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Chad Wackerman and The L.A. All Stars
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Chad Wackerman & The L.A. All-Stars 'The Impossible Rock Fusion Tour' (USA/A)
Legendary drummer Chad Wackerman and the L.A. All-Stars are a unique example of incredible musicianship, chemistry and energy that is not to be missed. This is a very rare opportunity to see this group of contemporary musical heavyweights perform together on the same stage.
Chad Wackerman, Alex Machacek, Jimmy Haslip and Steve Hunt will be performing their own compositions, selections from well-known collaborators such as Allan Holdsworth and the Yellow Jackets, as well as some of the absolute craziest, mind-blowing, inimitable, one-off, improvised jams and spontaneous compositions that you really have to be there to hear.
Chad Wackerman is best known as the drummer who recorded and toured the longest with Frank Zappa, as well as for his longtime collaboration with guitar icon Allan Holdsworth.
Alex Machacek (guitar) is the master guitarist of the next generation. Alex has played with Terry Bozzio's "Out Trio", Brand X, Eddie Jobson's UKZ, Planet X, CAB and the Scott Kinsey Group, among others.
Jimmy Haslip (bass) is a longtime member of the multi-Grammy winning bands Yellow Jackets and Jeff Lorber Fusion. Jimmy has also worked with Allan Holdsworth and is a world class producer.
Steve Hunt (keyboard) has recorded and toured with Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Clarke and Billy Cobham. Steve is a brilliant composer and improviser and an all round creative force.
Program and cast
Chad Wackerman: drums
Alex Machacek: guitar
Jimmy Haslip: bass
Dave Hunt: keyboards
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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