Yellow Cello. The yellowest band in the world is an Allstar boy band 50+. The repertoire: Classic Jazz Rock Crossover. The line-up: 6 top musicians in their best baby boomer years, from Berlin and Saarbrücken. All experts in their musical discipline. They found each other as friends decades ago, but could hardly have been better cast by a marketing professional in terms of their characters (their individual band / brands).

Prof. Daniel Mattar, vocals – graduate of the University of the Arts Berlin, today teaching at several universities in Germany. He won the North Rhine-Westphalia Jazz Award and the Berlin Senate Studio Award. He performed with Bobby McFerrin and succeeded Roger Cicero in the Julia Hülsmann Trio. Mattar’s Yellow Cello Band / Brand is: the gentleman.

Wolfgang Mertes, violin and trumpeter – winner of the Mendelssohn Prize Berlin; since 1999 first concert master of the Saarbrücken State Theater. He has performed all major violin concerts with orchestras such as the Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Dresden Philharmonic and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and others. His genre strings range up to concerts with Phil Collins. Mertes’ Yellow Cello Band / Brand: the exemplary.

Tim Sund, piano, keyboards and composition – Discovered by Richie Beirach in the 1990s and brought to New York, Tim Sund has meanwhile released 12 albums under his own name as well as numerous international / national prizes ‘brought home’. In addition to yellow cello, he is active in the progressive rock band “Green Desert Tree” and in the Herbie Hancock tribute project “Butterfly Effect” (produced by rbb). Sunds Yellow Cello Band / Brand: the nerd.

Prof. Oliver Strauch, drums – participated in over 40 CD productions, including with Lee Konitz, Randy Brecker and Roy Hargrove. He formed the media artist group DIE REDNER, teaches jazz drums at the Saar University of Music and was awarded the European jazz prize, the JTI-Jazz Award. Strauch curates jazz festivals in Germany and abroad. His yellow cello band / brand: the politician.

Daniel “Danda” Cordes, bass – since 2009 member of the Berlin world music ensemble “17 Hippies”, with whom he travels all over Europe, North and South America, China, Australia and New Zealand. The “Hippies” resulted in his close collaboration with Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich, in whose volume “Lüül” he participated. Cordes has been a member of the legendary avant-garde Krautrock band “Agitation Free” since 2012 and among others. musical partner of the writer Wiglaf Droste. His yellow cello band / brand: the hippie.

Dr. Thomas Schmidt-Ott, cello – trained banker, doctorate in cultural marketing and today: program director of the cruise company TUI Cruises. The volume was named after his yellow carbon instrument, a ‘unique’ from the mezzoforte violin maker from 1742. Schmidt-Ott was orchestra director of the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin and chief manager of the Bavarian radio. His yellow cello band / brand: the strategist.