Bei Nacht Götz Alsmann

• 1 Die Nacht, die Musik und dein Mund 03:40
• 2 Gestern noch (feat. Daniel Hope) 03:21
• 3 In dieser Stadt (feat. Roland Kaiser) 03:39
• 4 Zwei Gitarren 04:07
• 5 Wir woll'n doch nicht so tun (feat. Till Brönner) 03:23
• 6 Nachtlied (feat. Zucchini Sistaz) 03:41
• 7 Casa Bambu 02:44
• 8 Nachts sind die Straßen so leer (feat. Nils Landgren) 05:09
• 9 Mein erster Weg 03:18
• 10 Es hat keinen Zweck mit er Liebe (feat. Yvonne Catterfeld) 02:59
• 11 Ja, da gibt's kein Zurück 04:20
• 12 Graue Schleier (feat. Nils Landgren) 04:54
• 13 Liebesleid 04:19
• 14 Melodie Poesie (feat. Till Brönner) 04:19
• 15 Tränen um Mitternacht 04:39
• 16 Mit den Augen der Liebe (feat. Daniel Hope) 05:02
• 17 Ja, das Küssen (feat. Zucchini Sistaz) 02:34
• 18 Illusionen (feat. Frank Chastenier) 05:40
• Total Runtime 01:11:48

Info for Bei Nacht

‘Götz Alsmann ...by night ...’ is a humorous and melancholy collection of 18 exquisite gems from the history of pop music, which Götz Alsmann has rearranged and transformed into atmospheric jazz chansons. And because it's not only at night that you don't like to be alone, Götz has brought eight fantastic guests on board for his 18th album: Daniel Hope, Roland Kaiser, Yvonne Catterfeld, Nils Landgren, Till Brönner, Frank Chastenier, the Zucchini Sistaz and the Swonderful Quartet.

Both melancholy and cheerful pieces make for an exquisite mix, such as the Beatles song ‘Yesterday’ in the German version ‘Gestern noch (feat. Daniel Hope)’.

There are songs by Greetje Kauffeld, whom he has known personally for 20 years, by Margot Hielscher, whose ‘Nachtlied’ now appears on a disc for the first time, or by the great Hildegard Knef, whose song ‘In dieser Stadt’ he sings as a duet with Roland Kaiser.

However, the actual album theme ‘Nachts’ only crystallises when listening to the selected songs such as ‘Die Nacht, die Musik und dein Mund’, ‘Nachts sind die Straßen so leer’ or ‘Tränen um Mitternacht’.

The guests on ‘Götz Alsmann ... at night ...’ have accompanied the Münster music professor for many years on various occasions such as tours, TV shows and galas. But never before in his career has there been an album on which so many guests from different genres came together.

Although not in one night, Götz Alsmann recorded the album with his band and various guests in the legendary b-sharp studio in Berlin in just nine days. Grammy-winning sound engineer, producer and studio owner Philipp Nedel, whose collaborators were even nominated for a Grammy, was also involved. The multi-talented musician Christoph Israel, who already accompanied Götz Alsmann on his last album production, was also involved.

It will definitely be humorous: ‘I take my work incredibly seriously, I don't take myself as seriously as many people think. Humour is about not stopping at yourself.’

So it is already clear whether Götz Alsmann by day or ‘Götz Alsmann ... by night ...": With him, every time of day becomes a musical highlight.

Götz Alsmann, vocals, piano, accordion, organ, banjo, tenor guitar, Taishōgoto
Altfrid M. Sicking, vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel
Markus Passlick, percussion
Ingo Senst, double bass
Dominik Hahn, drums
Guests:
Daniel Hope, violin
Roland Kaiser, vocals
Courgette Sistaz, vocals
Yvonne Catterfeld, vocals
Till Brönner, trumpet
Nils Landgren, Trombone
Frank Chastenier, piano

Recorded and mixed by Philipp Nedel
Mastered by Alex Kloos
Produced by Christoph Israel

Prof. Dr. Götz Alsmann
was born on 12 July 1957 in Münster. He is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, showmaster, presenter, speaker, music producer, arranger, collector and researcher - or, in short, a born entertainer: with his inimitable, often slightly anarchic charm, Dr Götz Alsmann has been entertaining his audiences very well and with great pleasure for decades, on stages of all sizes as well as on radio and television. The fact that he is a native and enthusiastic Münster resident is mentioned in most reports about him. His connection to the University of Münster, on the other hand, is less frequently mentioned, but no less close.

From 1977, Götz Alsmann studied German language and literature, journalism and musicology at the University of Münster. Incidentally, the latter was based in the northern Kavaliershäuschen in front of the palace, exactly where the office of the WWU Münster Alumni Club is located today. In addition to his many active musical endeavours, both locally and nationally, Götz Alsmann gave them a solid academic foundation in 1985 with his doctorate. The title of his dissertation was ‘Nothing but noise: The independent record companies and the development of American popular music 1943-1963’.

Götz Alsmann has been presenting music programmes on the radio since 1985, and on TV just one year later. He has regularly released albums and toured extensively since 1974. From 1996, alongside Christine Westermann, he also turned the WDR programme ‘Zimmer frei!’, originally intended as a stopgap, into a twenty-year success story, including the Grimme Prize in 2000. When he wasn't winning other awards himself (including several Jazz-ECHOs and the NRW State Order of Merit in 2019), he was often seen as a witty presenter of award ceremonies.

In 2011, his alma mater also honoured him and made him an honorary professor; since then, he has taught the history of popular music at the University of Münster's School of Music. In 2012, he gave his inaugural lecture as a one-hour ‘semi-concert lecture’ with 15 songs and three encores - and surprised his audience with a rather unusual confession for an old stage hand like him: ‘I haven't been this nervous since my first kiss!’ (Text: Tim Stelzer)

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