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About Paul Urbanek

Paul Urbanek
Born on 15/06/64-Vienna/Austria
Prof. musician since 1986

TEACHING:

Jazzpiano/Improvisation/Eartraining  “Jam-Musiclab”
Keyboards/Piano/Masterensemble/ - Music-University of Vienna

Worked as piano/ keyboard-player and/or composer,arranger,producer
for approximately 100 CDs with musicians like :

  • Wolfgang Puschnig
  • Hans Koller
  • Alegre Corea
  • Izabel Padovani
  • Kim Dok Soo(samul nori)
  • Maria Pia De Vito
  • Orchestre National Des Jazz
  • Jamalaadeen Tacuma
  • Ornette Coleman
  • Simone Kopmajer
  • Terry Meyers

and many others.

Bands and Projects 2015/2016:

-HOMEGROWN: Wolfgang Puschnig,Paul Urbanek,Raphael Preuschl,Lukas Koenig

-DUO Patricia Moreno & Paul Urbanek

-Simone Kopmajer Quartett

-Soul-Mates: kopmajer/urbanek/winkler

-LABEL SKYLARKPRODUCTION with Wolfgang Puschnig and Patrice Heral

 

HANS KOLLER PRIZE “JAZZALBUM OF THE YEAR”
for the CD “The Hans Koller Concept” 2001

 

PRODUCTIONS since 2001 (First LP/CD was 1988)

2001

"the hans koller concept 1" (koller/puschnig/urbanek)

HANS KOLLERPREIS 2001-CD OF THE YEAR

"common language"(with bertl mayer) "the next generation of sound"

2002

"reverse composing"(with bertl mayer)

"the hans koller concept 2"

2003 ”Decada das cores E dos sons”
2004

“Tumulti”-(maria pia de vito,patrice heral,paul urbanek)

“Hommage To Hans Koller”-Stream 5

2005 “Adventcalendar”-Saxofour-DVD
2006

“3D”- puschnig/heral/urbanek

“Remains Of The Days”-puschnig/urbanek

“Visual Inflictions”-puschnig/urbanek-DVD
released as  Wolfgang Puschnig-“the 50th anniversary box")
HANS KOLLER PRIZE “JAZZALBUM OF THE YEAR” 07

2007 “Electrique”-Orchestre National Des Jazz
Directeur artistique (musical producer

2008

 

2009

 

Paul Urbanek Trio “a matter of time”.

STREAM 5 - “Live im Wiener Konzerthaus”

DEPART - “Mountain Messenger” - Recording Supervisor

ALPINE ASPECTS-Remix-new cd

Paul Urbanek-Trio

Karl Sayer Quintett "Constant Moving"

Red Sun+Samul Nori-"strings of pearls"

Patrice Heral-"Meine Wiener Schule"-periode viennoise-

2 VIDEO-DVD-Box

 

2010 

Jamalaadeen Tacuma featuring Ornette Coleman "For The Love Of Ornette"

Mix+Master-Keyboardoverdubs+Post-Production-CD

Sainkho Namchylak/Wolfgang Puschnig/Paul Urbanek-"TERRA"

-live in Vilnius-CD

2011 

CD-A TRIBUTE TO JOE ZAWINUL-My Students Ensemble from the Music University of Vienna-IPOP

David Murray/Jamaaladeen Tacuma "RendezVous Suite"-CD

Keyboards,Recomposing,Mix+Master 

  2012                   CD-CÄPTN AUSTRIA-Christian Qualtinger und das Ensemble "Zur Eisernen Zeit"

                           text+musik-collage,reverse composing,mix,piano+keyboards+3 Songs (comp.)

  2013                  "For The Love Of It"-Wolfgang Puschnig,Mike Richmond,Marc Feldmann,Bernarda Fink,

                            Vienna Flautists,Schnittpunkt Vocal

                           postproduction,mix+master

  2014                  CD "Soul-Mates"-kopmajer/urbanek/winkler 

 

  2015                  Labelgründung SKYLARKPRODUCTION mit Wolfgang Puschnig und Patrice Heral

 

My favourite CDs of the past:

  • Alegre Correa Sextett feat. Hermeto Pasqual - “Negro Coracao” -piano+prod. 
  • Wolfgang Schalk Bandett feat. Michael Brecker-“The 2nd 3d man” -piano
  • S.F.Powerstation feat.Enrico Rava-“Voyuer,Voyeur” -piano
  • Doretta Carter-“Look to the light” -keyboards,prod,comp,arr

 

Concerts and CD-Productions

 

in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, South-Korea, Brazil ........