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Lorenz Raab :xy band

Lorenz Raab – trp
Christof Dienz – zither
Matthias Pichler – bass
Oliver Steger – bass
Herbert Pirker – drums

Jazz: ambiguous like Miles Davis
Trumpeter Lorenz Raab with his splendid "XY-band" at Porgy & Bess Vienna
A trumpet, drums, two double basses, an electric zither: in this eccentric line-up any of the band members could be the leader: Christoph Dienz, who squeezes boldly progressive sounds out of his zither, the bass players, who have a hellish groove and a heavenly harmony, and drummer Herbert Pirker, who is at the central point of it all. In fact the leader of the :xy band is Lorenz Raab, born 1975 in Linz, Upper Austria, solo trumpet player of the Volksoper Vienna, hence financially not relying on his Jazz career. His intellectual independence he already proved in bands such as "Forms of Plasticity" or "Bleu". Bleu has published a very lyrical album “Strong Relation” in January 2009. The :xy band, however, impresses through the ease, it dives into dangerous worlds of sound, where soft textures change to boiling grooves and almost become nerve-wrecking in the end. It is up to the listeners whether they prefer to detect elements of cool jazz, fusion, funk or even acoustic drum’n’bass in it. The airy pieces of the :xy band are ambiguous without losing substance. This is a feature usually attributed to the trumpet-jazz of the great masters: Lee Morgan, Donaly Byrd, Miles Davis. Raab keeps to the side of the stage, gives room to his colleagues. When he puts the horn to his lips he tasts the mouth-piece, seems to suck the notes out of the instrument rather than blowing it. Thus this excellent ensemble reels through feverish dreams and extasy. (Samir Köck, die Presse)



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