Harlem Jazz Series - Franz Hackl

🎺 From the Alps to Harlem – A Sound Journey Like No Other 🌍🎶

Austrian-born trumpeter and composer Franz Hackl brings a bold fusion of Tyrolean folk and modern jazz straight to the heart of Harlem. Franz is founder and artistic director of the Outreach Orchestra Festival and Academy and leads his own group Franz Hackl’s IDO Quartet His feed-forward approach building on traditions and looking beyond the fashionable trend leads to his distinctive style. As a trumpet player Franz has toured the international festival circuit and concert halls for over twenty years and performed in renowned Jazz clubs like the Jazz Standard (as a leader) Blue Note Birdland and Sweet Basil to name a few. As a composer Franz was commissioned to write original music for the “Year of the Mountains” launch event at the United Nations for the opening of the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York and has composed for numerous festivals and ensembles such as Tiroler Festspiele Europ. Forum Alpbach Klangspuren Festival der Regionen and the Absolute Ensemble.

Catch this one-of-a-kind musical experience at the next Harlem Jazz Series concert.