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Mannersachen

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I borrowed this CD from a friend, and bought my own soon later. It's the perfect blend of voice, charisma, and music.

I don't speak German, I don't understand German. And it doesn't matter, because the CD just WORKS anyway.

I recommend it for any fans of Michael Buble, Anthony Warlow, and Frank Sinatra.

This CD is great and I would totally recommend it if you like Michael Buble and artists like this as well or even if you want to practice your German. He speaks very clearly and although I can speak German, I'm not perfect and have picked up on quite a lot of new words and thoughts. PLUS, the music is super! My fave: Ich atme ein, Ich atme aus...setze ein FuSS vor den andern...nehme ein Tag nach dem andern (I breathe in, I breathe out...step one foot in front of the other...take one day at a time)

Ever since I got this CD a few weeks ago it's been consistently played in my car. A very high-quality swing/jazz. Funny lyrics!! Impossible not to smile when hearing Roger :)

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I first heard his feature song "Zieh die Schuhe" (take off your shoes) this summer in Germany and liked the song so much, that I decided to buy the album. He has a very good feeling for rhythm and melody and the lyrics are funny and unexpected. I really like all of the songs on this album but especially "Ich atme ein" (I breathe in) and "Mein guter Stern auf allen Wegen" - a song for car lovers. His voice is smooth and groovy. On his own German homepage Roger Cicero states, that he was uncertain if you can bring German lyrics to "swing" but it works! So if you would like to try something new - here it is: German big-band Swing.

On a recent business trip to Berlin I happen to be browsing through CD's in a large electronics store. It was about an hour before the store closed and I had already been in the store for at least 90 minutes. I hadn't really seen anything that I was inspired to buy and so I slowly started for the door when I heard this jazzy uptempo music start to play over the speakers in the store....Hey this is kind of nice....and then this voice makes me stop dead in my tracks, turns me around, I walk back into the music section, I stop and I listen.

About an hour later I'm still standing in the same spot snapping my fingers to the beat saying to myself...Who is this guy? Mind you, I don't really speak German other than Hello & Goodbye, but this music and that voice connected. The music was interuppted long enough to hear a voice in German announce that the store was closing. I kind of understood this because I was the only one left standing in this section of the store. I quickly walked up to the clerk and ask who was the artist he had been playing for the last hour. "Zoe you likes ziss zinger?...Zat is Roger Cicero". Likes was an understatement. I was just blown away.

Apparently most of Germany likes zis zinger too, as the CD copy the clerk was playing was the last copy in the store. I begged the clerk to sell it to me, he did and now four weeks later back here in the states I'm still playing it daily and getting everyone of my friends to give a listen.

Roger, if you just happen to read this review there's now a small fan base in San Diego that loudly says "Go West young man, go West". For those of you who haven't been to Germany and dont speak the languge, take a leap of faith and buy this CD Now...with Rogers voice and those amazing arrangements & orchestration there is no languge barrier.

Wow, this guy and his band are good! This CD is a must for big band/swing enthusiast and good music lovers in general. After listening to this CD I would have to agree with earlier reviewers that it really doesn't matter that the vocals are all in German.
In fact, it's really kind of refreshing.
The band and the horn arrangements are absolutely amazing throughout the album. While we in the U.S. are subjected to Mariah Carey asking to "touch her body" (which I doubt will happen anytime in the future...) Roger Cicero and his band are putting out some really, really good music! There are a few good video clips out on "YouTube" so you can judge for yourself (skip the crappy homemade videos as they will only irritate you). View the good videos, buy the CD from [...], and tell a friend to do the same.

This CD was a surprise. A friend in Berlin sent it to me, and I was immediately captured. OK, so you don't know German, which is unfortunate because the lyrics are often whimsical and innovative. Even if you don't know German, the music is grand, and Cicero's voice and delivery are beautiful. Where did this guy come from? Well, he was born in Berlin in 1970 to Lili Czizceo, a dancer, and Eugen Cicero, a renowned jazz pianist. He grew up in show business and was already on TV by the early 1980s, including appearances at age 16 with Horst Jankowski. He studied at the Hohner Conservatory in Germany and worked on jazz singing at the Amsterdam Academy of Arts. He now appears with a big band after first forming his own jazz quartet in 2003. His combining of the swing style with clever lyrics is downright captivating, as are his good looks. The comparisons to Michael Bublé and Frank Sinatra are not far afield.

Fantastic CD-great Jazz and Swing-fast delivery from seller in England.
Every song on that CD is great. Absolutely entertaining. This music will lift your spirits.

First heard of Roger Cicero listening to a "Slow German" podcast. A link to "Zieh die Schuh aus" was provided. One listen and I was hooked on his music. If you like swing this is for you.

Mannersachen is one of my favorite albums of the year. Roger Cicero appeared on Eurovision this year (2007) to represent Germany; he appeared as one of the acts for the concert for Live Earth in Hamberg. Mannersachen is a stong showcase of music in the style of big band jazz of the 40s and 50s but with a contemporary feel. The lyrics are in German but listeners don't have to speak German to enjoy the music. Cicero has an amazing voice and his band is top notch. Don't think this is another Frank Sinatra or Robbie Williams wannabe collection: Cicero is in a class all his own. The DVD of the live concert featuring the songs from Mannersachen is also recommended to get you smiling - Cicero is a fantastic live performer who rouses audiences to their feet.