Transmissions from the Bird's Eye The Message

• 1 The Message 09:16
• 2 Memories of Paradise Lost 08:16
• 3 9 o'Clock Chicco 10:42
• 4 Mountains of Love 05:52
• 5 Old Devil Moon 09:43
• 6 S.O.S. 06:21
• 7 Contemplation 06:40
• 8 Get 'Em Up 07:06
• Total Runtime 01:03:56

Info for Transmissions from the Bird's Eye

The message must be clear. It's about the energy, the groove. Artful and virtuoso. The heat of the moment in the musical interaction, cheered on by bandleader Daniel "Booxy" Aebi.

"The band name can be understood as a homage to Art Blakey. We celebrate the sound of the 60s, which still resonates today, but also throw a certain rhythmic stubbornness into the mix with our compositions." Daniel "Booxy" Aebi

In times when cultural appropriation is on everyone's lips, the band asks whether we are still allowed to play "jazz" - and call it that at all? Anyone who listens to THE MESSAGE will understand the message: Yes, we can! Yes, we may!

This music has been enriched by influences and musicians from all over the world since its inception. It's about respect.

Tenor and trombone, the smoothest horn section on earth, especially with Hans Koller Award winner Herwig Gradischnig (Vienna Art Orchestra) and Mario Vavti (Toots Thielemans, Philip Harper etc.). Carinthian bassist Philipp Zarfl took the Viennese jazz scene by storm. Band leader Daniel "Booxy" Aebi comes from Switzerland and started his career with the well-known funk band "Grand Mother's Funck".

A luminary on the piano is the American pianist Peter Madsen. From Stan Getz to the avant-garde, he pulls out all the stops in jazz and has one foot deep in funk and soul.

Herwig Gradischnig, tenor saxophone Mario Vavti, trombone Philipp Zarfl, double bass Daniel „Booxy“ Aebi, drums featuring Peter Madsen, piano

Daniel „Booxy“ Aebi
begann im Alter von zehn Jahren Posaune zu spielen; mit fünfzehn Jahren wechselte er zum Schlagzeug. Ab 1994 studierte er zunächst am Berklee College of Music, dann an der Swiss Jazz School. Er spielte als Schlagzeuger in der von Bert Joris geleiteten Swiss Jazz School Big Band, die auch am Montreux Jazz Festival und im New Yorker Birdland auftrat. Aebi gehörte zweimal zu den Chrysler Jazz Winners 2000 des Festivals Montreux: Er erhielt den 2. Preis als Solist und den 1. Preis als Mitglied des Daniel Woodtli Sextet. Im selben Jahr holte ihn Joe Haider in seine Combo und seine Bigband. Weiter arbeitete er mit George Gruntz, Sandy Patton, Andy Scherrer, der Big Band de Lausanne, mit dem Quartett Horn Knox und der Sandro Schneebeli Group. Aebi ist seit 2007 Musical Director und Produzent Grand Mother’s Funck und spielt aktuell in den Bands Nilsa und Brandy Butler and The Fonxionaires.

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