REVIEWS:

Bekkoame, japan: 4 of 5 stars: Funky grooves and soft ballads bring you around the musical universe of Reiff jr with his excellent guitarplaying, composing and arranging.

Melodic Journey, Germany: 9 of 10 stars: Wunderschöne, entspannte Musik zum Genießen.

Softjazz, UK: It's always a pleasure to bring someone less familiar into the light, and let me tell you Reiff takes smooth jazz to places it never knew it wanted to go.

Uzine, Belgium: 2,3 of 3 stars: "Funky Flavas" is perfect for fans of funky AOR rock à la Steely Dan, Satriani and the like, and of fusion and nu jazz à la Brecker Bros, late Weather Report & co, or even John Scoffield.

Jazzdimensions, Germany: Ohne Frage ist Reiff jr ein außerordentlicher Gitarrist - und seine Songs sind etwas für einen gelungenen "Dance&Talk"-Abend. Schöne Musik mit Feeling, die so manchen Winterabend milder werden läßt. Den Namen Reiff jr sollte man sich merken - eine weitere Entdeckung im Norden.

 

REIFF jr CV UK VERSION:

REIFF Søren, aka : Reiff jr born in Denmark.
Producer, Composer, Musical Director & Guitarplayer.

He has toured in Europe, USA and Malaysia with different artists and as a solo artist, 1989-2002.
Reiff has been Musical Director for David Sanborn, Chaka Khan, Mark King, Leo Sayer, Penny Ford and played with: Robert Palmer, Randy Crawford, Paul Young, Thoots Thielemanns, Jamie Walters, Curtis Stigers, Bonnie Tyler, Robin Beck, Suzy Q and David Garfield.
Numerous recordings with Tower of Power, Michael Brecker, Madness 4 Real and artists from UK, Scandinavia, Japan, India and Mexico.

He has worked as guitarist in Tv houseband appearing in around 200 talkshows, "Meyerheim & Co.", 1991-94.
Played in houseband on TV show "Don't forget your toothbrush", Denmark, 1995
Played in houseband on TV show "Safari", Denmark, 1996.
Musical Director of houseband on Tv show "It's Saturday Night", Denmark 1997.
Musical Director of houseband on Tv show "The Big Class Reunion", Denmark 1998-99.

Reiff has composed for Danish National TV (DR), TV2 (DK), TV3 (DK & SV), MTV, TV4 (Scandinavia),
National TV in China, plus movies and commercials.

1998 Reiff jr. was included in the "International Who's Who In Music".
Management : www.DaRoof.dk

More info: www.REIFF.dk

REIFF jr CV DK VERSION:

Reiff har sagt farvel til jobbet som kapelmester i store tv-shows og har kastet sig over et soloprojekt, hvor han dyrker sin lidenskab for melodisk, groovy musik - jazz iblandet soul og R&B. Og han nyder sin kunstneriske frihed i en tid, hvor dagens talenter konkurrerer om en plads i tv-koncepternes pop-rampelys…

Søren Reiff, guitarist, komponist og producer, har gennem tiderne spillet og indspillet med Chaka Khan, David Sanborn, Randy Crawford, Robert Palmer, Søs Fenger, Sanne, Thomas Helmig og mange flere.

De fleste herhjemme kender ham nok bedst som den skaldede, glade kapelmester fra utallige tv-shows. Blandt andet så vi ham i "Husk lige tandbørsten", "Så' det lørdag" og ikke mindst gennem 3 år i "Den store Klassefest".

Mættet af kommercielle klassefester og seertals målinger flyttede Reiff til New York - her fandt han sig selv og sit musikalske ståsted. Vel hjemme igen og efter at have tourneret med blandt andet David Garfield, har han samlet bandet Funky Flavas og sender nu sit første soloudspil med samme navn på gaden.

Du kan få mere information om Reiff på www.REIFF.dk