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JazzDragons and Donaukrach
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Two band projects by Harald*Huber celebrate a contemporary encounter between jazz and pop.
The trio "JazzDragons" with Viola Falb (sax), Ingrid Oberkanins (percussion) and Harald Huber (keys) drags digestible compositions into the stream of free improvisation ("drag and drop") in order, on the one hand, to linger with relish in the material of some of these songs without words or, on the other hand, to tip them over at any time without warning using a weird sign system (red caps, hand signs) and swim into the open.
The pop/rock/funk band "Donaukrach", on the other hand, opens up the clear song structures of their new program "Gegengift" for jazzy excursions (which Sting with Kenny Kirkland and Branford Marsalis already demonstrated convincingly on "Bring On The Night"). Patricia Simpson (voc), Dominik Reisner (git), Andrea Fränzel (bass), Raphaela Fries (drums) and Harald Huber (keys, comp&arr) are joined in the course of the set by Viola Falb and Ingrid Oberkanins, who add further highlights to the pop quintet with their earthy, protest-laden messages - stranded together in Café Odyssee, surrounded by apocalyptic mountain ranges.
Program and cast
JazzDragons
Viola Falb: alto, soprano saxophone
Ingrid Oberkanins: percussions
Harald*Huber: keyboards
Donaukrach
Patricia Simpson: vocals
Dominik Reisner: guitar
Harald*Huber: keyboards
Andrea Fränzel: bass
Raphaela Fries: 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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