RAPHAEL WRESSNIG & the Soul Gift Band (AT, IT, USA)
feat. DONNIELE GRAVES
Ticket link: https://kufo.eu/events/
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Old-School meets New-School and its sound blends authentic blues feeling with contemporary funkiness. Raphael Wressnig represents an interface between soul, blues, and funk rhythms. What sounds incredibly groovy, funky, soulful, and bluesy and instantly programs the mind to "Good Times" requires excellent musicians who master all styles effortlessly. For years, he has been working with guitarist Igor Prado and drummer Eric Cisbani. They link contemporary rhythmic feel with raw roots sounds and show how much soul and groove can be found in modern soul and blues.
Raphael Wressnig has become the epitome of a modern Hammond organist with his unique, powerful playing on the original vintage Hammond. The musician has been nominated 10 times as "Best Organ Player of the Year" by the Critics Poll of DownBeat magazine. "Soul Gumbo” was created in New Orleans (including collaboration with Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Grammy-winner Jon Cleary, Stanton Moore, and funk pioneer and founder of "The Meters," George Porter, Jr.) and for the album “Chicken Burrito,” Wressnig recorded with guitarist Alex Schultz and legendary drummer James Gadson (Bill Withers, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, D'Angelo, Eddie Harris, and many more) in Los Angeles. Wressnig and his band will transmit a huge portion of good mood to visitors along with American singer Donnielle Graves. This soul powerhouse from North Carolina grew up with Southern gospel and captivates as a unique singer who conquers her audience in no time!
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Event location
Bad Radkersburg - Bad Radkersburg, Frauenplatz/Zehnerhaus
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"It’s 2021 most purely enjoyable blues listening experience” (LIVING BLUES)
“It’s a true organ trio effort smeared in fat and grease - no fakery. Uncommonly adept at the art of nailing down funk rhythms, this international threesome infuses groove music with elements of jazz, blues, R&B, soul and gospel as if they’d found the Holy Grail to be the early-1970s, cross-genre funk of Jimmy McGriff. Suggestive of McGriff, but with a modern approach, Wressnig changes the tones and drawbar setting throughout a song and deals from a deck of Jimmy Smith-inspired R&B lines, hooks and licks. The fortyish Graz resident displays tremendous spirit and keen musical intellect as he accentuates the natural beauty of the Hammond.” (DOWNBEAT)
„Oh yes, Raphael plays a dynamic brand of B-3, his passion commensurate with his technique and his creative intelligence. He's a high-voltage dynamo but also a musician of surprising delicacy and self-reflection. Call him one of the finest blues/funk/jazz B-3 operators anywhere.” (DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE)
Price information
Admission: reduced presale € 20.00 / presale € 22.00 / box office € 25.00
Ticket hotline 0043 3382 55 100 90, online tickets www.kufo.eu,
Discount for KUFO members and guest card,
Children up to 14 years and HaKuK free.
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Tourismusverband Thermen- & Vulkanland
Hauptplatz 14
8490 Bad Radkersburg