Space Cadets
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Let The Countdown Begin
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Blasting off with booster rockets out of Austria are the Space Cadets, with their instrumental jazz/rock/fusion CD entitled Ready For Take Off. The trio features Wolfgang Koeck on guitar, Andi Drabek-Filz on bass and Bernd T. Rommel on drums. They roll diverse influences (including blues, world and avant-garde) into their intricate compositions, which are reminiscent of Pat Metheny ("Take Off", "Wayne's World") and John Scofield ("Giant Steps"). Koeck is a wonderfully fluid soloist, and Drabek-Filz and Rommel even have special moments to shine - notable are the bass solo and drum fills in the aforementioned "Giant Steps". Heavier guitar moments can be especially enjoyed on the three-part "08/15" tracks. Fans of modern jazz and jazz-fusion will love the musical individuality of this Austrian trio.
Wolfgang Koeck studied electric guitar, bass and pedagogy at the Vienna City Conservatory. He works as a studio and live musician in the areas of jazz, world, pop/rock and crossover, and also teaches at the music school in Waldhofen/Thaya, a small town in Lower Austria. Space Cadets was founded after Koeck and Andi Drabek-Filz met during their studies at the Jazz Departments of the Vienna City Conservatory. They later hooked up with drummer Bernd T. Rommel, and the trio was complete. Drabek-Filz and Rommel are also, like Koeck, music instructors and live/studio musicians.
The group is constantly working on new musical ideas and trying to get gigs to perform the music on Ready For Take Off in front of a live audience (promoters and club owners, take notice!)
Contact Information
Wolfgang Koeck
Lustkandlgasse 18/21
A-1090 Vienna
Austria
E-mail:
Space Cadets
Web site:
www.spacecadets.at
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Chris Burton Jacome
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A Modern Approach To Flamenco
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Pa'lante shines the spotlight on the flamenco guitar work of Tucson, Arizona's Chris Burton Jacome. Featuring all-original instrumental compositions and several vocal tracks, the music achieves one of Jacome's goals - to fuse flamenco with pop music, creating an absolutely listenable gumbo that will open new ears to the Spanish sound. Jacome, in addition to his shimmering and percussive acoustic guitar sound, incorporates Brazilian percussion, violin, electric guitar, flutes and Turkish vocals into his songs. Highlights include the exceptional, rhythmically charged title track, the exotic and sensual "Eastern Eyes" and the graceful, singing "Summer Party". Highly recommended for fans of flamenco, nuevo flamenco, world music, or well-executed and recorded guitar music in general.
Chris' introduction to the guitar was quick to become his life's passion. His first guitar teacher and mentor, Albert Marques, introduced the young musician to the provocative rhythms of flamenco. Chris' passion for the music led him first to the completion of two Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Arizona, in Classical Guitar Performance and Spanish Literature. Chris then set out to immerse himself in this evocative form of music, moving to Sevilla, Spain to pursue his dream of becoming a flamenco guitarist. Chris immersed himself in the world of flamenco through hours of practice, performance and observation and by adding flamenco dance, percussion and palmas classes to his course of study. In 1999, Chris went on an East Coast tour with Carlota Santana's Spanish Dance Company of New York. Later that same year, he released his debut flamenco CD entitled, "Motivacion".
Additionally, the title track from "Motivation" triumphed over 25,000 submissions from around the world to be named as one of the runners up in the 2002 John Lennon Songwriting Contest, in the World Music category.
Contact Information
Chris Burton Jacome
P.O. Box 91139
Tucson, AZ 85752-1139
United States
E-mail:
Chris Burton Jacome
Web site:
www.chrisburtonjacome.com
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