From what I can find out, Knut is not a
Scandinavian singer who went to Stuttgart, Germany, to get in on the hip new
psychedelic jazz scene, as reported in some ill-informed jazz articles. Knut
(born 13/9/1941, in Stettin) studied music in Hamburg and Lübeck, and debuted
as early as 1965 with a German language cover version of the Beatles
"Yesterday". He turns out to be both a multi-instrumentalist, and
an all-round pop, jazz, m-o-r, etc., singer, songwriter. He has tried out
almost every type of popular music genre there is. Most of his albums are
sung in the German language
His one-off venture into psychedelic rock 'n'
soul, as The Knut Kiesewetter Train, saw him handling English lyrics with
considerable aplomb. His backing band comprised of some of the finest talent
of the era - for an album that was real groovy man! With snazzy production,
all spiced up with the Krauty psychedelic jazz sound, it was comparable in
many ways to Soul Caravan.
Knut Kiesewetter (vocals), Dieter Reith (organ), Ack van Rooyen (trumpet, flugelhorn), Leo Wright (alto saxophone, flute), Gerd Dudek (tenor saxophone), Heinz Kitschenberg (guitar), Eberhard Weber (bass), Kenny Clare (drums)
Many thanks
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