Bob Brookmeyer! It's safe to say that without Bob Brookmeyer, modern big band music wouldn't have been the same. So many big band writers have been influenced by Bob through the years, not the least here in Europe where Bob spent a lot of time. Bob was a long time friend of the WDR Big Band and we had the great pleasure to work and record with him on many occasions. This "Studio 4 Sessions" clip is a Brookmeyer piece called "Duets", an intricate counterpoint featuring Hans Dekker on drums and Pa
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Our "Studio 4 Sessions" series gives us the opportunity to find hidden gems from our vast music archive and bring them to the light of day again! "Harvest Song" is a composition by the amazing trumpeter Tom Harrell, here in a beautiful arrangement by our old friend Michael Abene. It features Ruud Breuls on flugelhorn and Paul Heller on tenor sax. Recorded live in Studio 4, conducted by Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea. ------------- Unsere Reihe „Studio 4 Sessions“ gibt uns die Gelegenheit, verborgene Sch
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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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Kenny Napper is not only a British bass player and arranger, but also an Kurt Edelhagen alumnus, working with the Edelhagen orchestra in the 70's. One of his contributions to the Edelhagen book was the beautiful "October Ballad". Our version, a part of our Kurt Edelhagen tribute, features Ruud Breuls on trumpet and Billy Test on piano, with musical direction by Florian Ross. This cooperation with the WDR Fernesehen/TV was filmed on a soundstage in Bocklemünd. | WDR Big Band
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We are very proud and happy to be able to present our new app, "WDR Big Band Play Along", giving you the opportunity to play along with us, featuring 5 (to begin with) original charts of various difficulty levels! Mix the individual tracks, play along or mute "your" instrument, read the music from the screen, or download it to print out. Have fun, and PLAY ALONG WITH US! Available today in the German App Store and Play Store. | WDR Big Band
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A big Happy Birthday to the amazing Wayne Shorter who just turned 87, yesterday. Arguably one of the greatest composers of our time, Wayne has written countless tunes, both as a member in some of the greatest bands in jazz history and as a soloist. Here's one of his wellknown classics, "One By One", in an arrangement by Jörg Achim Keller, featuring Ruud Breuls on trumpet, Raphael Klemm on trombone and Paul Heller on tenor sax. Recorded live in WDR Studio 2 . Conducted by Ansgar Striepens. | WDR
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We're continuing on the tangent of classic Big Band music with a real "comfort jazz" piece, keeping it mellow for the last day of the week. This is Neal Hefti's classic "Li'l Darling, from the iconic 1958 album "Atomic Mr Basie". Recorded live in "WDR Big Band Jazz Club" in Bocklemünd, arranged and conducted by Jörg Achim Keller. ------------------------------------ Mit einem echten "Comfort Jazz"-Stück setzen wir die Tangente der klassischen Big-Band-Musik fort und halten sie für den letzten Ta
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