Dima Geller is a young trumpet player hailing from Mogilev, a small town in eastern Belarus, near the Russian border. After his family immigrated to Israel he studied music at the academy of Jerusalem and later in Germany. Dima is an ambivalent musician performing Pop, Soul, R&B, Fusion, Jazz Lounge and Smooth Jazz.

Dima played with Kent Nagano, Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado, Placido Domingo, Ramon Vargas, Rolando Villazon and many more. Since 2004 he gigs with the music-acrobatic-show Balagan and the Balagan band. His music is comparable with Chris Botti, Till Broenner or Rick Braun.

His debut album is entitled Walking Through The Digeltown (2008). Dima composed, arranged and produced all tunes with the exception of My Funny Valentine. He is joined by Viktoria Smotkin (vocals), Anke Lucks (trombone/brass section), Paul Milmeister (bass), Michael Joch (drums) and others.

Dima’s fresh and edgy approach to smooth jazz is obvious. Walking Through The Digeltown sounds like a refurbished and unfamiliar mixture of disco beat, electronic synth in the style of Jan Hammer and smooth jazz. I must admit his trumpet performance is surprisingly brilliant and energetic.

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