Last year we had the pleasure to premier a bran new format, the "WDR Big Band Jazz Club", our very own stage! The very first installation was our project "Big Band Bluegrass" with music by Darol Anger and Mike Marshall, artfully arranged and conducted by our "Principal Conductor" Bob Mintzer. This clip"Replace It All", is composed by Darol, featuring himself on the fiddle, Mike Marshall on mandolin and Jeremy Powell on tenor sax. Recorded live in Bocklemünd, conducted by Bob Mintzer. -----------
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We are wrapping things up in Studio 4 today, tomorrow we move to Bocklemünd to get the "WDR Big Band Jazz Club" ready for Saturday's live stream! Here's a clip from the last time we openened the Jazz Club doors, with the Catalan trombonist/singer Rita Payés. "Nunca Vas A Comprender" is an original composition by Rita, featuring Elisabeth Roma on guitar and Rita herself, singing and playing the trombone. The arrangement was penned by Ansgar Striepens. Recorded live in WDR BS3, Bocklemünd, conduct
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Have you ever wondered: "What do you get if you take a well-known jazz standard, a stellar arranger, a big band , a Hammond organ, a trombone solo and a hard hitting rhythm section with a deep pocket and put them in a studio?" If so, you don't have to ponder any further, today's "Studio 4 Sessions" instalment will try to provide an answer! This is Jim McNeely's arrangement of the Jule Styne classic "Just In Time" featuring Billy test on the organ and Raphael Klemm on trombone, with John Goldsby
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Hold that tiger! "Tiger Rag", originally recorded in 1917 by the "Original Dixieland Jass Band", is one of the most recorded tunes in jazz history, with version by classic artists like Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Bix Beiderbecke, and Louis Armstrong, to bands like the Beatles and jazz contemporaries like Nicholas Payton. This version, arranged by Oded Lev-Ari features Anat Cohen on clarinet, Avishai Cohen on trumpet, Yuval Cohen on soprano sax, Andy Hunter on trombon
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