Fri. 10 Nov.

21:00 Special Reserve feat. the Heinz Ditsch Trio -Three Coins in a Fountain

"Austria above all -- but not only in Austria! The poor little realm on the Danube which bequeathed its name to history came up short-handed when the Empire was carved up and redistributed. The Pilsner fortune and schooled bureaucracy wandered over to Bohemia; the wheat and pleasure houses went to Hungary; Galicia inherited the schnaps and finance ministery; Romania, the oxen and seat of German literature. Austria, however, retained the war machine, the public officials of the fifth rank and downwards, and the police headquarters. Unhappy land -- and even more unhappy capital!" (Anton Kuh. Sekundentriumph und Katzenjammer... Moment of Triumph and Hangover)

If Anton Kuh had met Heinz Ditch, if he had learned to know him, hear him and appreciate him, then his lamentations over the fate of Austria would have changed into a hip-hip-hooray. Heinz Ditch, the phenomenon, recalls and celebrates Old-Austria in his musical expositions: the rhythms of the pleasure houses, the finance ministry blues, the compositional link between a head of oxen and the head of police, the sound affinities of the regional literature and Pilsner beer. The Heinz Ditsch Trio ... a triumph of the cats over moments of misery! Don't be afraid... The Austrian's a human and the human, Austrian. RD

Admission: AS 120

24:00 The New Orleans Connection feat. Angus Bangus

The train of American Institute of Music faculty that has linked up to ex-Miles Davis bassist Angus Bangus leaves punctually at midnight. Destination: Funk & Fun. Don't be late! CH

Admission: AS 150
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