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Severin Koller
May 9th 8:45 pm

SHAKE STEW

📍Byscenen 9. May, 20:45 🎫 One ticket, three concerts

The Austrian band SHAKE STEW has become something of a phenomenon

With their premiere at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2016 and their following debut The Golden Fang, they seemingly exploded into the scene out of nowhere. Since then, their high energy mixture of hypnotic afrobeat and jazz grooves has made them enormously successful not only on home turf but across Europe.  

Led by rising star bassist Lukas Kranzelbinder, they quickly became one of the hottest live acts on the circuit, while the impact of their second album Rise and Rise again (featuring Shabaka Hutchings) enabled them to spread their unique sound further afield. 

Shake Stew’s unusual configuration of 2 drummers, 2 bass players and 3 horns are one of the key things that has made this 7-piece band stand out. This instrumentation, which at first seems a little strange, seamlessly blends, creating the trademark Shake Stew high-energy sound that their reputation has been built on.  

"What I heard blew me away. Captivating rhythms, melting brass, hypnotic funk-beat-swing-afro-jazz-rock-rhythm-and-something. I was glued to my seat and could barely get up. […] Meanwhile I know that other listeners had similar initiation experiences; something comes from this band that is new and special - and very attractive." Die Zeit | September 2018 

Riding on all this success Shake Stew released their third studio album Gris Gris in November 2019, a double album of what they do best: A high-octane mix of fiery jazz and trance-like groove injections combined with mysterious soundscapes and spiritual free jazz eruptions.  

Lukas Kranzelbinder - double bass, electric bass, guembri, bandleader 
Astrid Wiesinger - alto sax 
Johannes Schleiermacher - tenor sax, flute 
Mario Rom - trumpet 
Oliver Potratz - double bass, electric bass 
Niki Dolp - drums, percussion 
Herbert Pirker - drums, percussion