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Ed Neumeister and BJO Budapest Jazz Orchestra
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Ed Neumeister & BJO Budapest Jazz Orchestra 'Billy Strayhorn@110
Founded in 1998, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra is Hungary’s first professional, continuously operating big band. Over the course of its dynamic development, the ensemble has grown into a globally recognized representative of both contemporary music and jazz. In 2024, marking its 25th anniversary, the orchestra was nominated for the prestigious Kossuth Prize by two professional organizations.
In addition to performing contemporary jazz and big band music, the mission of the Budapest Jazz Orchestra is to nurture the genre’s roots and make its values accessible to the wider public. The orchestra is committed to passing on its professional experience to the next generation of musicians. It aims to interpret improvisational and contemporary genres, represent Hungarian musical culture both nationally and internationally, and advocate for Hungarian artistic values at the highest level.
The orchestra’s productions trace the evolution of jazz, starting from the traditional big band style of the 1920s all the way to contemporary jazz. In recent years, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra has shared the stage with renowned American jazz artists such as George Duke, Joe Lovano, Peter Erskine, Jane Monheit, and Ken Peplowski.
Program and cast
Ed Neumeister: trombone, arranger
BJO Budapest Jazz Orchestra
Gábor Kollmann, Dániel Mester, Zoltán Zana, Krisztián Ördög, György Varga: saxophone
Ferenc Schreck, Nándor Kasza, Gábor Skerlecz, Dániel Viktor Nagy: trombones
Péter Tulkán, Bence Táborszky, Dániel Hofecker, Áron Koós-Hutás: trumpets
Attila Juhász: piano
Miklós Birta: guitar
Viktor Hárs: bass
Dániel Serei: 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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