From 2021 (and social distancing), here's a hard-swinging blues from our "Studio 4 Sessions". "The Blues Ain't Necessarily Bad!" is a chart by the great arranger/composer and legendary southpaw trombonist, Slide Hampton. It features Raphael Klemm on trombone, Andy Haderer on trumpet, and John Goldsby on bass. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea. ---------------------- Aus dem Jahr 2021 (und mit "Social Distancing") – hier ist ein hart swingender Blues aus unseren "Stud
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From 2021 (and social distancing), here's a hard-swinging blues from our "Studio 4 Sessions". "The Blues Ain't Necessarily Bad!" is a chart by the great arranger/composer and legendary southpaw trombonist, Slide Hampton. It features Raphael Klemm on trombone, Andy Haderer on trumpet, and John Goldsby on bass. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea. ---------------------- Aus dem Jahr 2021 (und mit "Social Distancing") – hier ist ein hart swingender Blues aus unseren "Stud
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Here's a clip from our Quincy Jones tribute, earlier this year. This was recorded live at Schloss Borbeck, Essen, with Vellu Halkosalmi at the helm. This Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer classic was written for the 1941 movie by the same name, and has been covered by countless artists. This rendering was arranged by Quincy and features Paul Heller on tenor sax. | WDR Big Band
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Here's a clip from our Quincy Jones tribute, earlier this year. This was recorded live at Schloss Borbeck, Essen, with Vellu Halkosalmi at the helm. This Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer classic was written for the 1941 movie by the same name, and has been covered by countless artists. This rendering was arranged by Quincy and features Paul Heller on tenor sax. | WDR Big Band
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Here's a clip from last Friday's concert at the Kölner Philharmonie. "Basie's Blues", a blues with a bridge by Bob Mintzer, featuring Andy Hunter on Trombone and Karolina Strassmayer on Alto sax. | WDR Big Band
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Here's a clip from last Friday's concert at the Kölner Philharmonie. "Basie's Blues", a blues with a bridge by Bob Mintzer, featuring Andy Hunter on Trombone and Karolina Strassmayer on Alto sax. | WDR Big Band
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Here's a fresh, new video from our Youtube crew, the Kenny Napper chart "Razz Ma Tazz Me Blues", featuring Ruud Breuls on trumpet, Andy Hunter on trombone, Johan Hörlén on alto sax, Paul Heller on tenor sax, and Hans Dekker on drums. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Jörg Achim Keller. | WDR Big Band
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Here's a fresh, new video from our Youtube crew, the Kenny Napper chart "Razz Ma Tazz Me Blues", featuring Ruud Breuls on trumpet, Andy Hunter on trombone, Johan Hörlén on alto sax, Paul Heller on tenor sax, and Hans Dekker on drums. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Jörg Achim Keller. | WDR Big Band
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!NEW CD! On Friday (May 1st!) "Blue Soul", the new album with WDR Big Band, Dave Stryker and Bob Mintzer will be available for streaming! "Blue Soul is a collaboration between guitarist Dave Stryker, saxophonist and arranger Bob Mintzer, and the WDR Big Band. This is a unique project putting Stryker’s soulful guitar in front of a world-class big band led by MIntzer’s creative arrangements and playing. " Here's a clip from our Youtube team to whet your appetite. "Blues Strut" is a Dave Stryker or
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!NEW CD! On Friday (May 1st!) "Blue Soul", the new album with WDR Big Band, Dave Stryker and Bob Mintzer will be available for streaming! "Blue Soul is a collaboration between guitarist Dave Stryker, saxophonist and arranger Bob Mintzer, and the WDR Big Band. This is a unique project putting Stryker’s soulful guitar in front of a world-class big band led by MIntzer’s creative arrangements and playing. " Here's a clip from our Youtube team to whet your appetite. "Blues Strut" is a Dave Stryker or
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From Raleigh, North Carolina and Rufus Harley, to Gothenburg, Sweden and Gunhild Carling, the connection is in the bag! And the pipes! Here's the always effervescent Gunhild, wielding a rather unusual set-up in a jazz context, but nevertheless playing "Bagpipe Blues" by Hans Carling. Recorded live in the Kölner Philharmonie, conducted by Lars Seniuk. --------------------- Von North Carolina und Rufus Harley bis Göteborg, Schweden, und Gunhild Carling - die Verbindung ist im Sack! Und das Dudeln!
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From Raleigh, North Carolina and Rufus Harley, to Gothenburg, Sweden and Gunhild Carling, the connection is in the bag! And the pipes! Here's the always effervescent Gunhild, wielding a rather unusual set-up in a jazz context, but nevertheless playing "Bagpipe Blues" by Hans Carling. Recorded live in the Kölner Philharmonie, conducted by Lars Seniuk. --------------------- Von North Carolina und Rufus Harley bis Göteborg, Schweden, und Gunhild Carling - die Verbindung ist im Sack! Und das Dudeln!
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"Improvisation, Big Band and a minor blues Satori in Jazz?" We've spent the week with the tremendous Alan Broadbent, exploring the 50's through the lens of Miles Davis, but also looking at a few of Alan's original compositions. As a little taste of tonights concert, here's Alan's "Nirvana Blues" from his 2006 album "Every Time I Think Of You", featuring Raphael Klemm on trombone and Ruud Breuls on trumpet. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Alan Broadbent. Don't miss tonight's live stream f
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"Improvisation, Big Band and a minor blues Satori in Jazz?" We've spent the week with the tremendous Alan Broadbent, exploring the 50's through the lens of Miles Davis, but also looking at a few of Alan's original compositions. As a little taste of tonights concert, here's Alan's "Nirvana Blues" from his 2006 album "Every Time I Think Of You", featuring Raphael Klemm on trombone and Ruud Breuls on trumpet. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Alan Broadbent. Don't miss tonight's live stream f
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For today's "Sunday Swinger" we take another trip to "Lalo Land". The Oscar Peterson tune "Blues for Basie", arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, with Wolfgang Haffner on drums and the inimitable Klaus Osterloh on trumpet! | WDR Big Band
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Is it Tuesday, is it Blues-Day? Yes, yes it is! We're bluesin' it up with Dave Stryker and Bob Mintzer in "Blues Strut" a Dave Stryker original, arranged by Bob, also featuring Billy Test on Hammond organ. Recorded live at the Gloria Theater, Cologne. | WDR Big Band
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Here's a clip from last fall, a blues by Scott Wendholdt, "Blues On Hold", arranged by Chris Byars. It features Scott on trumpet, Ben Fitzpatrick on tenor sax, Billy test on piano and John Goldsby on bass. recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Chris Byars. -------------- Hier ist ein Clip vom letzten Herbst, ein Blues von Scott Wendholdt, „Blues On Hold“, arrangiert von Chris Byars. Als Solisten hören wir: Scott an der Trompete, Ben Fitzpatrick am Tenorsaxophon, Billy Test am Klavier und John
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Tuesday is Blues-day, and today's "Bluesday" feature is the Horace Silver classic minor blues "Nutville" from the 1966 album "The Cape Verdean Blues", here in an arrangement by Jörg Achim Keller, featuring solos by Andy Hunter on trombone, Andy Haderer on trumpet, and Karolina Strassmayer on alto sax. (Recorded live in Studio 4 in June, 2017) | WDR Big Band
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Today's "Sunday Swinger" features the great Art Farmer in a Bill Dobbins arrangement of the Billy Strayhorn composition "The Intimacy Of The Blues", also featuring Heiner Wiberny on alto sax, with Bill Dobbins in front of the band and John Riley behind the drums... | WDR Big Band
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Adeste Fideles/O Come All Ye Faithful is one of the oldest and most beloved Christmas tunes, going back to the middle of the 1700's. This version is an arrangement is an arrangement by Rich DeRosa and was recorded in the "WDR Big Band Jazz Club" in Bocklemünd, conducted by Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea. We wish you all the best for 2 Advent! | WDR Big Band
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Henry Mancini wrote "Royal Blue" for the movie "The Pink Panther" in 1964. This version is an arrangement by Jörg Achim Keller, featuring Andy Haderer on trumpet, Billy Test on piano, Olivier Peters on tenor sax and Philipp Brämswig on guitar. Recorded on the WDR Soundstage in Bocklemünd. | WDR Big Band
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John Clayton in the house! This is John's original composition "I Be Serious 'Bout Dem Blues" featuring a veritable cornucopia of players: Andy Haderer and Bastian Stein on trumpet, Paul Heller on tenor sax and Benjamin Steil on alto sax, Paul Lüpfer and Günter Bollman on trombone, and Leon Hattori on piano. Recorded live in the Kölner Philharmonie, conducted by John Clayton. ------------- John Clayton in the house! Es handelt sich um Johns Eigenkomposition „I Be Serious 'Bout Dem Blues“, bei de
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We're kicking this week off with a 20 years throwback to a project we did with our former "Principal Conductor" Bill Dobbins, playing the music of Billy Strayhorn. This is the Strayhorn composition "The Intimacy Of The Blues", featuring Art Farmer on flumpet. It also features Heiner Wiberny on alto sax, with Bill Dobbins in front of the band and John Riley behind the drums. recorded live in the Kölner Philharmonie. -------------- Wir beginnen diese Woche mit einem Rückblick auf ein Projekt, das
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Here's the second video from our "Bocklemünd Sessions" with singer/trumpet player Andrea Motis! This time it's the Horace Silver classic "Señor Blues" (from the 1957 album "6 Pieces of Silver"), arranged by Michael Mossman. It features Paul Shigihara on guitar, Andrea Motis on vocals and trumpet, Jens Neufang on bass clarinet, Ruud Breuls on trumpet, Billy Test on piano and Andy Hunter on trombone. Conducted by Michael Mossman. Recorded at the WDR soundstages, Bocklemünd. | WDR Big Band
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From last year's tribute to Gerry Mulligan, here's the Mulligan classic "Rocker", in an arrangement by Jörg Achim Keller. It features Ruud Breuls on trumpet, Ludwig Nuss on trombone, Karolina Strassmayer on alto saxophone, Ben Fitzpatrick on baritone saxophone and Andy Hunter on euphonium. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Jörg Achim Keller. ---------------- Aus der letztjährigen Hommage an Gerry Mulligan ist hier der Mulligan-Klassiker „Rocker“ in einem Arrangement von Jörg Achim Keller.
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Here's another clip from our Neal Hefti tribute, back in 2022. This is the Hefti original "Bells", featuring Andy Haderer on trumpet, Paul Heller on tenor saxophone and Johan Hörlén on alto saxophone. Recorded live in the "WDR Big Band Jazz Club" in Bocklemünd, conducted by Jörg Achim Keller. ----------------- Hier ist ein weiterer Clip von unserem Neal Hefti Tribute aus dem Jahr 2022. Es handelt sich um das Hefti-Original „Bells“, mit Soli von Andy Haderer an der Trompete, Paul Heller am Tenors
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Tuesdays are Blues days! Today's blues is a classic Monk composition, "Blue Monk", featuring "Super Bass", i.e Ray Brown, Christian McBride, and John Clayton, in a John Clayton arrangement. (1997) That's a whole lot of jazz bass tradition right there! :) | WDR Big Band
27.4K viewsJan 28, 2020
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Today's "Blues-day Tuesday" instalment is a 3/4 swinger from last week's rehearsals in Studio 4. "Theme from Mr Broadway" is a Dave Brubeck tune, here in an arrangement by Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea, who is also conducting the band. It features Paul Heller on tenor sax, and Billy Test on piano. Sound by Markus Mittermeyer, Walter Platte and Astrid Großmann-Hudasch. | WDR Big Band
27K viewsJan 20, 2020
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To brighten up this drab tuesday evening, here's a bonus clip from our recent "Personal Sounds" live stream. This is Billy Strayhorn's timeless classic "Take The A-Train" in a gorgeous arrangement by the great, late Steve Gray! Conducted by Jörg Achim Keller | WDR Big Band
11.3K viewsJan 29, 2019
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We've been spending the week rehearsing and recording the music of Florian Ross, and tonight it's time to hit the stage. Here's a little taste of Florian Ross´s music, a tune we're revisiting tonight as well: "1988", an original composition by Florian, his tribute to his 16 year old self. This clip is from 2018 and the sessions for the album "Front and Center" (even though this tune wasn't on the album), featuring Karolina Strassmayer on alto sax and Johan Hörlén on soprano sax. recorded live in
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Happy Birthday to Earl Rudolph Powell, better known as "Bud", born on this day, 99 years ago! With his virtuosity and fluidity, Bud Powell was one of the paramounts in the Be-Bop era. This casual live clip is Bud's composition "Monopoly", arranged by Chris Byars. It features Pasquale Grasso on guitar, Andy Hunter on trombone, Karolina Strassmayer on alto sax, and Ruud Breuls on trumpet. Recorded live in Düren, conducted by Chris Byars. ------------------ Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Earl Rudolph Po
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Tomorrow we'll be meeting up with Bob Mintzer and Yellowjackets again, starting rehearsals for our concert at the Leverkusener Jazztage, next weekend. To whet your appetite, here's a glimpse at what it looked like, playing together in the early 90's. "Ancestors" is an original by Bob Mintzer, featuring Bob himself on tenor sax, Dave Horler on valve trombone, and Russel Ferrante on piano. Recorded live at the Kölner Philharmonie, conducted by Vince Mendoza. | WDR Big Band
31.1K viewsNov 2, 2019
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A little while ago we had the pleasure to once again share the stage with the band Yellowjackets, including our "Principal Conductor" Bob Mintzer , resulting in the Grammy-nominated album "Jackets XL"! Here's a clip from our gig in Leverkusen, Bob's arrangement of the the Yellowjacket classic "Dewey" by Russel Ferrante and Jimmy Haslip. It features Bob on EWI, Ruud Breuls on trumpet and Russel Ferrante on piano. Recorded live in Leverkusen, conducted by Bob Mintzer. -------------------------- Vo
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Here's a fresh, new installment in our ongoing "Studio 4 Sessions" series: the Jimmy Forrest classic blues "Night Train", in an arrangement by our old friend John Clayton. It features Martin Gasser on alto sax, Ben Fitzpatrick on tenor sax, Bastian Stein on trumpet and Raphael Klemm on trombone. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea. ------------ Hier ist eine frischer, neue Beitrag in unserer fortlaufenden „Studio 4 Sessions“-Serie: der Jimmy Forrest Blues-Klassiker „Ni
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We'll start this Friday off with a blues, signed Fred Hersch and Vince Mendoza. "The Big Easy" is Fred's composition, an homage to New Orleans, here in an arrangement by Vince. It features Fred on piano, Andy Haderer on trumpet and Ludwig Nuss on trombone. Recorded live at the Kölner Philharmonie, conducted by Vince Mendoza. To hear more music from this project, check out our album "Begin Again"! ------------------ Wir werden den Freitag mit einem Blues starten, "unterzeichnet" von Fred Hersch u
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"Tune Up" is a jazz classic by Eddie Vinson, made famous by Miles Davis but played by all the jazz greats as well. This version is an arrangement by Alan Broadbent and features Jens Neufang on baris sax, Johan Hörlén on alto sax, Ludwig Nuss on trombone and Paul Heller on tenor sax. Recorded live in the Kölner Philharmonie, conducted by Alan Broadbent. ------------- „Tune Up“ ist ein Jazz-Klassiker von Eddie Vinson, der vor allem durch Miles Davis berühmt wurde, aber auch von allen anderen Jazz-
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Following the tremendous success of "Take Five" and the album "Time Out", Dave Brubeck continued to explore "odd" meters on the subsequent release "Time Further Out in 1961. Here's a tune featured on that album, the jazz-waltz scented minor blues "Unsquare Dance", sporting a7/4 time signature. Our version is an arrangement by Stefan Pfeifer-Galialea and features solos by Mattis Cederberg on cimbasso, Billy Test on piano and Hans Dekker on drums. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Stefan Pfe
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