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The New York drummer and composer John Hollenbeck is one of the most versatile contemporary jazz musicians. Side by side with philosophers of melodic jazz such as Fred Hersch, Bob Brookmeyer or Kenny Wheeler he has developed a smooth, fluent way of playing, characterized by flexible dynamics and a constant combination of unobtrusive, flexible rhythms and sensitive harmony. He has strengthened the Klezmer avant-garde together with David Krakauer and Frank London and cultivated the Tango Nuevo with Pablo Ziegler. He has resumed the achievements of the innovative New York downtown scene with his Claudia Quintet and crossed the border between jazz and New Music. As a member of the Intuition family, he has effectively and efficiently encouraged Florian Ross and Henning Sieverts. All these achievements are now combined in his compositions on “Joys & Desires”, put into practice with jazz bigband graz under Heinrich von Kalnein and Horst Michael Schaffer. Hollenbeck is enthusiastic about the big band from Graz. “The Graz band is first and foremost a normal big band with a wind and rhythm section, but the musicians of this band are so open to every kind of music that they aren’t just a normal big band any more. You can explore a lot of different new territories with them. Over the years, they have developed a unique sound and are well on the way to becoming an institution in Europe similar to the Vienna Art Orchestra.”
John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz feat. Theo Bleckmann present
"Joys & Desires" live:
14.11.2005 AT - Graz - Orpheum
15.11.2005 AT- Vienna - Birdland
16.11.2005 AT- Vienna - Birdland
17.11.2005 AT - Freistadt - Stadtsaal
19.11.2005 AT - Innsbruck - Treibhaus
20.11.2005 GER - Offenbach - Hafen 2
21.11.2005 GER - Munich - Unterfahrt
12.01.2006 USA - New York City - Tonic Club
13.01.2006 USA - New York City - IAJE - Conference
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