Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik

Michaela Rabitsch, singer, composer and Austria’s only female top jazz trumpet player is called a modern day female Chet Baker by the US magazine Jazzscene. Michaela and her ingenious partner, composer and incredible fluid guitarist Robert Pawlik present a program with original compositions between Jazz, World and Fusion.  

The tunes root on the one hand in the melodic stiles of the Jazz tradition, like Hardbop, Swing, Modern Jazz, New Orleans Second Line and Blues, and, on the other hand, form fusions with elements of Indian, African, Balkan or Latin American music. 

Their songs are inspired by their numerous tours through Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa, withnearly 2000 concerts in  51 countries, playing in intimate Jazz clubs as well as on big stages and at international festivals – from Tokyo to Teheran, Kuala Lumpur to Yerevan, Cape Town to Delhi, Shanghai to Almaty, Hong Kong to Cracow, Havana to Moscow, Chicago to Ottawa, Penang Island to Ankara … 

Inspired by the groove-oriented style of hard bop and with a good portion of blues, they provide urban jazz that on the one hand shows their unmistakable signature sound and on the other reflects the flair of the great jazz metropolises of Chicago, New Orleans and New York.
Managing the balancing act between cool relaxation and funky grooves, sophistication and accessability, they immerse themselves in the jazz club atmosphere of the Big Apple and are able to fascinate large audiences with their original music. 

Vienna’s „first couple of Jazz“ presents a diversified and sophisticated musical experience extraordinaire, with their signature sound of Jazz spiced up with a touch of World! 

From Austria they come and this trumpet/guitar led crew just might conquer the world with their sound. (Chris Spector, Midwest Record Recap, USA)