Format Details: 2CD
Release Date: 27 March 2020
Label: Cracked Anegg Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 9120016850794
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Format Details: 2CD
Release Date: 27 March 2020
Label: Cracked Anegg Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 9120016850794
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Pannonica de Koenigswarter, born Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild, was one of the most important promoters of Modern Jazz. Kathleen was closely connected to Thelonious Monk as well as to his family, and in return for her selfless support as benefactress he dedicated several compositions to her.
"Pannonica" – arguably one of Monk's most known works – is also the namesake of this fascinating project by the "Baroness of the low notes and deep sounds", Gina Schwarz. Gina pays tribute to the patronage of Kathleen Rothschild and at the same time opens up a conscious female "sight for listening".
Gina Schwarz acts as a prudent but sovereign bandleader, and is known to be a gifted and fascinating bass player, as well as a composer and an arranger. Her music leaves a lot of room for interpretation, which creates a fascinating interplay, exciting solos, as well as an ever surprising flow of ideas for co-musicians and listeners alike. Schwarz has been a bandleader of formations like "Schwarzmarkt" or "Jazzista", as well as coordinating projects like "Unit", featuring Jim Black. Over time she has become a highly productive catalyst of the present Austrian jazz scene. This recording is a sustainable proof thereof.
Pannonica started as a stage band at Porgy & Bess Jazz club in Vienna during the 2017/18 Season. The project invited international female composers and musicians as special guests, who performed their task exceptionally on eight highly variable and exciting evenings. A profile of this work performed by Gina Schwarz's new excellently cast formation Pannonica is captured on this double CD: CD 1 "Musicbox" , and the newly arranged material on CD 2 "Free Landscape".
Tracklisting
Georg Graewe Franz Koglmann Quintet
Koglmann Arcari Pasztor
Harry Sokal Groove
The Little Band From
Marina Zettl
Kevin Mahogany
Maria Christina
The Little Band From Gingerland
Gina Schwarz Unit Feat. Jim Black