During the week of October 19 - 23 a new generation of Austrian jazz musicians will hit the New York scene. For this year's installment of the annual series, the Austrian Cultural Forum has found a new partner in Dizzy's Coca Cola Club. The Festival will showcase Austria's foremost young artists on five consecutive nights, and tap into a unique blend of Austrian and American creativity. This year's Festival kicks off on Tuesday, October 19th at the Austrian Cultural Forum: one of Austria's leading jazz musicians, Wolfgang Puschnig will perform with his American musical partner and free funk bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Martin Reiter will also present his new solo program. Join us for some late night jazz sessions at exclusive Jazz Club Dizzy's where Christian Maurer's band Mausi will appear together with Jack Walrath and versatile alto voice Ali Gaggl on Wednesday, October 20th. On Thursday October 21st, the program at Dizzy's continues with young jazz singer Simone Kopmajer, who will perform with talented young musicians from New York. The Austrian-born drummer Gernot Bernroider and his band Oulipians will appear together with the extraordinary vocalist Chanda Rule on Friday the 22nd. The series will conclude with Franz Hackl and his Acoustic Band on Saturday, October 23rd, featuring Kenny Davis and special guest Randy Brecker.
Program
9:00 pm - FULSOME
Wolfgang Puschnig -saxophon
Jamaladeen Tacuma - bass
Reinhard Winkler - drums
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Venue - Austrian Cultural Forum
Meet a fresh, young singer from Austria, whose US debut in the year 2000 was hailed as "captivating". J azz legend Ira Sullivan calls her "a great young talent" with a big future in Jazz.
Simone Kopmajer grew up in a family of musicians and started to sing, in her father's band when she was 12. At the same time she studied piano, though singing remained her first love. Early on, she entered and won various talent contests and even made appearances on television in her native land, Austria. As a young performer, she twice toured the Netherlands with the "Euro Big Band" and later appeared in several International Jazz Festivals. Influenced by some of the great American vocalists, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jon Hendricks, Simone has developed into a true Jazzsinger, a singer who uses a wide variety of rhythms and excels in her very individual style of scatting."Simone is an excellent musician, with soulful and hip improvising. She digs in and isn't afraid to take risks with the music". - Laurie Antonioli
Extra: Watch Simone Kopmajer performing "Didn´t you say" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOfNOD8xWRA
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Venue - Dizzy's Coca Cola Club
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York presents six internationally experienced musicians embarking together on an uncharted course in a cooperative, yet individual way. The musical collaboration between Christian Maurer and Primus Sitter began about 15 years ago, and Primus Sitter has played in Christian Maurer's Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra since 2005. Soon the idea was born to combine their musical worlds in the more flexible quartet constellation. Since they both also compose, this was an essential point on the musicians' path towards establishing an unmistakable unified identity. Mausi is formed by the addition of Marc Abrams and Herbert Pirker, and is able to effortlessly cover the scope of styles between traditional and modern in a personal way. Jack Walrath has worked regularly with the Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra and Christian Maurer since 1999. The CDs , You got my wife but I got your dog (2002), and Umatschaka (2008), are fruit of this collaboration.
Ali Gaggl studied in Klagenfurt/Carinthia and Graz, and started her collaboration with the Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra for a program with Kenny Wheeler in 1995. Gaggl is a vocalist and a teacher of jazz and popular music. Gaggl has sung numerous Austrian jazz concerts and contemporary music projects, as well as completed a tour of Europe and Canada with the Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra and Kenny Wheeler, and a tour of Mexico with MINIMAL T.R.I.O. ( Uli Scherer, piano and Emil Kristof, percussion). Her artistic profile is also marked by her work with other European and Asian groups, as well as the saxophone player Wolfgang Puschnig.
Jack Walrath was an ideal choice to extend the quartet with to a quintet. Walrath has composed for Charles Mingus, the WDR, NDR, and UMO big-bands, as well as the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra.
Foto: Press pic
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Venue - Austrian Cultural Forum
Special guests
Ali Gaggl - vocals
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Venue - Dizzy's Coca Cola Club
Friday, October 22, 2010
Venue: Dizzy's Coca Cola Club
Chanda Rule - Vocals, Arranger
With a voice described as "liquid clear" and "bound to fill your spirit to its rim with musical serenity," Chanda has appeared in several Off-Broadway productions, received artist grants from Harlem Stages and The Apollo, opened for Regina Belle & The Whispers, India.Arie, Angela Bofill, and Amel Larrieux, and has performed as a featured vocalist in the US and abroad as a solo artist and with The Golden Gospel Singer at venues such as Birdland, Tchaikovsky Hall, The Apollo, Trumpets, The Kitchen, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Symphony Space, Harlem Stage, Le-Club Moscow, Hard Rock Café, WBAI, and the Jazz Standard.
Gernot Bernroider, Band Leader, Composer, Arranger, Drums
Austrian born drummer, Gernot Bernroider, created The Oulipians out of a love for world music, rhythm, and international culture. He has performed with top ranking musicians throughout Europe and the United States, sharing the concert stage with renowned artists such as Dr. Billy Taylor, Benny Powell, Ingrid Jensen, Donnie McCaslin, Gil Cogans, Dick Oatts, Phillip Harper and Manny Duran; the African percussion ensemble Sankofa Root 2 in Ghana; and has appeared on Austrian national television and radio
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