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Karin Bachner and The Pocket Big Band
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Karin Bachner & The Pocket Big Band – "In The Mood For Christmas" (A)
Christmas enthusiast or Grinch? Doesn’t matter – in the new concert program by The Pocket Big Band, both will get their share of joy. Heartwarming classics like “White Christmas,” “Es wird schon glei dumper,” or “All I Want For Christmas” shine in a fresh, modern sound. The seasonal shopping craze is humorously portrayed in songs like “Schenken” and “Umtauschen.” It’s a rollercoaster of Christmas emotions we all know.
The title song In The Mood For Christmas, composed by Karin Bachner & Tobias Hoffmann, won 2nd place at the 2024 USA Songwriting Competition in the Christmas category.
On this evening, Karin Bachner & The Pocket Big Band will present their brand-new CD In The Mood For Christmas, sprinkling shimmering tinsel into our ears together with surprise guests.
Let’s get “In The Mood For Christmas”!
Program and cast
Karin Bachner: vocals, flute
Martin Harms: tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
Tobias Hoffmann: tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Simon Plötzeneder: trumpet, fluegelhorn
Robert Bachner: trombone
Robert Schönherr: piano, fender rhodes
Johannes Strasser: bass
Walter Grassmann: 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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