- Line-Up
- Clemens Salesny SaxophonJohannes Schleiermacher SaxophonMario Rom TrumpetLukas Kranzelbinder BassOliver Potratz BassNiki Dolp Drum Kit, PercussionAndreas Haberl Drum Kit, Percussion
With A Shake Stew, Austria's Jazz band of the hour, much is extraordinary. Starting with the line-up: two drummers, two bass players, two saxophones, a trumpet. Quasi two trios plus one. Their comet-like ascendance is also without parallel: a sold-out debut album, a closely-watched collaboration with Shabaka Hutchings and performances at all the renowned Jazz festivals from Frankfurt to Montreal, from Istanbul to Mexico, speak for themselves. And then there's that sound: driving rhythms, the horns sometimes blaring, sometimes virtuoso, sometimes melodious, borrowings from Afrobeats, Funk and Swing. Music that reveals a hypnotic spell, one wants to soak up every note, to dance, to shake oneself and hope that it will never stop.