Jazzinty Concert - Playgrounds

On the day two of the Workshop it was practically impossible to see any participants walking around. It seemed like they all left the Earth to some other place, some musical world. After their hard-working day, it was time for a relaxed evening, a drink, a pleasant talk, and, of course, some music.

With their fresh yet calming sound, we attended the concert of Playgrounds. A very young band (if I remember correctly, the singer said half a year old), formed in Graz - the closest jazz music piece of heaven we have. Though they are very young, they have already had some respectable performances in Vienna, Graz and Villach.

They started the concert with a song I'll be seeing you, a standard piece in the jazz setlists. With people starting to fill the club, Tjaša (vocals) and her band, contionued with her own compositions Soft and tender, A Different view, Travelling Chant and some more. One of the compositions, Pogresam te (I miss you), was written by the band's pianist Michael Lagger. With Michael Ringer (bass) and Reinhold Schmölzer (drums) they created this beautiful fairy tale, playing like real professionals. All of the songs seem to have this conceptual and contextual connection, and with which made everything together sound like a story, a tender evening lullaby. Soft and tender, actually.