Kompliment

“COMPLIMENT …”

A compliment can make life more beautiful, but also more complicated—after all, “compliment” and “complicated” seem to share the same root.

But when Götz Alsmann and his band thoughtfully hand out musical compliments in their new show—while at times playing their music in a rather mischievous way—gems from the past hundred-plus years of German pop history help make life significantly less complicated.

However: Giving compliments is a skill that must be learned.
Don’t get right to the point, don’t overdo it, come across as both confident and convincing, and at the same time, don’t forget the old adage:
The opposite of a compliment is not giving one.

The unmistakable jazz approach with which Götz Alsmann tackles the lyrical, philosophical, melancholic, rustic, and humorous messages of the songs, Schlager, and chansons, has made him and his musicians leading interpreters of their unique art form, “Jazzschlager.”
The Götz Alsmann Band, which has been on the road for decades delivering top-notch entertainment, presents its new program “Kompliment …” (based, of course, on the current album of the same name)
as part of the never-ending tour on the leading stages of the German-speaking world.

The musicians are:
Götz Alsmann—piano, vocals, and more
Altfrid M. Sicking—vibraphone, marimba
Ingo Senst, double bass
Dominik Hahn, drums
Markus Paßlick, congas, bongos, percussion

“Kompliment …” by Götz Alsmann and his band—
A compliment to the audience!
A compliment to you!