We're kicking off the new year on a somewhat light-hearted note, a Venezuelan Waltz with tombonist/singer Rita Payés. "El Marabino" is a composition by the Venezuelan composer Antonio Lauro, here in an arrangement by Michael Mossman. It features Elisabeth Roma on guitar, Rita Payés on trombone and singing, and Hans Dekker on drums. Recorded live in the "WDR Big Band Jazz Club" in Bocklemünd, conducted by Ansgar Striepens. ---------------- Wir beginnen das neue Jahr mit einem etwas leichteren Ton
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Here's a clip from our recent project with singer Kurt Elling, Kurt's rendering of the John Scofield tune "Jeep On 35" (from the 1998 album "A Go Go"), here recast as "My Very Own Ride" (with lyrics by Nina Clark). Besides Kurt, this Jim McNeely arrangement also features Ben Fitzpatrick on tenor saxophone. Recorded live in the Kölner Philharmonie, conducted by our "principal Conductor" Bob Mintzer. ----------------- Hier ein Ausschnitt aus unserem vor kurzem durchgeführten Projekt mit dem Sänger
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New York Voices With The WDR Big Band Cologne - Live
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"Old Folks" is a popular jazz standard by Willard Robison (with lyrics by Dedette Lee Hill) going all the way back to 1938. In this arrangement by Michael Abene, he's painted it in a fresh, new, Bossa Nova infused color, with solos by Ruud Breuls on flugelhorn and Billy Test on electric piano. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Stefan Pfeifer-Gallea. ---------------- „Old Folks“ ist ein beliebter Jazzstandard von Willard Robison (mit Texten von Dedette Lee Hill) aus dem Jahr 1938. In diesem
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