Featuring: Otto's Wonderful World
Otto's Wonderful World
Otto Marr presents, sings and plays memorable songs
As a solo entertainer, Otto Marr presents, sings and plays memorable songs from the Golden Era of Swing Jazz and 50s Rock'n Roll, to the 60s, 70s and 80s, stimulating the musical memories of listeners.
Otto uses his "Band-in-a-Box" as an effective accompaniment providing the sound of a full back-up band.
Otto performs songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Dean Martin, Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Trini Lopez, Neil Diamond and many others, as well as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Peter Paul and Mary, Eric Clapton etc, singing in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish and also incorporating songs for special occasions, like Christmas / New Year, Australian country songs, German beer drinking songs (Oktoberfest), French songs (Bastille Day) etc.
Musical Background
“I have been playing Guitar all my life, starting-up in the mid 1960s as guitarist and back-up singer in a teenage ‘beat’ band in my hometown in Germany. We played songs from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, the Who, Kinks, and so on.
But I was also quite fascinated by the stories I heard, and the music played, by the big Swing bands like Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the 1940s. As a guitar player, I particularly admired the clean sound and style of Jazz Guitar as played by the American guitarist Kenny Burrell, who quickly became my idol.
Later-on I discovered my interest in Blues and Bebop Jazz, and became intrigued by the sophistication of improvised music. I attended the Open Academy of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and also kept my connection to Europe by attending Jazz Schools in Germany and France.
Over the years, I was lucky enough to be able to perform on stage with a number of well known outstanding international performers and singers from all over the world.
But I particularly enjoy to get back to my musical roots and sing and play popular songs from the golden era of music when I grew up.”
Otto Marr
