Funky Friday from Vienna, Austria? You bet.
For the last few years, the young Austrian composer, arranger, and conductor Barbara Bruckmueller and her band have been cooking up a tasty musical gumbo in the wilds of central Europe. All sorts of good things go into their pot -- ballads, New Orleans styles, odd meters, the Great American Songbook, Brazilian music, funk, rock, punk, and a little chanson. That list might look like a mish-mash, but, like good Louisiana chefs, Brockmueller and company bring it all together.
The video below is a terrific example. It's from a gig just a week or so ago at Porgy and Bess, a club in Vienna. It starts slow, and it ends big.
The Barbara Bruckmueller Big Band:
Andi See, Viola Falb, Cédric Gschiwnd, Martin Harms, Florian Fennes: saxophones
Andi Pranzl, Bastian Stein, Simon Plötzeneder: trumpets
Robert Bachner, Mario Vavti, Martin Grünzweig: trombones
Hermann Ebner, Michael Handler: French horns
Hepi Kohlich: piano
Peter Panayi: guitar
Karl Saye (subbing for Gina Schwarz)r: bass
Wolfgang Kendl: drums
Barbara Bruckmüller: composer, arranger, leader
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Yes, it's Friday the 13th. If anything's going to bring you luck on this trickster rabbit of a day, it's good music. Spend the day listening, that's my advice.
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