LEDONNE / DUDLI QUINTET

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FR 06.02.26 | Admission 19:00 | Start 20:30

JAZZ INTERNATIONAL (US/AT)

LEDONNE / DUDLI QUINTET FEAT. ANDREW WAGNER & ALEX DE LAZZARI

Although Mike and Joris have known each other for decades, their musical collaboration only began around 2020. They are all the more pleased to present their new quintet with three young, up-and-coming talents from the New York and Viennese jazz scene, with whom they made their first recording in February 2025.

Mike Le Donne
Pianist Mike Le Donne is an internationally renowned pianist and organist with the unique experience of having played with a wide range of jazz masters from Benny Goodman to Milt Jackson and Sonny Rollins. He later worked with the Art Farmer-Clifford Jordan Quintet and played with more modern masters such as James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine and Bobby Hutcherson, also with the Milt Jackson Quartet and Benny Golson.

Joris Dudli
Joris was a permanent member of the Vienna Art Orchestra and the Art Farmer Quintet from 1979 to 1985. After moving to the USA in 1986, he performed and recorded with many of the world's greatest jazz musicians: The Zawinul Syndicate, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Johnny Griffin, Mullgrew Miller, Clifford Jordan, Joe Lovano, Chico Freeman, Joe Henderson and many others. His long-standing musical partnership with Vincent Herring led to numerous successful projects such as Soul Jazz Factor with Jeremy Pelt and Earth Jazz with Anthony Wonsey and Richie Goods.

With:

Andrew Wagner (tp)

Alex De Lazzari (ts)

Mike Le Donne (p)

Clemens Gigacher (b)

Joris Dudli (dr)