Rue Protzer

Sound, aesthetics, and a play full of warmth and spirituality turn Rue Protzer into a musician with a unique style within the European Jazz scene. With his project “Rue de Paris”, he realizes his musical visions and works together with renowned artists of the international music scene. Trumpet Player and “Grammy Award winner” Randy Brecker, saxophone legend Lee Konitz, the New York rhythm section Adam Nussbaum and Marc Johnson, Jay Anderson, John Goldsby, German pianist Thomas Rueckert, French singer Cecile Verny, as well as the Dutch trumpet player Ack van Rooyen are among his musical companions.
Born in Stuttgart, 1966
First guitar lessons at the age of nine, plays in various bands in the area of funk / rock and wins his first composition competition at the age of fifteen
After graduating from high school (Abitur) in 1985, first employment as studio musician at the Berlin Hansa-Studios and first release as composer
1987-1994 Konservatorium Nürnberg, studies with Kurt Hiesl, Vivienne Olive and Werner Andreas Albert. Graduates in Guitar, Composition, and Conducting
1994 – 2000 Numerous national and international releases as studio musician and composer in the area of pop-music and adverstisement (Dollhouse, Fancy, Funk You, Peggy March, Denise, Chris Wolf…)
1999 Workshops, masterclasses and private lessons in New York and London with Pat Metheny, Joe Beck, Gene Bertoncini & Peter Omara, among others
Various teaching activities in theory of music and guitar, jury at the German music competition “Jugend musiziert”
2003 Numerous performances with ‘4 at the club” at top events e.g. international horse racing Baden-Baden, BMW Open Munich, etc.
2004 Producer of and guitarist on “Beginning to see the light” by Ursula Oswald (Jazz4ever Records - with Thomas Rückert, Hendrik Smock, Markus Schieferdecker, Matthias Bergmann & John Marshall)
2005 Rue de Paris – “Quiet Motion” , Debut-CD on Sony Classical / Sony BMG (with Adam Nussbaum, Ack van Rooyen, John Goldsby, Thomas Rückert)
Concerts and festivals with Tony Bulluck
2006 Tour and radio recordings with Rue de Paris and Ack van Rooyen
Co-operation and endorsement with the guitar manufacturer Gibson
2007 “New York Slow” - Release of the second album of “Rue de Paris”, produced for Sony BMG at the Avatar Studios New York (with Randy Brecker, Lee Konitz, Adam Nussbaum, Thomas Rückert & Jay Anderson)
2008 Tour, concerts, radio-recordings and festivals with"Rue de Paris" and Ack van Rooyen (among others)
"Trois" - production of the third album of "Rue de Paris" in Den Haag / Netherlands (with Marc Johnson, Adam Nussbaum, Thomas Rückert, Julian Wasserfuhr and Cecile Verny)
“Rue de Paris reflects instantaneous views on an ignored or almost forgotten world bordering on stillness, rich in irresistibly beautiful poetry, depth, admirable sensitivity, and expressive intensity.” (Alexander Schmitz / Jazzpodium)