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Austria's Shake Stew is a worldwide phenomenon. Their unusual lineup and Moroccan influences create a high-energy sound full of addictive afrobeat and jazz grooves. Also on their sixth album LILA, catchy, deceptively simple melodies gradually build up to a frenzy of increasingly intense rhythms. Dancing is allowed!
Led by bassist Lukas Kranzelbinder, Shake Stew became one of the most popular live acts on the jazz scene. Their second album Rise and Rise Again (2018) featuring Shabaka Hutchings catapulted them into stardom. Having a lineup of two drums, two basses and three horns, with the guembri (Moroccan traditional bass) and flute also included, creates a wonderfully complex texture with simple power at the same time.
Just recently they won the German Jazz Award as "Band of the Year International," as well as the prestigious Austrian Amadeus Music Award. Now they are playing in Ghent for the first time!
Shake Stew
Lukas Kranzelbinder (bass, guembri, bandleader), Astrid Wiesinger (alto sax, stritch), Mario Rom (trumpet), Johannes Schleiermacher (tenor sax, flute), Oliver Potratz (bass), Nikolaus Dolp (drums, percussion), Herbert Pirker (drums, percussion)
Die Zeit about Shake Stew
Mojo
Photo © Severin Koller
