Georg Danzer's producer and long-time companion Prof Blacky Schwarz wrote about this unusual project: “Vienna and Tyrol. Danzer and hackbrett. How does that fit together? To my surprise, very well. A thoroughbred musician and a male counterpart meet, and the connection is made... the Tyrolean Maria Ma, who brings the hackbrett from tradition into contemporary... popular music and... gives a new facet to the melodies of Georg Danzer... and the die-hard Viennese, Ulli Bäer, who has been a friend and musical companion of Georg Danzer for many years...”
The ensemble will consist of Maria Ma, current Rainhard Fendrich drummer Christian Einheller, and bassist Mischa Krausz (Andre Heller, Etta Scollo, Maria Bill,...) to form a trio ft. Ulli Bäer. The four musicians reinterpret songs that have a direct connection to Georg Danzer or come from his pen, including songs that in the past often stood in the shadow of the big Danzer hits, such as the ghost track from “13 schmutzige Lieder.”
The connection between Danzer and Bäer is multifaceted. Ulli Bäer was the guitarist in Georg Danzer's band for 14 years, recorded several albums with him, wrote the title “Nua da Noa is wirklich frei” for the CD “Große Dinge,” co-founded the trio “Danzer – Bäer – Baum,” and was the conductor of the legendary band “Austria 3.” Completely new is the unusual sound with hackbrett arrangements by Maria Ma. She has developed a distinctive playing style on the hackbrett. Her unique, highly musical pioneering spirit is reflected not least in the fact that she manages to integrate the hackbrett into pop music as if it were the most natural combination ever. In addition to her stage activities as a solo artist and with her own ensembles, she works as a studio and stage musician with Gert Steinbäcker, Schiffkowitz (STS), Christian Kolonovits, SCURDIA, Markus Schirmer, Ina Regen, and many others.