| Description | Price |
| Trio (piano, bass, drums) 2 x 50min sets, Including all backline, PA and a smal light setup. We will bring a keyboard, no piano necessary on site | €1600 (EUR) |
Phishbacher Plays The Beatles – a pairing of perfection. With this latest offering, New York City based pianist Walter Fischbacher and his trio are coming full circle. Phishbacher’s first album in 2004, titled “Chillin”, was grounded in the classic jazz piano trio tradition, and so is this latest album, to be released in early 2023. But as always, Phishbacher Trio is expanding the language of the piano trio with a blend of influences ranging from odd meter arrangements in the Avishai Cohen vein to latin Grooves reminiscent of Michel Camilo with a side of traditional Blues. Fischbacher’s signature reharms meanwhile add to the reimagination of each song without losing sight of the source material’s true essence.
Born and raised in Austria, Fischbacher moved to New York City in 1994. Here he studied jazz piano, performed with jazz greats such as Ravi Coltrane, Randy Brecker, George Garzone, Ingrid Jensen. He also owned a recording studio for 15 years, working as music producer, recording and mastering engineer. Clients include Jose James, Mike Stern, Junior Mance, Christian McBride, Antonio Sanchez.
Walter Fischbacher is returning to his roots in more ways than one though. Growing up with two older siblings he spent his formative years absorbing the music of the Beatles. It is only fitting that decades later he tackles their music to create a set that manages to sound deeply familiar and magically fresh at the same time. He is joined by premier Czech bassist Petr Dvorsky and German star drummer Ulf Stricker. Phishbacher Trio are masters at catapulting each piece of music into the stratosphere while simultaneously driving their rhythmic roots deep into the bedrock. Each piece is bursting with playfulness and just enough discipline to see the band slide along the edge of the abyss. It is this flirt with the desaster, this controlled madness that enlivens simple melodies and lifts Phishbacher above the masses. Phishbacher – an electrifying trio that raises jazz to cult status.
Strawberry Fields Forever
Let it Be
Eleanor Rigby
Here There And Everywhere
Come Together
I Want You
Back in the USSR
Balckbird
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Drive My Car
A Hard Day's Night
Hey Jude
Yellow Submarine
one 220 V 16 A outlet, 3x6 m performance space,
We have a minimum set of lights, if the venue provides light it would be preferred.
Parking for Mercedes Spring van
We bring all instruments, backline, PA
directions
We bring a PA system for an audience of 150-200, if the venue is bigger an appropriate house PA might be better.
We bring a small set of stage lights. For anything more a light technician and equipment will be of help.
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Festival Euro Jazz, Mexico City
Porgy and Bess, Vienna
Jazzdock, Prague
most of our shows are in concert settings of small to medium jazz venues/festivals.
We also do the occasional birthday party or corporate event, usually when someone visited our concert and decides to hire us privately
The phishbacher trio is actively touring since 2004, mostly in Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia).
The Beatles cover program was performed on around 80 concerts since 2022.
Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarret
Setup is done in 1 hour, preferably several hours before the show, so we can check into the hotel and relax for a few hours
We usually play 2 sets of 50 minutes
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Its a set repertoire list only. If there is enough time to prepare we also take requests
It is incredibly enjoyable to listen to “Phishbacher Trio Plays The Beatles”, and this is not only due to the fact that with the three main protagonists and especially in mastermind Walter Fischbacher we have true veterans of the jazz genre at the helm, but especially to the careful touch of all involved in giving the album an almost calm, completely unpretentious, at times even airy and relaxed, Latin-tinged balance between ambition and entertainment, and that is a good thing – a fine thing, this “Plays The Beatles” by the Phishbacher Trio.
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Jazzrock TV Cologne
Jazzschmiede Düsseldorf, DE
Stricker Studios, Hilden, DE
Live C.V.Lübeck, DE
MIB, Bremen, DE
b flat, Berlin, DE
Theater Cafe, Kolin, CZ
Česká Třebová, CZ
Divadlo, Varnsdorf, CZ
Jazztangens, Pardubice, CZ
Institut Sklep, Slavonice, CZ
Club Kino, Černošice, CZ
Festival, Znojmo, CZ
MKS, Třebíč, CZ
Bratislava, SK
Culture House Vsetin, CZ
Klub Rubigall, Banská Štiavnica, SK
Drive, Holešov, CZ
Porgy & Bess, Wien, AT
Musikwerkstatt Wels, AT
Raven, Straubing, DE
Jazzclub Hürth , DE
Essex House, NYC
Kulturkarussell Stäfa, CH
Neukirchen am Grossvenediger, AT
Rondell, Heinsberg, DE
Svitavy, CZ
Divadlo, Bruntal, CZ
Parnik, Ostrava, CZ
Gleis 1, Unterschleissheim, DE
Jazzclub, Erfurt, DE
Jazzclub ErfurtBechstein, Seifhennersdorf, DE
Kupe, Opava, CZ
Mezi Vraty, Sedlec - CZ
Klub kino, Černošice, CZ
COKH, Vöcklabruck, AT
Jazzdock, Prague, CZ
Kleines Zeughaus, Lindau, DE
Kulturhaus Käfertal, Mannheim, DE
Jazzclub Abensberg, DE
Le Pirate, Rosenheim, DE
Jazzclub, Hamm, DE
OWilhelm 13, Oldenburg, DE
Vakuum, Bad Bevensen, DE
Vakuum e.V.klub Rebel, Zdar nad Zazavou, CZ
Zámek, Dobrichovice,CZ
Kronenkino, Zittau
Reduta, Prague, CZ
Stara pekarna, Brno, CZ
Jazzland, Vienna, AT
Hogo Fogo, Banska Bystrica, SK
Raven, Straubing, DE
Filmforum, Brottrop, DE
Blumenstraße 12-14 46236 BottropSchloss Luebbenau, DE
Jazzclub Rostok, DE
Vakuum, Bad Bevensen, DE
Salon de Jazz, Köln, DE
Jazzclub Frankfurt, De
Simon Petrus Kirche, Bremen, DE
Anhaltisches Theater, Dessau, De
B-flat, Berlin, De
Ella & Louis, Mannheim, DE
Jazzclub Hürth DE
Sassnitz Grundtvighaus , DE
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