° comments by press and colleges:
"..the phenomenal young drummer Michael Küttner"... (FAZ)
"The discovery of the festival" (J.E. Behrendt, Jazzfestival Frankfurt 1980)
"...2. German Jazzdrummer in the readers poll of the Drums & Percussion magazine in 1983"
"one of the most popular and busy jazzdrummers of Germany", (Drums&Percussion)
"Star of the week" for the best performance of the week in Munich (Münchener Abendzeitung)
"...also very impressive the drumming of Küttner. Uncommon rhythms, foreign sounds, he seems to be inspired by African drummers as well as by far east music. He plays his instrument with a lot of feeling and with an enthusiasm, which transfers immediately to the public." (Stuttgarter Zeitung)
"..To write about Küttner’s drumming is futile, because he is capable of playing many styles in different formations".
"...rhythmically enormously agile and flexible, a little surprise in itself." (Kölnische Rundschau)
"....at the drums sat a kind of a prophet, one who knows at all times what is to come. Küttner didn’t accompany, he synchronized..., The accents of the drummer were sitting perfectly, but were still full of spontaneity and incalculable." (General Anzeiger Bonn)
"....Michael Küttner is one of the best drum teachers in this country"...(Sticks)
"...Küttner is a dream of an interacting drummer" (General Anzeiger Bonn)
"...Michael Küttner is a wonderful player, very dedicated to his music." (Charlie Mariano)
"..During the past 12 years the musician Michael Küttner has come to be considered one of the best drummers and percussionist not only of the German, but also of the European scene." (Prof. Siegfried Busch, Berlin)
"..I have also played on several occasions with Michael and can honestly say that he is one of the best European drummers around. He is versatile and energetic as a jazz drummer and adds more because he is an expert on African drums and rhythms." (Dave Liebman)
"..Michael Kuettner playing together with our Radio bigband demonstrated not only his special, euro-african virtuosity and his sense of timbre shades, but also singed (!) in united rhythm with the drumming - an impression that was more than suprising…" "Diena", Riga, Latvia
° "...Michael Küttner has everything what makes a firstclass jazz drummer. Swing, groove, solid timing, musicality and tasty playing en masse. Unfortunately Michael holds a german and not an american passport, otherwise he would show in the top ten of international magazins....His intelligent-musical and tasteful drumming heard on this CD is really above any doubt." (Sticks – Rezension der CD ”Conversation")
