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Ed Puddick / The Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra: Crazy Days
by Chris May
The opener / title track of this album could well be taken to refer to Britain's 2016 referendum on whether or not to remain in or leave the European Union, for the disc's second half, and its main event, is composer Ed Puddick's thirty-five minute The Brexit Suite." In fact, Puddick was thinking about something else when he wrote Crazy Days." But the two words neatly sum up the chain of events which led to a small majority of votersa ...
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by Jack Bowers
As the title suggests, there are Moments of Noise on Austrian trombonist Robert Bachner's debut album as leader of his own big band, but they are always purposeful, never arbitrary, and are staunchly tempered by moments of beauty, awareness and sensitivity. And as noise is one of the requisite components of any big band, neither are they ever unsuitable. To the contrary, Bachner, a talented composer and arranger, makes certain that whatever noise his ensemble produces is an integral part ...
read moreRobert Bachner Quintet: Heart Disc
by Dave Wayne
Austrian low brass expert Robert Bachner is best known for his contributions to Matthias Ruegg's Vienna Art Orchestra, the similarly inclined (but less well-known) Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra, and bassist Achim Tang's quintet. In each of these settings, the consistent and inspired excellence of Bachner's trombone and euphonium improvisations have clearly marked him as a player to watch on the European jazz scene. Heart Disc , I believe, is Bachner's first recording as a leader. Though it ...
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