As a quintet, given the collaboration with Klaus Paier, their concerts combine the crazy rhythm of jazz with the stories of blues and folk chords, in interpretations after Joe Zawinul or original songs with themes inspired from the Austrian lifestyle.
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Founded by Wayne Brown several years ago, Virtual Jazz Band surprises us with a different kind of jazz, approached with Latin or blues rhythms and Funk or R&B impacts. A mix of influences and styles that guarantees an entertaining rhythm and an electric live atmosphere.
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Their name is associated in Germany with a totally new music genre, a simple but innovative idea, suggestively entitled acoustic club music. Trio Elf wanted to bring jazz closer to the club music: techno, hip-hop, drum& bass and succeeded that by creating an exciting fusion between the Romanism and sensitivity of a piano, lightning resonance of drums, smoothed by bass chords and cultivated with electronic influences. A show signed Trio Elf guarantees both techno and jazz music in the most original melodic mixture of this type so far.
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Stelzhamma represents a modern version on Austrian traditional music, sang in a vividly and slightly jerky rhythm. With extraordinary chords of tuba or saxophone, their music becomes a play, with numerous ironic and comic moments. A music that will instantly cheer you up and whose irresistible swing will easily make you dance.
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Chabliz offers each time concerts of a profound resonance. With her vocal range of 4 octaves, Petra de Winter, the band’s vocalist, is a symbol of the power and pithiness of Dutch music. Often drown in drama, mystery and magic, the atmosphere at a Chabliz concert reminds of the gothic music, new wave or the ‘80s.
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Trenul de noapte is a relatively new project in Romania, being the only harmonic blues band in the country, which has nevertheless gained many addicted fans. They have earned sympathy and respect with the once forgotten charm of harmonica that Marcian Petrescu, the best Romanian player, promotes with devotion and pride, all around the world. It’s a sound of enjoyment and dreaming, with simple but suggestive lyrics that make you remember smiles forgotten in a far off time and land.
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The winners of 2008 Bucharest International Jazz Competition will come again this year at EUROPAfest to offer Bucharest another experience of musical harmony and perfection. The band plays a clean jazz, by simply but artistically combining the female voice and the instrumental, creating chords that sound differently each time. Their live experiences revive the atmosphere of the American jazz as it was back in the ‘30s, dynamic, creative and always surprising, constantly giving a feeling of magic and freedom.
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Guitar, accordion, violin and voice are interesting combinations of surprising sounds that incite our imagination. The 3 grand musicians are already true masters of jazz or blues music, after years of hard work and numerous musical projects. They promote through Sidesteps a mix of sounds and musical values that gets across conventional borders. A project realized for those who know how to listen and notice the profundity and charm of each instrument alone and the creative vulnerability of their union.
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