Funk, Soul, Disco...neue Feelgood-Musik mit Songs des international preisgekrönten Wiener Songwriters Albert O. Mair aka MAALO. Wessen Beine schon immer durch Gruppen wie Earth Wind & Fire, den Jacksons oder Kool & the Gang bewegt wurden, findet hier eine Hommage an diese Ära mit frischem, qualitativ hochwertigem Material und leidenschaftlicher Spielfreude.
Die Big Band Bad Gleichenberg steht seit Jahrzehnten für außerordentliche Arrangements und Interpretation mit hoher Präzision. Renommierte Gastmusiker der internationalen Jazzwelt schätzen den Klangkörper für die kollegiale Zusammenarbeit. Mit MAALO und zwei KollegInnen seiner angestammten Band werden die auf drei Alben veröffentlichten Songs in 20-köpfiger Besetzung fulminant umgesetzt.
Funk, Soul, Disco... but not the music from back in the old days. Since 2001, the Vienna songwriter, lead singer, keyboardist, international award-winning composer and producer Albert O. Mair aka MAALO creates fresh new material mixing European songwriting with American show elements. As announced by press: „If something of the kind would be played in our OE3-Wecker (morning mainstream radio show) the world would be better.“ Since his childhood MAALO has been interested in sophisticated soul and pop music and has learned from the arrangements of great producers and bands like Quincy Jones, Earth, Wind & Fire, Al Jarreau or George Michael.
Founded in the early 1980’s, the Big Band Bad Gleichenberg has been playing together for more than three decades – full of jazz and big band music. Especially during the last couple of years, the band worked together with some of the most outstanding musicians of the international jazz scene like Bob Mintzer, Peter Herbolzheimer, Barbara Dennerlein, Don Menza, Luis Bonilla and John Riley. With its new project, together with MAALO, the band now breaks out in a new musical direction. Presenting a line-up up of 20 musicians on stage – supported by vocalist Alexandra Regenfelder and the cuban percussionist and rapper Nelson Williams – the band will showcase songs from his three released albums.
MAALO: lead vocals, vintage keys, flute
back. vocals: Alexandra Regenfelder, Ulrike Tropper, Rudi Wiesegger, Thomas Baumgartner
percussion & rap: Nelson Williams (CUB)
saxes: Jürgen Maier, Lisi Stiger, Wolfgang Schiefer, Johann Prassl, Thomas Baumgartner
trumpets: Günther Pendl, Martin Wimmer, Christopher Rumpler, Josef Tropper
bones: Sascha Krobath, Robert Orthaber, Markus Fasching
rhythm: Gregor Hernach - git, Rudi Wiesegger - keys, Georg Scheifinger - b, Klemens Prassl – dr
live @ Jazzliebe Festival/Zentrum Feldbach