Tour Dates: 16 Nov - 24 Nov, 2008

Michaela Rabitsch - Trumpet
Robert Pawlik - Guitare

Michaela Rabitsch

Trumpet player and singer Michaela Rabitsch and guitarist Robert Pawlik share their musical and private lives now for ten years.

Playing in a lot of different musical setups before made them open to different kinds of musical influences. Since then they focus especially on their jazzquartet and their intimate acoustic duo.

In both groups they try to realize their original compositions.

With „moods“they present now their 3rd common CD and a new programm with exclusively original compositions.

A lot of their songs are done together in interaction - especially the newer ones – a fact that helped to build their unique sound.

The tunes are new and of immediate interest, up-to-date without leaving the jazz-roots.

Influences of jazz, latin and funk are converted to create a new, independent stile. Songs with groovy rhythm, catchy melodies and logical and matured harmonies are focused and form an ideal base for improvisation.

The influences on their music are international, but performed and composed by Viennese musicians creating that special, unmistakable Viennese charm.

You will experience a Viennese Jazzquartet performing on an international standard – touching and fascinating.

In the past the interpretation of the great American Songbook played an important role in former musical programms of the quartet. So the band can draw fom a big repertoire covering many jazzstiles in addition to their original compositions – if required.

Michaela Rabitsch and Robert Pawlik are touring frequently with their quartet and duo especially in Europe and had been invited to numerous international Jazz Festivals like the International Jazzfestival Burghausen (Germany), International Jazzfestival Sibiu (Romania), Int. Jazzfestival Tel Aviv – Givatayim (Israel), International Jazzfestival Moscow (Russia) – putting out just a few – shariing the bandstand with top international Jazzstars like Dee Dee Bridgewater, Archie Shep, the Vienna Art Orchestra,  Enrico Rava, Chico Freeman, ....

Their Concert Tours led them through Austria, Gerrmany, Switzerland, Russia, Israel, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovacia and the Czech Republic.

Michaela Rabitsch

Born and grown up in Upper Austria. Classical violin lessons at the age of 7; moved to Vienna with 14 to attend the Musikgymnasium and university-entrance diploma. Later on change to the trumpet and studies for jazz- and popular music at the Bruckner conservatory Linz with Ingrid Jensen, Peter Tuscher and classical trumpet with Fritz Handlbauer. Plays and played with bands like: two of a kind, Hypersax, stage music at the Burgtheater Vienna (2001-2003), Just for funk, Ladybirds, MBB, Blechvögel, Michaela Rabitsch Quartett feat. Lukas Zimmer, Robert Pawlik Quartet, Sophisticated Ladies, Theater des Kindes Linz, Damen der Gesellschaft, Con Moto, various Big Bands (for example Hornyphon Big Band), .....

In the last years she focused especially her quartet and duo with Robert Pawlik were they realize their original compositions.

Robert Pawlik

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 jazz guitar at the conservatory of Vienna and at the American Institute of Music with Peter Legat, Claus Spechtl, Les Wise, Wayne Brasel and Karl Ratzer. Performances with bands of all stiles: two of a kind, Al Fats Edwards, Andy Lee Lang, Respect, The Blues Punch, The Giant Tones, Fatal, Funky Stew, JJCapone, The Original Brothers, Jazz Terminators, Patty Miller, Robert Pawlik Quartett, Five in Love with Betty, Broadway Big Band, Musical Time Out with Marianne Mendt and Alfons Haider, the band of Nacht der Amateure Show (Café Jenseits Combo), the shows ‘That’s Entertainment’ and ‘Viva Las Vegas’ with Andy Lee Lang, Loui Austin, Three Girl Madhouse, The Jive Giants and Doretha Carter.

In the last years he focused especially his quartet and duo with Michaela Rabitsch.