Mark Alban Lotz - Birgit Lotz Verlag

Tell Me Everything (Ernst Reijseger) -
Oops Swallowed (Lotz, Coultre, Veenendaal, Purves) -
Electric Eel Lullaby (Lotz, Purves) -
Waiting For Prey (Lotz) –2, -3 -
Of Royal Herring (Den Koninklijke Haring) (Lotz) -3 -
In Love? (Lotz, Coultre, Veenendaal, Purves) -
The Bathyscaaf (Lotz) -
Seahorse Duet (Lotz) -
Jellyfish Lullaby (Lotz, Coultre, Veenendaal, Purves) –1, -3, -4 -
Coral Lives! (Lotz, Coultre, Veenendaal, Purves) –3, -4 -
This Fish (Veenendaal) -
Recorded byStephan van Wylick (Fattoria, Osnabrück); ; mixed and edited by Micha de Kanter (Power Sound Studio,
Amsterdam);mastered by Bastiaan Kujit (Le Roy Studios, Amsterdam)
Review in Cadence, Oct-Dec 2009, 236
”Bite!” By Bruce Lindsay: “Jazz has brought many innovative and original approaches to the world of music, but an entire album inspired by fish
could well be a first. Flautist Mark Alban Lotz's Bite! offers 19 tracks of fresh, entertaining and uplifting music inspired not just by fish, but by "a
dutch view on fish," a combined video and music project. Bite! is a joyous work. The quartet's musicianship is consistently excellent and conveys a
clear feeling that the players had fun during the recording. The sleeve notes and track titles also convey this sense of fun. Alan "Gunga" Purves makes
use of a range of percussive instruments including the Brim Bram, an instrument of his own design based on a wooden frame with attached rubber
bands, which is helpfully pictured on the cover. Tune titles name check the Clownfish, Squid, Royal Herring and Seahorse, among others. "Get Along
with Mating Squids" blends Lotz's flute and Purves' percussion in a splendid evocation of squids mating: "The Bathyscaaf," in contrast, features
Lysander Le Coultre's cello to beautiful effect while "Oops Swallowed" is a more free-form and rather disturbing piece.
Lotz makes particularly effective use of the bansuri flute, while Albert van Veenendaal's prepared piano helps create the underwater feel of tunes such
as "Jellyfish Lullaby." At times Lotz's classical roots are more obvious than his jazz ones, but this helps to add variation and contrast. He has
previously declared his intention to bridge the jazz and classical worlds and on much of this album he succeeds admirably. The absence of a standard
drum kit or bass also helps Bite! to sound fresh and unusual, the fluidity of the bowed cello lending itself more readily to the intended atmosphere of
the album. Nineteen tunes inspired by fish may not seem like a great idea for a jazz album, but Bite! is a beautifully performed, often tongue-in-cheek
and always intriguing CD. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=33438
Kamil Erdem Quartet: Live at Nardis
Mark Alban Lotz (flutes); Kamil Erdem (bass), Fatith Ahiskali (oud); Ediz Hafizoglu (percussion)
Istanbul, Turkey, Nardis Jazz Club, 01 December 2008
Misri (Erdem) Video
Nenu (Erdem) -
Yeni 2 (Erdem) -
Lucky Storm (Erdem) -
The Owl in a cage (Erdem) -
Odd Tango (Erdem) -
Reinforced Bridge (Erdem) -
Ol' Bosperus (Lotz) -
Choc Trafic (Lotz) -
Turkish Traditional -
Well You Needn't (Monk) -
Balkan Trilogy -
Kamil Erdem Quartet: Live at the International Jazz Festival
Mark Alban Lotz (flutes); Kamil Erdem (bass), Fatith Ahiskali (oud); Ediz Hafizoglu (percussion)
Ankara, Turkey, ODTU University, 03 December 2008
Misri (Erdem) Turkish National TV telecast
Nenu (Erdem) -
Yeni 2 (Erdem) -
Lucky Storm (Erdem) -
The Owl in a cage (Erdem) -
Odd Tango (Erdem) -
Reinforced Bridge (Erdem) -
Ol' Bosperus (Lotz) -
Choc Trafic (Lotz) -
A Fula's Call: Live at the Dutch Jazz Connection
Mark Alban Lotz (flutes); Omar Ka [Senegal] (vocals, guitar); Raphael Vanoli (guitar); Afra Mussawisade (percussion)
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Bimhuis, 12 December 2008
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