Messengers

Messengers were a German jazz-funk big band that released two albums and a standalone single between 1975 and 1977 on Red Point, Yum Yum, and Warner Bros.

Members: Antonia Maas (lead vocals), Joe Körner (trombone, [tenor horn] saxhorn, vocals), Peter Förster (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute), Bernhard Jobski (trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo, backing vocals), Thomas “Doc” Neviger (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, vocals), Peter Tüllmann (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, backing vocals), Nono (keyboards, backing vocals), Michael Gechter (guitar, violin, vocals), Thomas “Keule” Schiedel (bass, piano, 12-string guitar), Olaf “Vicking” Gustafsson (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Stefan Holm Jr. (percussion, congas), Erling Jensen (vocals), Jürgen Scheele (trumpet, flugelhorn), Thomas Glanz (keyboards), Earl Stanley Bostic (bass), Frank Lüdeke (woodwinds)

Discography:

  • First Message (1975)
  • “The Governor” / “Just Another Song to Sing” (1976)
  • Children of Tomorrow (1977)

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