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A Tribute to Ginger Baker
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Ginger Baker is one of the most influential drummers in music history.
With legendary bands such as Cream and Blind Faith, he shaped an entire era and his virtuoso, polyrhythmic drum solos have inspired generations of musicians to this day.
On this special evening, long-time friends and musical companions of Ginger Baker will come together at Porgy & Bess for an extraordinary tribute concert.
Drummer Peter Brkusic will join four top-class bands on stage to present an exciting cross-section of the diverse musical oeuvre that Ginger Baker left behind.
Program and cast
Jonas Hellborg: bass
Ana Patan: vocals, guitar
Peter Lemer: keyboards (Baker Gurvitz Army)
Keith Hale: keyboards, vocals (Hawkwind, Ginger Baker’s Nutters)
Ian Trimmer: alto saxophone, vocals (Ginger Baker’s Nutters)
Abass Dodoo: percussion, african drum (Ginger Baker‘s Jazz Confusion)
Wolfgang Schmidtke: tenor saxophone (Das Pferd)
Colin Gibson: bass (Airforce)
Walter Kramer: guitar
Wolfgang Pfenneberger: bass
Peter Brkusic: drums
PORGY and BESS Jazzclub
Porgy & Bess (actually, Jazz and Music Club Porgy & Bess ) is a jazz club in the Riemergasse 11 in the 1st district of Vienna. The club , founded in 1993 is considered " the most important jazz organizer and trendy meeting point " of the Austrian capital .
The program of Porgy & Bess speaks to a very large audience , about 70,000 guests a year ; is accordingly Jazz " understood very pluralistic ," and the program " even in fringe areas , such as electronic music , contemporary music and world music penetrated . " Many international artists , particularly from the U.S. space , see also Austrian musician here an opportunity to perform . The club also offers the stage for events, such as the award of the Austrian World Music Award.
Musicologist Christian Scheib According to the Porgy & Bess " at the same time essential for the development of the musical ( jazz ) reality of a City" and needs and uses ' plain commonplace as urban space music. " It creates itself " through artistic preferences, acoustic quality , capacity and real capacity, the necessary exclusion of other clubs. " Here, the different areas of the jazz clubs allow - the area in front of the stage with tables, upstairs gallery , a lateral area with a bar at counter - different intense concentration on the concert scene . For Jazzthetik Porgy & Bess is even a " traditional club . "
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