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David Helbock

Two rewards and the audience prize at the world biggest jazz-piano-solo competition of the Jazzfestival Montreux, a lot of enthusiastic/international reviews for his CDs and the most important prize in Austria 2011 - the "Outstanding Artist Award" - David Helbock, the pianoplayer coming from a small little village in Austria called Koblach, is with no doubt, has already had a great international musical career. Helbock is not only a great pianist, he is also a very individual thinker, who is investing not only a lot of dexterity but also quite an amount of brain activity to his projects

Enjoy Jazz 2020

By MARTIN LONGLEY

Enjoy Jazz Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany October 17-21, 2020 Enjoy Jazz spreads over many more weeks than most festivals. This German tri-city marathon usually presents at least one gig each evening, in either Heidelberg, Mannheim or Ludwigshafen, starting in early October, and continuing until mid-November. In 2020, the datesheet flowed smoothly for ...

Playing John Williams

By DAVID HELBOCK

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Hedwig's Theme I; Theme from E.T.; Theme from Schindler's List; Superman March; Hedwig's Theme II; Escapades, I. Closing In; Moonlight; Duel of the Fates; Hedwig's Theme III; The Raiders March; Hymn to the Fallen; Theme from Jurassic Park; Theme from Jaws; Hedwig's Theme IV; Star Wars; A Prayer for Peace.

Mark Sullivan’s Best Releases of 2019

By MARK SULLIVAN

Another year, another diverse group of releases. There were an unusual percentage of albums outside of jazz for me this year, for whatever reason. Although I opted not to review any albums by pianist/composer Satoko Fujii, she released five diverse projects—even after her 2018 marathon of an album a month to celebrate her 60th birthday—so I ...

David Helbock: Playing John Williams

By MARK SULLIVAN

Eclectic Austrian jazz pianist/composer David Helbock has devoted whole albums to other composers in the past, notably Prince on his solo piano album Purple (Traumton Records, 2012) and several influential modern jazz pianists on the album Tour d'Horizon (ACT, 2018) with his band David Helbock's Random/Control. Arrangements of multiple Oscar-and Grammy-winning American film composer John Williams' ...

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2019: Week 2

By MARK SULLIVAN

Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada July 2-6, 2019 The festival celebrated its 40th anniversary this year with the usual dazzling array of musical offerings. And a few that were unusual: including concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of ECM Records (founder Manfred Eicher was awarded the Bruce ...

David Helbock: Inside & Outside the Piano

By MARK SULLIVAN

Austrian pianist/composer David Helbock was born in 1984, and began playing the piano at the age of six. He studied at the Feldkirch Conservatory with Prof. Ferenc Bognar, where he finished in 2005 with an “excellent" degree in performance and since 2000 took lessons with the New York jazz pianist Peter Madsen, who became his teacher, ...

David Helbock´s Random/Control - Tour d´Horizon

By DAVID HELBOCK

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1) African Marketplace (Abdullah Ibrahim) 4:22 2) Seven Days of Falling (Esbjörn Svensson) 6:09 3) Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio (Joaquin Rodrigo) 1:29 4) Spain (Chick Corea) 3:30 5) In a Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington) 5:17 6) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul) 2:19 7) Blue in Green (Miles Davis/Bill Evans) 3:19 8) Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock) 3:39 9) My Song (Keith Jarrett) 5:11 10) Utviklingssang (Carla Bley) 5:31 11) Bolivia (Cedar Walton) 4:07 12) Take Five (Paul Desmond) 5:12

38th International Jazzfestival Saalfelden

By ENRICO BETTINELLO

International Jazzfestival of Saalfelden Saalfelden, AustriaAugust 24-27, 2017 Once again, set against the amazing backdrop of the Austrian Alps, the International Jazzfestival of Saalfelden offered a unique perspective on the most adventurous jazz from around the world, as it does since its inception in the 1970s. It is no coincidence ...