Live Jazz in Vienna

TICKETS: Seating (First come first serve) € 20.00 VMI-Students € 5.00 Pay as you wish (Stream) Aniruddha Das, Lea Pichlmann, Stephanie Schwartz, Nora Bergler, Bohdana Flekevchuk, Banu Berra Ipek, Anna Skvoretski: vocals Adrian Savciuc: saxophone Linus Ritsch, Thomas O’Donovan: piano Barnabas Z. Tóth: guitar Petar Telebar, Sebastian Erber: bass Eliah Antoine Ebner, Florian Eder, Victor Jann Nasri Bahdousheh, Thomas Engelbrechtsmüller: drums Conrad Schrenk, Simon Raab: musical leader We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! The annual Graduation Concert of the VMI – Vienna Music Institute at Porgy & Bess is one of the highlights of the academic year. For the students, performing on this internationally renowned stage for jazz and improvised music rep

Wed, Jul 1, 8:30 PM

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog (USA)

Porgy & Bess / Innere Stadt / Map

TICKETS: Sitzplatz sold out Standing € 35.00 Pay as you wish (Stream) Marc Ribot: guitar, voice Shahzad Ismaily: guitar, bass, electronics Ches Smith: drums We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! “Ceramic Dog, a power trio of jazz geniuses who inflect literate rock with formidable chops. The synthesis is frenetic, potent, and at odds with the zeitgeist, even if Ribot’s lyrics decry today’s political oppression: Musically, he rejects both the voguish and the virtuosic in favor of his own whims…His progressive sentiments are welcome, and unfortunately more relevant than ever.” -Pitchfork 2023 “Marc Ribot can morph into any style and still come out sounding only like himself, which is central to the jazz aesthetic…He’s a guitarist and artist who tak

Fri, Jul 3, 7:00 PM

Ricarda Maria Jr. 'Hikee Bikini'

Porgy & Bess / Innere Stadt / Map

TICKETS: Pay as you wish (Seating) Ricarda Maria Jr.: vox Sebastian Maurer: guitar Philipp Rist: piano Daniel Zoglauer: bass Andreas Senn: drums, percussion Viennese singer Ricarda Maria Jr. is originally from Linz, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in jazz vocal performance at the Anton Bruckner Private University under Elfi Aichinger. In addition to her work with the pop-avant-garde band Hikee Bikini, her primary focus is on polyphonic and background vocals. Currently, her focus is on the bands Anja Om Plus, Lylit, and AF90. Ricarda Maria Jr. is not only dedicated to music—she is also the creative director behind several music videos in the local music scene and works as a stylist. https://www.instagram.com/ricarda.maria.jr/

Fri, Jul 3, 8:30 PM

Wladigeroff Brothers & Friends 'Inspired Songs' (BG/A)

Porgy & Bess / Innere Stadt / Map

TICKETS: Seating € 25.00 Pay as you wish (Stream) Alexander Wladigeroff: trumpet, fluegelhorn Konstantin Wladigeroff: piano, vocals Patrizia Ferrara, Petar Terziev: vocals Vladimir Karparov: tenor, soprano saxophone Flip Philipp: vibraphone Daniel Mesquita: guitar Navid Djawadi: bass Vladimir Kostadinovič: drums special guest: Iskren „ISI“ Iliev: live visuals, video projections We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! The album *Inspired Songs* by the Vladigerov brothers and their friends is an exquisite musical journey where jazz meets classical music, folk, and contemporary sounds. The project combines original compositions and inspired interpretations, united by a warm, emotional expression and virtuoso instrumental artistry. With its characteri

Markus Pechmann tp, Herbert Swoboda cl, Matyas Papp tb, Matyas Bartha p, Thomas Scherrer g, Martin Treml b, Wolfgang Kendl dm. (M)

Sat, Jul 4, 8:30 PM

Karl Ratzer's Birthday Concert (A/USA)

Porgy & Bess / Innere Stadt / Map

TICKETS: Seating € 30.00 (Members: € 5.00) Pay as you wish (Stream) Karl Ratzer: guitar, vocals Peter Herbert: bass Howard Curtis: drums We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! Sometimes less is more. Master guitarist Karl Ratzer can still race across the fretboard, but today he mostly limits himself to condensing notes, to the essence of a song. “That only comes with age; you can't do it before,” says Ratzer, who celebrates his 75th birthday on July 4, in an interview. Just in time for the anniversary, the formidable live album Vienna Red has been released, featuring a best-of selection of performances by his trio at Vienna's Porgy & Bess. Christoph Huber's jazz club is a kind of home port for Ratzer, who, after ups and downs over the past 15 yea

TICKETS: Sitzplatz Kat I sold out Sitzplatz Kat II sold out Standing € 45.00 Pay as you wish (Stream) Terence Blanchard: trumpet Ravi Coltrane: tenor, soprano saxophone Charles Altura: guitar Tom Oren: piano David Ginyard: bass Jaylen Petinaud: drums We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! How fitting that jazz titans Miles Davis and John Coltrane were both born in 1926. As the centennial of their births is celebrated across the country, tributes have taken many forms. Trumpeter Terence Blanchard has joined forces with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane for a series of commemorative performances, launching the collaboration at Hill Auditoriumon the campus of the University of Michigan. The appearance marked Blanchard's debut under the auspices of the Unive

TICKETS: Seating € 30.00 (Members: € 5.00) Pay as you wish (Stream) Reid Anderson: bass Dave King: drums Chris Speed: tenor saxophone Gregg Belisle-Chi: guitar We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! The Bad Plus Announce Final Tour After 26 Years The Bad Plus have spent their groundbreaking lifespan reimagining music in their own boldly original style, always challenging convention while propelling jazz in boundary-breaking new directions. Now, after more than a quarter century and three unique iterations, founding bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King have decided to call an end to The Bad Plus’s one-of-a-kind career. “The Bad Plus has been a band for 26 years,” says Reid Anderson and Dave King. “That’s quite a long time! As we enter into