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Tsombanis4
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Tsombanis4, the quartet founded by the renowned tenor saxophonist Anna Tsombanis, is causing a sensation with its unusual line-up. With two double basses, saxophone and drums, the composer, who is known for her preference for low notes, explores the sound possibilities of the lower register and gives it plenty of space. She is joined by the Swiss bassist Andreas Waelti and the Austrian bassistist Beate Wiesinger, whose different timbres harmonise perfectly and complement each other. The ensemble is carried by drummer Herbert Pirker, whose energetic playing has a lasting impact on the sound of the quartet, while Anna Tsombanis explores new spheres with her full and warm tenor sound. The result is an explosive mixture of spontaneous communication and energetic playing in which the roots of traditional jazz can still be clearly felt.
Program and cast
Anna Tsombanis: tenor saxophone
Beate Wiesinger: bass
Andreas Waelti: bass
Herbert Pirker: 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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