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Philip Yaeger

Born: 1976

Born in Northern Maine, Philip Yaeger learned to sing as soon as he could talk. Improvisation came naturally to him and by the age of fourteen he was playing engagements with a jazz trio - not an easy thing to accomplish in a town of ten thousand souls.

The stations of his life thus far: William Paterson University: B.A. or B.M. (I can never remember) in Jazz Performance; studied w/Ed Neumeister, Steve Turre, Conrad Herwig, Rufus Reid, et al).
New York City: the Lower East Side free scene - often as an apprentice/observer but also occasionally as a participant, also numerous work in soul, pop, rock and Afro-beat.
Philadelphia: that fantastic West Philly do-it-yourself scene, work with Tim Motzer, Ursula Rucker, Elliot Levin et al.
Graz, Austria: Master of Arts from the Arts University of Graz; further studies with Ed Neumeister and others.
Vienna, where he currently lives and happily works with whomever will have him

Christian Gonsior

Born: February 19, 1969

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David Helbock

Born: January 28, 1984

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

Wolfgang Seligo

Born: December 7, 1968

Pianist and composer Wolfgang Seligo is very much at home in many divergent musical styles. His original music is influenced by jazz, rock, and modern classical music and driven by a funky and powerful sound from the piano. He brought his work onto the international stage in various formations but also solo. He gave concerts in the Forbidden City of Peking, on the Red Square of Moscow, but also in Morocco, Senegal, Chicago and Washington. Other performances include festivals and concert series in Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States. After jazz studies in Vienna, Wolfgang Seligo gathered his first experiences as a composer, producer and musician in the early 1990s

Robert Pawlik

Born: August 21, 1965

Austrian guitarist Robert Pawlik releases now his third CD together with Michaela Rabitsch, singer and Austrias only female top jazztrumpetplayer. "Moods" is their first common recording on which they exclusively focus on their original compositions.
Robert Pawlik - guitarist, composer, arranger, mixing and recording.
Born and grown up in Vienna, piano lessons at the age of 7. With 12 years he changed to guitar and after receiving his university-entrance diploma he studied jazzguitar at the Conservatory of Vienna, Postgraduate at AIM (with Les Wise, Wayne Brasel, Karl Ratzer) . Concerts and recordings with Al Fats Edwards, Andy Lee Lang, Respect, Five in Love, ..

Manfred Hausleitner

Born: May 11, 1957

Manfred Hausleitner has played all over the Europe with many Jazz / Rock / Pop greats. His distinct style, extremely versatile chops and positive attitude puts him in high demand both in the Austrian live music and studio scenes, as well as for touring and teaching. As One of the Austrian's leading Drummer (jazzreview.com) Manfred began studying drums at an early age of 6 with his father. He began learning about jazz when he signed up for the jazz institute at the Konservatiorium and Highschool in Vienna, where he studied with Erich Bachtraegl for 8 years in addition with Tino Contreiras/Mexico D.F

Louie Austen

"Art must be a matter of life and death otherwise it’s not art" is the sincere conviction of Louie. And so is "I will never retire, I will probably die on stage but I do not give a f**k!" One thing the Viennese Electro-crooner does not go for is doing things by half. Whatever he does is done with his fullest commitment and often regardless of the consequences. Admittedly, this reckless attitude has gotten him into serious trouble time and again. And yet it also made him what he is today: a man who finds himself an upcoming and sought-after artist whose career has not yet reached its climax. There is a lot going on in the life of Louie Austen: Touring all around the globe, the recordings of 2 EPs just a few months after he had released his latest album Iguana on internationally renowned klein records

Christoph Pepe Auer

Born: August 28, 1981

Christoph Pepe Auer is born 1981 in Tirol/Austria. From the age of 5 he studied music. 2001 he started the university for music in Graz to study saxophon-jazz. His teachers during this time were Florian Bramböck, Karl-Heinz Miklin, Heinrich von Kalnein and Klaus Dickbauer. 2005 he has got the bachelor of arts. Christoph is now a Vienna-based saxophone player. He also got lessons from Dick Oatts, George Garzone, Donny McCaslin, Branford Marsalis, David Binney, Tony Malaby, Marcus Strickland, Jason Lindner and more. He has played with the musicians Adam Holzman (keyboard, Miles Davis Band ), Joseph Bowie as well as the Concert Jazz Orchestra Vienna

Thomas Barth

Born: January 31, 1965

Thomas Barth was born in Vienna in 1965. He studied piano and composition in Austria, Denmark and the USA including master classes with Herbie Hancock at the Mozarteum/ Salzburg 1987 and with "Weather Report" founder Joe Zawinul at the "Wiener Meisterkurse", Vienna 1992. Studio/ Live collaborations including Beat4Feet, Stray Dog Music, Electric Diamond, Brand Nubian, Deodato (Vienna Jazz Festival 2002, State Opera) and his own projects in Vienna and New York. 2007: Producer (CD) of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco", recorded live at the open air- festival in St. Margarethen/ Austria. Since Sommer 2014: member of "Jazztrio.at" (Thomas Barth, p; Christoph Petschina resp