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Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28, 2024:
    ULRICHSBERGER KALEIDOPHON 2024

    Edition #38 of the Festival for Jazz and improvised music presents the following program:
    SORBD.

    Mia Dyberg, altosax | Edith Steyer, clarinet/sax | Rieko Okuda, piano | Isabel Rößler, b | Sofia Borges, percussion
    Duo Loriot - Wolfarth

    Frantz Loriot, viola | Christian Wolfarth, percussion
    Anthropods

    Mark Holub, drums | Clemens Sainitzer, cello | Irene Kepl, violin | Susanna Gartmayer, bassclarinet | Jakob Gnigler, tenorsax
    Skyhook

    Rudi Mahall, bassclarinet | Olaf Rupp, e-guitar | Jan Roder, bass
    Trio Millà · Cajado · Takara

    Jordina Millà, piano | Vinicius Cajado, bass | Mauricio Takara, percussion
    Michael Moore Trio

    Michael Moore, alto-sax/clarinet | Nico Chientaroli, piano | Gerry Hemingway, drums
    Thomas Berghammer Solo

    Thomas Berghammer, trumpet
    Trio LDL: Leimgruber_Demierre_Lehn

    Urs Leimgruber, saxophone | Jacques Demierre, amplified spinet | Thomas Lehn, analogue Synthesizer
    Willi Kellers & Julie Sassoon

    Julie Sassoon, piano | Willi Kellers, drums
    „TRAUDI - superkalisolmisilbilarium.rhythm“

    Childrens project directed by Sandra Trautner.
    Landvermessung

    Exhibition by Gerhard Wöß at Jazzatelier-Gallery.

Saturday, June 15, 2024, 20.00:
Hub 5
Concert with Stepan Flagar, Robert Schröck, Hubert Gredler, Simon Schmollgruber and Walter Sitz.


Details: https://www.jazzatelier.at/index_e.htm

• www.Radio-Z.net listen to live-stream radio: "Jazz and more", every Thuesday from 9pm to 12pm CE[S]T (the broadcast is repeated every Wednesday from 2:00am to 5:00am CE[S]T) except for the first Thuesday (resp. Wednesday) of each month.
• Weekly actualized classical contemporary music international radio broadcast programme summary (the page is in french, which should not stop you.)
• WQXR's Q2 Live Concerts. Many of them can be relistened on their website.

• The Remote Viewers
• JazzHausMusik - Köln
• THE JAZZ DISCOGRAPHY books and CD-ROM, by Tom Lord

Just a few suggestions — something for everybodies' ears collected by our webmaster who doesn't pretend having any special qualification — listed in no particular order:

• Dr. Michael Feuerbacher's DIY Chip-Amps and other (simple and lowcost) audio projects
• twistedpearaudio.com (amp kits and more)
• TNT-Audio - HiFi Review
• Manger Audio - Precision in Sound - Loudspeakers.
• LinkwitzLab.com for those who strive for more, this website has it all!

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