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Brian Marsella Trio
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The Brian Marsella Trio formed in 2016 initially as interpreters of John Zorn’s Bagatelles. Kenny Wollesen (drums) and Trevor Dunn (bass) are long-time collaborators of Zorn and were the perfect rhythm section to back Marsella who first started performing Zorn’s Bagatelles in a solo piano setting. Zorn asked Marsella, “How would you like to do a trio set of Bagatelles? What do you think of playing with Kenny Wollesen and Trevor Dunn?” The rest, they say, is history. The trio has now recorded 6 albums that chronicles the bands growth and telepathy as improvisers. Their debut album, BUER: The Book of Angels Vol 31 (2017) was followed by Intersection of Dissections (featuring Marsella’s original compositions), The Hierophant (2019), Calculus (2020), John Zorn’ Bagatelles Vol 6 (2021) and Meditations on the Tarot (2021). The trio is known for its highly energetic performances that jumps from free jazz excursions, to straight-ahead swinging to world grooves all while having a cinematic quality of story-telling. Since their first performance at The Stone in 2016, The Brian Marsella Trio has performed in venues and festivals across the globe including The Village Vanguard, Porgy and Bess, Bimhuis, Elbphilharmonie, and the Molde, Sarajevo, North Sea, Saalfelden, and Jazz à Vienne Festivals.
Program and cast
Brian Marsella: piano
Trevor Dunn: bass
Kenny Wollesen: drums
PORGY and BESS Jazzclub
Porgy & Bess (actually, Jazz and Music Club Porgy & Bess ) is a jazz club in the Riemergasse 11 in the 1st district of Vienna. The club , founded in 1993 is considered " the most important jazz organizer and trendy meeting point " of the Austrian capital .
The program of Porgy & Bess speaks to a very large audience , about 70,000 guests a year ; is accordingly Jazz " understood very pluralistic ," and the program " even in fringe areas , such as electronic music , contemporary music and world music penetrated . " Many international artists , particularly from the U.S. space , see also Austrian musician here an opportunity to perform . The club also offers the stage for events, such as the award of the Austrian World Music Award.
Musicologist Christian Scheib According to the Porgy & Bess " at the same time essential for the development of the musical ( jazz ) reality of a City" and needs and uses ' plain commonplace as urban space music. " It creates itself " through artistic preferences, acoustic quality , capacity and real capacity, the necessary exclusion of other clubs. " Here, the different areas of the jazz clubs allow - the area in front of the stage with tables, upstairs gallery , a lateral area with a bar at counter - different intense concentration on the concert scene . For Jazzthetik Porgy & Bess is even a " traditional club . "
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