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The Other World Slowwalker Auf der Kippe
Splatch Blue Extent Point Out
Ois Blues oder wos Stretch Your Mind
Bouncin' on the Beat

Recorded live at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria, Jan. 2023,.
As one of the pioneers in the European Jazz Rock/Fusion Jazz movement in the 70s, of course OSTINATO was also inspired by Miles Davis. Each of the individual band members in their own way: Tommy Böröcz was clearly impressed by Billy Cobham's rock drumming style, Andi Steirer was enthused by the role percussion started to play in groove music, Rens Newland really loved the approach of John McLaughlin. The musicians who joined later, such as Robert Riegler and Robert Schönherr, certainly included Miles in their playing, directly or indirectly through Joe Zawinul. Likewise, the ostinato horn section uses the same insights that Miles gained for the start of a more global, cosmopolitan style of playing. At this concert the group presented a selection of their own inspirational works from their albums, as well as some adaptions of Miles Davis tunes.

Tommy Böröcz - Drums | Rens Newland - Guitars | Robert Riegler - Bass | Robert Schönherr - Keyboards | Florian Fuss - Alto Sax | Christian Maurer - Tenor/Soprano Sax | Simon Plötzeneder - Trumpet

01. The Other World 12:08 |02. Blue Extent 8:32 | 03. Point Out - Excerpt: Bass Solo 2:09 | 04. Splatch 7:33 | 05.  Ois Blues, oder wos? 9:53 | 06. Stretch your Mind  9:21 | 07. Auf der Kippe 7:31 | 08. Slowwalker 7:29 | 09. Bouncin' on the Beat 6:38

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Slowwalker Musical Prostitution 
Que Vida, Me Querida Galactic Jazzdance
On a Cold Summerday Straight On Chili Con Carne

This is the second album of the Funk/Fusion/Latin Jazz band. At this time the status of the group was quite settled, after the time of big festivals like Velden and Wiesen in Austria. The band is touring at least two times a year, mostly in the german speaking part of Europe: Austria, Switserland, Germany. The main actors are still Tommy Böröcz and Rens Newland as the composers and arrangers, the rest of the band is chancing, especially  because of the overlap situation with the Vienna Art Orchestra, which is very succesful at that time and doing big long tours. But Vienna is a good source for Jazz musicians. so new talents get their chance here, like the genious trumpet player Andy Haderer, who is later changing to the famous WDR Big Band on lead trumpet!  The musical ideas and interpretations are fresh, partly a little more rocky or heavy grooving. CD Line-up: TOMMY BÖRÖCZ drums, congas, timbales, claves, maracas, cowbells, guiro, tambourin, keyboards on „Slowwalker“, grand piano on „Que Vida Me Querida“ RENS NEWLAND all guitars, guitar synthesizer, agogobells, Chinese bells, tambourine, Linn programming HARRY GANSBERGER keyboards, synthesizer programming ALBERT KREUZER bass ANDREAS HADERER trumpet, flugelhorn KLAUS DICKBAUER alto saxophone MARTIN FUSS soprano & tenor saxophone

1. Slowwalker 3:32 2. Musical Prostitution 3:59  3. Que Vida Me Querida 4:42 4. Galactic Jazzdance 4:17 5. On a Cold Summerday 5:40 6. Heavy Hands 3:04 7. Straight On 5:05 8. Chili Con Carne 3:05  9. Inspiration 5:33 10. Blue Extent 5:30 Bonus-Track: 11. Gulla Gulla 4:12

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Pete´s Message  Nocturne Op. 9 
Brazilian Nature  The Edge
Here We Are What Now My Love?

In the Corona year 2020 this great project developed out of a spontaneous studio jamsession of four jazz personalities:
A strong Jazz Organ Quartet, of course with the legendary Wes Montgomery Quartet in the back of the head, with some of the best musicians of Vienna, Austria.
The Clubs were closed, so better meet in the studio of drummer Dusan Novakov (projects with Mark Murphy, Oliver Lake, George Cables, John Marshall, Dick Oatts, Don Menza, Kirk Lightsey, Michelle Hendricks, Toninio Horta, Dusko Gojkovic, Valery Ponomarev, Andi Bey, Bread Lealy, Karl Ratzer, Timna Brauer und Elias Meiri Ensemble, Fernando Correa, Fritz Pauer, Big Band Graz, Frank Lacy, Gregory Porter, Paul Zauner, and Andy Middleton) and record some tunes! 
On the soundgiving Hammond Organ: Erwin Schmidt (projects a.o. with Kevin Mahogany, Ray Charles, Christian Havel, Elly Wright, Ingrid Maria Wagner, Carole Alston, Heinz von Hermann, Joris Dudli, Hans Salomon. Joschi Schneeberger,  Walther Großrubatscher).
On the cool jazz guitar: Christian Havel (projects Dennis Irwin, Charles Fambrough, Tony Scherr, Paolo Cardoso, Peter Herbert, Paul Imm, Jack Walrath, Ralph Ericson, Valerie Ponomarev, Juraj Bartos, Ingrid Jensen, Lee Harper, Ed Thigpen, Mario Gonzi, Joris Dudli, Fritz Pauer, Jon Davis, John di Martino, Roberto di Gioia, Harry Sokal, Klaus Dickbauer, Andy Middelton, Thomas Kugi, Rudi Berger, Erwin Schmidt, Carole Alston, Toninho Horta, Nelson Faria)
On saxophone and flute: Bernhard Wiesinger (projects FREE TENORS feat. Harry Sokal , Miss Moravia, Joris Dudli, Christian Havel, Fritz Pauer, Lori Williams, John DiMartino, Danny Grissett, Klemens Marktl, Rob Bargad, Renato Chicco Jon Davis, Gina Schwarz,Kevin Hays, Scott Colley, Bill Stewart)

1. Pete´s Message (Bernhard Wiesinger) 2. Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 (Frédéric Chopin) 3. Within A Word (Christian Havel) 4. Brazilian Nature (Christian Havel) 5. Here We Are (Bernhard Wiesinger)
6. Blue Rose (Duke Ellington) 7. The Edge (Erwin Schmidt) 8. Walkin´ In Monk´s Shoes (Bernhard Wiesinger) 9. What Now My Love?  Cover design by Rens Newland for GRFX

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Ordinary And Blue, Too Bahia da itacoatiara
Don´t Want To Lose You Dutch Drive
Sabor del Sol

This was the first album of the austrian Funk/Fusion/Latin Jazz band Ostinato. At that time the band already existed for some years, winning talent competitions and already playing lots of concerts. A big milestone for the group was the tour to South-America. Tommy Böröcz came back with a head full of musical ideas and he made a bunch of great compositions, integrating three horns now to get a bigger sound! Rens Newland just came into the band before and started helping to organize the vehicle and composing for the project. Also several other prominent new personalities of the Vienna scene joined the band and the touring life started.

CD Line-up: TOMMY BÖRÖCZ drums & percussion RENS NEWLAND guitars ROBERT SCHÖNHERR keyboards HEINZ JÄGER bass ANDI STEIRER percussion KARL "BUMI" FIAN trumpet WOLFGANG PUSCHNIG alto saxophone HARRI SOKAL soprano & tenor saxophone

01 Ordinary And Blue, Too 02 Footfoolers 03 Bahia da itacoatiara 04 Pure Imagination 05 Don´t Want To Lose You 06 Dutch Drive 07 Four Pictures 08 Sabor del sol

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Slowwalker Musical Prostitution 
Que Vida, Me Querida Galactic Jazzdance
On a Cold Summerday Straight On Chili Con Carne

This is the second album of the Funk/Fusion/Latin Jazz band. At this time the status of the group was quite settled, after the time of big festivals like Velden and Wiesen in Austria. The band is touring at least two times a year, mostly in the german speaking part of Europe: Austria, Switserland, Germany. The main actors are still Tommy Böröcz and Rens Newland as the composers and arrangers, the rest of the band is chancing, especially  because of the overlap situation with the Vienna Art Orchestra, which is very succesful at that time and doing big long tours. But Vienna is a good source for Jazz musicians. so new talents get their chance here, like the genious trumpet player Andy Haderer, who is later changing to the famous WDR Big Band on lead trumpet!  The musical ideas and interpretations are fresh, partly a little more rocky or heavy grooving. CD Line-up: TOMMY BÖRÖCZ drums, congas, timbales, claves, maracas, cowbells, guiro, tambourin, keyboards on „Slowwalker“, grand piano on „Que Vida Me Querida“ RENS NEWLAND all guitars, guitar synthesizer, agogobells, Chinese bells, tambourine, Linn programming HARRY GANSBERGER keyboards, synthesizer programming ALBERT KREUZER bass ANDREAS HADERER trumpet, flugelhorn KLAUS DICKBAUER alto saxophone MARTIN FUSS soprano & tenor saxophone

1. Slowwalker 3:32 2. Musical Prostitution 3:59  3. Que Vida Me Querida 4:42 4. Galactic Jazzdance 4:17 5. On a Cold Summerday 5:40 6. Heavy Hands 3:04 7. Straight On 5:05 8. Chili Con Carne 3:05  9. Inspiration 5:33 10. Blue Extent 5:30 Bonus-Track: 11. Gulla Gulla 4:12

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Start Up Pilgrim The Secret City in Trance Home Run

Since decades the highly gifted and successful Austrian percussionist Andi Steirer is on tour and playing in the studio with numerous projects: Ostinato, Karl Ratzer, Falco, Fritz Pauer, Ludwig Hirsch (steady band member since 1986), Rainhard Fendrich, Austria 3, Alegre Correa, Dorretta Carter, Harri Stojka, Stella Jones, Heinz von Hermann, Cesár Sampson a.m.m.! On this album he 'eventually' presents his own personal vision in music: A “meditation about the city” with lots of percussion, deep emotions and reaching up to ecstasy! You could experience the city as one big trance sequence, with its repeating processes, work rhythms and rituals! The participating musicians are: Hannes Oberwalder on keyboards, Jojo Lackner on electric bass and Berni Schedelberger on congas. To do completely without drums is kind of novel. The soloist Andi Steirer (on bongos) builds his statements over keyboard layers, without having melody or harmony at his disposal!

01 The Secret (Andi Steirer) 02 Melody 1 (Andi Steirer) 03 Home Run (Andi Steirer) 04 Start Up Pilgrim (Andi Steirer) 05 Melody 2 (Andi Steirer) 06 City in Trance (Andi Steirer/ H. Oberwalder) 07 Stephansdom (Andi Steirer/ H. Oberwalder)

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Riff Stuff Sidewalk Saxomatic House 
Newspaper's Dream Turnstone Mood Improver
Fonk is our Fate Joe Carnaval

2017: An important jubilee year for Ostinato: celebrating 40 years on stage with a big Gala concert in their hometown Vienna and a jubilee tour as well! The band was founded in the middle of the seventies. From the start Tommy Böröcz was the driving power (as drummer & writer) of the project. In the eighties Rens Newland (a Dutchman in Vienna) joined the band as guitarist and writer and in the following decades these two artists shared the musical directing and the band organizing. Ostinato has gained an established name in European Funk, Fusion and Latin Jazz, the influence of which they took home from a tour in South America. The jubilee album contents exclusively original compositions and all the aspects of the typical Ostinato Sound are represented. From straight Funk through more complicated Fusion Jazz to Latin Jazz, plus three special dedications to Jimi Hendrix, Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis. The steady line-up: Christian Maurer . tenor- and soprano saxophone, Andi See . alto saxophone, Horst Michael Schaffer . trumpet and flügelhorn, Martin Wöss . keyboards, Robert Riegler . bass, Andi Steirer . percussion, Rens Newland . guitars, composition and arrangement, Tommy Böröcz . drums, composition and arrangement 

01 Isn't That Jazz? Yes, It Isn't! 02 Saxomatic House 03 Push ́n ́Pull 04 Mood Improver 05 Carnaval 06 Joe 07 The Wind Carries The Blues Away 08 Sidewalk 09 Fonk Is Our Fate 10 Showtime 11 Newspaper's Dream 12 Turnstone 13 Mirror Image 14 Riff-Stuff 

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01. Big City Beauty 02. Mo Music 

05. Love Talk 11. I Could Not Live Without You

12. Boomshaka 13. It‘s Friday - remix

Across the furthest corners of the world comes an album that was destined to happen. Just Two Strangers, is an inevitable encounter between two unlikely collaborators, Cloud Tissa (Kenia, Austria), comes from Ragamuffin & Rap and Rens Newland (Holland, Austria), comes from Funk & Jazz. This is a beautiful amalgamation of their styles

01. Big City Beauty 02. Mo Music 03. it‘s Friday 04. African Girl 05. Love Talk 06. Having Some Fun 07. They Call Her Bad Girl 08. Put a Smile on your Face 09. Heartbeat 10. Mista Mista 11. I Could Not Live Without You 12. Boomshaka 13. It‘s Friday - remix 14. Having Some Fun - remix

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Soundtrack to my life From Dneper to Danube 

Turnstone European Peace

Myroslav Levytsky(p) and Rens Newland(g), both great personalities on their instruments, came together the first time in 2001. In the following years a cooperation developed itself between Braty Bluzu (the band of Myroslav and his brother Oleg) and Rens Newland. Myroslav has classical and eastern roots, Rens has Blues, Rock and Jazz, so western roots. This is the very interesting and sensitive meeting of these two worlds!

01. Soundtrack to my life 02. From Dneper to Danube 03. Orange Evolution 04. Dutch Daydream 05. Turnstone 06. European Peace 07. Vienna Woods (Fragment)

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Aldino Maverick

Zipflo Weinrich is one of the best violinists of Europe. As his playing and very personal interpreting was also noticed and praised in the U.S.A. he now took the chance and recorded this new album with some of his fabulous American friends: Philip Ingram, Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Alex Acuna... These musicians build the perfect fundament for his deep emotional playing. Great compositions and Zipflo opens up his swingy Jazz music widely into World Music as well into a Funk and Soul direction. An important next step for this great artist!

01. aldino  02. maverick 03. buko‘s song 04. the world is yours 05. lately 06. my people 07. it‘s my time 08. bass ballad 09. rocktune