Tom Götze

Tom Götze (born 1968 in Dresden) is a German bassist and professor at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden for double bass and electric bass jazz/rock/pop.

Tom Götze

Life

Götze's musical career began in Dresden. From 1984 to 1990, he studied tuba, bass guitar and double bass at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden

Since his study visit to the USA (New York City and Los Angeles) in 1992/93, he has been active as a musician in the styles of jazz, rock, pop and classical as well as an actor (among others Staatsschauspiel Dresden).

Since 1989 Götze has been a member of the Dresden band Dekadance, with whom several albums have been produced. He has worked with numerous well-known artists such as Mike Stern, Pet Shop Boys, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Günther Fischer, Till Brönner, Adam Rogers, Manfred Krug, Richie Beirach, John Schröder, Gitte Hænning, Uschi Brüning, Jiggs Whigham, Chester Thompson, Pascal von Wroblewsky, Günther "Baby" Sommer, Rhani Krija, Sven Helbig and Günter Hörig. With Arkady Shilkloper, Florian Mayer and John Wolf Brennan he forms the group "Pago Libre." With Stephan Bormann he worksin the 10string Orchestra.

As a founding member of the Dresdner Sinfoniker, he is regularly involved in their projects, also as a soloist.

Tours

Guest performances and tours have taken him to Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Scandinavia, England, Spain, Italy, France, Austria, Russia, China and Switzerland.

Professor

Since 2012 he has been teaching as a professor for double bass and bass guitar at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.

Recordings
  • 2019: The 10string Orchestra Clouds
  • 2013: Stephan Bormann, Tom Götze, The Ten String Orchestra: Pearls (Acoustic Music)
  • 2013: Lars Kutschke Right Here, Right Now
  • 2012: Tom Goetze Band Bass Shuttle

Awards

References
  1. Edel zeichnet Manfred Krug posthum mit Platin aus. In MusikWoche. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. Künstlerhafen verleiht Jazz Award für Manfred-Krug-Hommage. In MusikWoche. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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