Vienna Art Orchestra

big band · Vienna

Founded in Vienna in 1977 by Swiss composer Mathias Rüegg and saxophonist Wolfgang Puschnig, the Vienna Art Orchestra was led by Rüegg until 2010. Known for its humor and its borrowings from popular and classical music, it recorded mostly for Hat ART in the 1980s.

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Styles

• Modern big bands
• Third stream

Landmark tracks

• Reflections on Gnossienne No. 1 (1984)

Sources

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