19.05.
8pm
8.45pm Linda Frey´s Paradise
9.45pm Paul Batto & Ondra Kriz
PAUL BATTO JR. & ONDRA KRIZ
A vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, who has been actively performing for the past 20 years.
He has toured throughout Europe, appeared on national radio and television shows and received
acclaim from critics and public alike.
Paul was born in Slovenia in 1967. In the mid 80s he relocated to Switzerland and after living in several
other countries he now resides in the Czech Republic.
A versatile performer Paul has done everything from solo performances to leading his own bands
and guest appearances with orchestras. His core musical influences range from John Lee Hooker
to Mahalia Jackson to Sinatra – yet he does his best to keep his music uniquely his own.
At present he is touring in a duo with pianist Ondra Kriz – playing a repertoire of original songs
rooted in blues and gospel tradition.
Ondra Kriz
Ondra was born in 1987 in the Czech Republic. He has been playing the piano since the age of five.
In his early teens he began to teach himself jazz piano. After completing his classical music studies
he spent some time at the Prague Jazz Conservatory – until he interrupted his studies due to a very
busy concert schedule. Ondra’s playing is influenced mostly by older piano styles such as blues,
gospel and stride and by pianists like Dr. John and Ray Charles. He is a regular on the Prague jazz and
blues scene playing piano and Hammond organ with a number of resident bands (Rene Trossman Blues Band
, Marcel Flemr Blues Band, Cisar Band etc…) Since 2009 he has toured Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Hungary and Czech Republic in a duo with Paul Batto jr.
Linda Frey´s Paradise
Was würde herauskommen, wenn Tori Amos und Janis Joplin zusammen einen Song schreiben
und als Texter noch den Wienerlied-Erneuerer Roland Neuwirth verpflichten? Wahrscheinlich
würde das ganz ähnlich klingen wie die ungewöhnlichen Dialekt-Lieder von Linda Frey’s Paradise.
Ein gekürztes Band-Portrait von Robert Fischer.
Die junge Sängerin Linda Frey nahm im Februar 2010 einen erfolgreichen Workshop mit
Willi Resetarits zum Anlass, um mit ein paar ihrer Seminar-Kollegen eine neue Band zu gründen,
die ihre unterschiedlichen Einflüsse blendend verbindet: Linda Frey’s Paradise. Die teils frechen,
teils nachdenklichen Dialekt-Lieder der Gruppe sind irgendwo im weiten Feld zwischen Jazz, Soul
und Pop angesiedelt und werden zumeist von Sängerin Linda Frey (Gesang, Klarinette) und
Multi-Instrumentalistin Anna Larndorfer (Piano, Akkordeon, Gesang) verfasst.
Als Duo treten die beiden Musikerinnen am 19. Mai erstmalig im Verein 08 auf.
