last years (from 2001)
2017
With OSTINATO we celebrated our 40th anniversery with a big concert in GASOMETER Vienna! On this occasion we released the new album "Isn't that Jazz? Yes it Isn't!", and also brought out 2 older Vinyl albums as CD: "BabyBeat" and "Slowwalker". we also have a number of gigs coming up in Fall!
With the great friends and collegues of my new RENEW Quintet (Wolfi Rainer, Herb Berger, Martin Woess, Andy Rainer) working on my new Solo Album! OUT in Fall!
In the Kammerspiele of Theater in der Josefstadt we ended up the extremely successful row of LA CAGE (Cage of Fools)! In summer I will play the Musical Show "HAIR" in Amstetten!
Further concerts with 4 Voices Of Musical, Maya Hakvoort, RENEW quintet, Richard OEsterreicher Big Band & more..
2016
Out now is my long year CD project with Cloud Tissa, under the new project name
JUST2STRANGERS SITE!
album title "RAGGAJAZZ". A very special sound, will hopefully get spreaded into the wild world! SCOOP-113
In the Kammerspiele of Theater in der Josefstadt we just ended up the also extremely successful row of LA CAGE (Cage of Fools)! In Fall we are gonna reopen LA CAGE and we will have a seasons show: WINTER WONDERETTES, exciting!
In summer I will play the Musical Show "Footloose" in Amstetten,
With Ostinato almost ready with the new album, and we'll have a number of gigs coming up! Next year 2017 we'll even be celebrating our 40th anniversery with a big concert in GASOMETER Further there are some gigs with Hans Salomon's Vienna Big Band Machine and Richard Österreicher Big Band & more..
2015
Release of my DUO Album with Myroslav Levytsky the pianist of the Ukrainian fusion-jazz group Braty Bluzu! "Elegant Dualism" ! It really developed into a very nice, aesthethic project! JM-2078
Last work on the long year CD project with Cloud Tissa, under the new project name
JUST2STRANGERS
album title "RAGGAJAZZ". A very special sound, will hopefully get spreaded into the wild world! SCOOP-113
In the Kammerspiele of Theater in der Josefstadt we just ended up the also very successfull row of Schoen, Schoen, Schoen by Franz Wittenbrink! In Fall we are gonna have LA CAGE (Cage of Fools), exciting!
GROOVE GENERATION - Rens Newland Band, a single featuring Maggie Faltin has been digitally released: Two on an Island
As a guitar player in summer Saturday Night Fever in Amstetten.
With Ostinato work on a new album, and a number of gigs
The VIENNA DIXIE CATS "The Bright Sight Of Live"! (With Gerry Pfister(tp), Horst Hausleitner(sx), Tom Henkes(d) & Markus Weissenbach /Franz Griesler (tuba) and myself on banjo (believe it or not...) are and will be on the road again.
Check out the crazy videos on YouTube!
Further some gigs with Hans Salomon's Vienna Big Band Machine and Richard Österreicher Big Band & more..
2014
The release of the new album "Groove Generation" of my Rens Newland Band on September 23rd!
The live presentation October, in Porgy & Bess in Vienna, more concerts and lots of action to follow in fall!
The presentation of the album "The City That Never Sleeps" of the Ukrainian fusion-jazz group Braty Bluzu in Kiev was very exciting! I recorded the guitars to their new album, being the guest soloist.
Here a taste of Braty Bluzu (mp3stream-but anyhow running if you open the site)
With Ostinato we did great concerts in sommer and we'll have a number of gigs in fall! The VIENNA DIXIE CATS "The Bright Sight Of Live"! (With Gerry Pfister(tp), Horst Hausleitner(sx), Tom Henkes(d) & Markus Weissenbach /Franz Griesler (tuba) and myself on banjo (believe it or not...) on the road again.
Check out the crazy videos on YouTube!
Of course there were also some gigs with the Newland/Brezovsky duo
2013
Big concert with new stars, that came out of the Marianne Mendt castings, with the MM Big Band in October, also writing arrangements for that!
Further Rens Newland goes Rock in a early summer tour, in Austria, Germany and Slovakia, with Rob Decoup. I used to produce and record him, now he's getting his carreer off the ground - from New York City!
In Spring we had 2 Jubilee concerts in the Ukrain with the Ukrainian fusion-jazz group Braty Bluzu! I was was invited as guest soloist, but actually also already as part of the band.
Here a taste of Braty Bluzu (mp3stream-but anyhow running if you open the site)
Album "Groove Generation" of my Rens Newland Band,
concerts and lots of action!
With Maya Hakvoort, with me as guitarist and bandleader, is a lot happening! Besides a show in Laxenburg, we will present a new big show VOICES OF MUSICALS on the water stages (Seebühnen) of Moerbisch and Bregenz with stars from the musical and soul scene (Uwe Kröger, Pia Douwes, Lukas & Marjan, Marc Seibert & Annemieke van Dam -the new Elisabeth Stars - Rounder Girls & Ramesh Nair) this summer.
I was writing douzands of arrangements for that, together with my mate Christian Frank.
We will also tour with the big Christmas Show "a Christmas Eve" end of November!
As a guitar player I was very bizzy doing a tour with a Musical show with the Herwig Gratzer Band, in Germany and Austria.
In summer XANADU in Amstetten,
in fall and winter doing Catch Me at Kammerspiele, Vienna), and a reprise of Schlitzohren (Gloriatheater, Vienna)!
Some gigs with my new Jazz Project GeeBeeDeeKee in late fall.
With Ostinato a number of gigs in fall as well!The VIENNA DIXIE CATS "The Bright Sight Of Live"! (With Gerry Pfister(tp), Horst Hausleitner(sx), Tom Henkes(d) & Markus Weissenbach /Franz Griesler (tuba) and myself on banjo (believe it or not...) on the road again.
Check out the crazy videos on YouTube!
Further there are some gigs with Hans Salomon (he's getting 80!), Viktor Gernot, Richard Österreicher!
2012
The album "Groove Generation" of my Rens Newland Band got a 2nd presentation:
Fr.June 1st, 2012 in Porgy & Bess,
a
midnight show 23h30
The Maya Hakvoort Show with me as guitarist and bandleader is touring this whole year, a nice hi-level programm, and succesfull!
As a guitar player bizzy doing several theater music: Eh wurscht! (Theater an der Josefstadt, Vienna), 3 Groschen Oper (Three Penny Opera -Volkstheater, Vienna), Schlitzohren (Gloriatheater, Vienna), Horrorladen (Amstetten)
My GeeBeeDee Jazz Project some gigs in late summer.
As producer working on two big projects: Recording 20 CDs for the new Jazz school "Jazz Club" of Andy Mayerl and Christian Wegscheider plus recording and adapting the music for the Chorus Line row of shows in Stockerau Open Air Festspiele 2012.
In fall I will be on a Ukrain "The City That Never Sleeps" Tour with the Ukrainian fusion-jazz group Braty Bluzu! I was very pleased to be a guest soloist on the album. I think it shows partly the best guitar work I'd ever done.
Here a taste of Braty Bluzu (mp3stream-but anyhow running if you open the site)
With Ostinato we did some great concerts in winter and we'll have a number of gigs in fall! The VIENNA DIXIE CATS "The Bright Sight Of Live"! (With Gerry Pfister(tp), Horst Hausleitner(sx), Tom Henkes(d) & Markus Weissenbach /Franz Griesler (tuba) and myself on banjo (believe it or not...) are and will be on the road again.
Check out the crazy videos on YouTube!
This is our My Space site!
Further there are some gigs with Viktor Gernot, the Rens Newland/Mary Lamaro Duo & more.
2011
Recording and presentation (in Kiev ) of "The City That Never Sleeps" of the Ukrainian fusion-jazz group Braty Bluzu! Very exciting! Being the guest soloist, I think this is one of my best guitar recordings….
Eventually after years of work the new album "Groove Generation" of my Rens Newland Band with 16(!) Great Vienna Soul Voices came out. With the best groove guys, that used to join me on the Supremes and Gloria Gaynor gigs.
2010
Eventually the next album of Ostinato "Still Funky After All These Years" , the first in this millennium!
and
In Fall invited to join the MM (Marianne Mendt) Big Band for a big vocal night in St. Pölten.
and
Doing some concerts with and a lot of arranging and directing for the new Solo-Personality-Show of Maya Hakvoort!
and
Presenting of a new project: an extension of my GeeBeeDee project, with addition of keyboards (Martin Wöss), probably gonna be called "GeeBeeDeeKee": Rens Newland's Coffeeshop - Easy Going Dutch Guitar Singin'.
and
With The VIENNA DIXIE CATS "The Bright Sight Of Live"! (With Gerry Pfister(tp), Horst Hausleitner(sx), Tom Henkes/Bernd Rommel(d) & Markus Weissenbach/Franz Griesler(tuba) it's great and crazy working! We had 3 great Concerts in Luxembourgh (L'Inoui) and several in Austria
and
With Susan Rigvava-Dumas I did a Bulgary thing, was great!
and
With the new Rock show "STARGANG", where I have the Musical Direction we did some shows!
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Joined the Vienna Dialect-Blues & -Funk band "Vorstadtkombo" , something completely different…
2009
Out:
GeeBeeDee Trio Album "AlgoRhythm" with my acoustic bass friend Andy Mayerl and the tyrolean drum college Wolfi Rainer A lot of acoustic guitar work, but also some bluesy electric! I call the music Modern Acoustic Fusion! The group works really fine! Several live gigs.
and:
The album of my fun band The VIENNA DIXIE CATS "The Bright Sight Of Live"! With my fellow musicians Gerry Pfister, Horst Hausleitner, Tom Henkes & Markus Weissenbach it is such a great and crazy working! These recordings are about putting our "instant arranging" over some great pop & rock songs!
and:
the Josef Burchartz (Austrian trumpet hero) Album "Every Breath I Take", on which I produced and played several titles. It got an exciting and groovy album, with some of the best musicians around.
Some more shows with "Das Weisse Roessl" in the "Kammerspiele" in Vienna. In fall premiere of the genious version of "Manche mögen es heiß - Some Like It Hot"
by the same team: directed by Werner Sobotka and musically arranged by my good friend and fellow musician Christian Frank. Also my friend Andy Mayerl on double bass is joining again. A lot of hot fun for shure!
Did some arranging for for a big Marianne Mendt Show in Fall!
2008
A lot more shows with "Das Weisse Roessl" in the "Kammerspiele" in Vienna.
Touring a lot with Gloria Gaynor: Istanbul, Dubai, Madrid, Paris, Casablanca....
With Josef Burchartz (the Austrian trumpet hero) I produced some titles for his upcoming album, I will also play lots of guitars there.
AWESOME:
good news for me, bad news for all these hot, jazz loving, always devoted Guitargroupies!!
I got MARRIED on August 29th 2008 (Korneuburg Rathaus 11.30 AM). My longtime girlfriend Sieglinde Mueller is the lucky one (or am I the lucky one? whatever..)
2007
Touring with Gloria Gaynor: Valencia, Barcelona, Vienna...
and with my 22nd line circus..
CD projects with Lynne Kieran, Kai Peterson with the Rens Newland mixtet “A Little Bit Of Hope”
NuSwing with the vocal talent! the Mixtet features 2 Ladies und 2 Gentlemen:
Gina Schwarz b, Philippine Duchateau p, Georg Beck d ,
Rens Newland g, comp
OSTINATO: some nice Festivals
Setting up & playing the refreshing version of "Das Weisse Roessl" in the "Kammerspiele" in Vienna. The caberetisque and jazzy version was directed by Werner Sobotka and musically arranged by my good friend and fellow musician Christian Frank.
Two rows of live shows with High School Musical, in summer plus end of November was really fun!
Pleased to make orchestrating work on the TV series "Musical-The Show"
2006
Release of the instrumental CD "Freedom Street Parade" (Rens Newland with the twenty second line circus), dedicated to the people of New Orleans.
Touring with Gloria Gaynor
Rebirth of OSTINATO, "Best of Vinyl & Live" CD presentation!
2005
Production and presentation of the
Rocksoul Album "Strong" plus the single "some things are true" with the exceptionnal austrian vocal talent Christine Brezovsky!
Germany tour with "Musical Moments" (various musical stars).
2004
Recording and release of the band-CD "It's Not My Fault" with the Lionel Train.
Recording of CD's of Heinz von Hermann, Jazzmetalex, Joschi Schneeberger Quintet.
Summer festivals and East Europe Tour (Art On Ice) with Gloria Gaynor.
Release of the CD "The Bliss" (Rebecca Kolland meetz Rens Newland)
Starting occasional engagement as stage musician at the "Burgtheater".
2003
In 2003 a production with exclusively compositions of his very own "About"-cycle (created in the last days of DDR in East Berlin!) is released: The CD Move that thing, Rens Newland on jazz-guitar with his Groove Jazz Formation "Groovit": Willi Langer on Bass, 3 great drummers in rotation: Oliver Gattringer, Joris Dudli and Christian Leitner. Guests: R'Becca (vocals), Geri Schuller (Keyboards), Flip Philipp (Vibraphone). Presentation tour in Austria.
Summerfestivals with Gloria Gaynor and more international Concerts with Lionel Lodge and Braty Bluzu.
In the studio and as a producer very active: a.o. D.e.w.i.e.n.e.r.s (Hip HOP), Flip Philipp (Modern Jazz), Joschi Schneeberger (swing)...
Rebecca makes it into the final round of the austrian version of "Idols"(Starmania), further work on her CD.
Complete Orchestration for the CD version of the Musical "Schlaraffenland".
2002
In 2002 the Lionel Lodge and Rens Newland CD Sailing to the sirens was released, furthermore a live CD with Braty Bluzu. Big "Music Without Bounderies" concerts in Kiev and Kalush, Ukraine. Another interesting Jazz and Rhythm & Blues crossover project started : "Impact Project" feat. R´Becca, and the presentation of a new voice: Marija De Silva. As a musical director he is touring with Gloria Gaynor and The Supremes again (a.o. in Schwitzerland, Denmark, Spain).
In the years up to 1991 he still did a lot of featured playing, writing and producing for Austrian Radio, a.o. with the ORF Symphony Orchestra and The Moonlight Orchestra. In 1991 he co-produced the Vienna Big Band Machine album and together with Martin Fuss and Hans Salomon he founded the record label Jive Music.
2001
In 2001 big concerts and touring with Gloria Gaynor (Austria, Spain, Dubai) formed the highlight. Concerts in the Ukrain, co-operation and concerts with the group Braty Bluzu from there (in Linz and Kiev) followed after that.
Rens Newland also had some very succesfull openings with Lionel Lodge to Alanis Morisette and Jethro Tull concerts in Vienna. The presentation of the Lionel Lodge & Rens Newland Unplugged Project found place at about the same time. On the 2nd Willi Langer CD (The course of life), he profilated himself as co-producer, arranger and player.
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