz and Javier Campos Martínez.
Review in Cadence, Oct-Dec 2007, 97
*Excerpt.
**This is a compilation CD by Dutch Pop & Rock Institute, Conamus and Radio Netherlands
*** This is a compilation CD by the Ensemble Bureau Utrecht 2000
Lop Lop LLr-0014 was released in the US as Random Chance RCD-20 (CD)
**** This is a Compilation 3CD set “Der Jazz in Deutschland Vol.4 Vom Jazz in Deutschland zum deutschen Jazz“
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