Var. Art.

JazzWerkstatt Wien 2005

JWR 01/06 – 2 CDs


CD I:

1. Koller-Riff (H. Koller) – Salesny’s Hans Koller Tribute
2. Panaroia (R. Preuschl) – Fuzz Noir
3. Dancing With M. Chansen (B. Satzinger) – Bernd Satzinger Trio
4. Käfig (D. Riegler) – Studio Dan
5. Trauermarsch Nr. 1 (W. Schiftner) – Phoen
6. Kleid der Stille (Wenger/Reisinger) – Die Jazzlegenden
7. Da rumpelt die Kartoffel (W. Schiftner) – Kelomat feat. Daniel Riegler
8. Headbanging (R. Preuschl) – Kontra5ntett
9. Bumpfi’s Lieblingsmelodie (C. Wenger) – Die Jazzlegenden
10. Ich bin der Haselnuss (D. Riegler) – Piktogramm
11. Extended Maxi (P. Rom) – Fuzz Noir

CD II:

1. Kampf der Häuptlinge (T. Kövesdi) – Studio Dan
2. Tahmine (R. Preuschl) – Salesny/Schabata/Preuschl
3. Kafka’s Humor (P. Rom) – Peter Rom Trio*
4. Seltsamer Abend (B. Satzinger) – Bernd Satzinger Trio feat. Daniel Riegler
5. Im Zwergenland (D. Riegler) – Studio Dan
6. Sauwald Experience (C. Salesny) – Salesny/Schiftner/Prowaznik
7. Crystal Tears (L. Thöni) – Crystal Tears
8. The Philadelphia Experiment (P. Rom) – Rom/Wenger
9. Wumm-Zack V (M. Nagl) – Wumm Zack
10. The Lions Don’t Sleep At Night – They Swing (C. Wenger) – Clemens Salesny Quintett/Kelomat Doubleband
11. Fiakerlied (G. Pick) – Die Jazzlegenden

Recorded live March 21 – April 17, 2005 at WUK, Vienna by Werner Angerer
Mixed and Mastered by Werner Angerer and Paul Urbanek

Noël Akchoté, skug magazine, September 2005

I’ve thought of a dozen ways to open this review but the best one is for me to shut up and listen to the fantastic opening of this double album itself: Koller Riff by Salesny´s Hans Koller tribute. Sounds so dense and full that you get thrown back into Mingus workshops and the early Globe Unity Orchestra (If that starts and sustain on such level i´ll soon need 3 pages). Total amazement on every track is here. Bernd Satzinger (Wurlitzer) trio (check out Christian Grobauer on drums), enters the electric Paul Bley era while in Käfig a large ensemble plays great tones and colours. Kelomat is a strong quartet with trombone, Alto, Bass and drums á la Tim Berne, Roswell Rudd and Kontra5nett a lovely double bass ensemble while Fuzz Noir enters the more 80´s and early 90´s different jazz forms with a particularly good Goodrick-ish Peter Rom on guitar. See, i get simply speechless because indeed and as warmly recommended by Christoph Huber (Mr. Porgy & Bess) this album is from far the most intense and achieved new Austro-Jazz overview. I don’t know when they give prices, awards and subventions, but I would highlite 100% this group of extremely talented musicians now and later. The second CD sees more of these combinations between most of these heard on #1. So much music, so many bands and advanced directions strongly stated already can only make us hope a great future in music here (about 30 years after the first VAO…) — 10 stars.