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Florian Ross & WDR Big Band - Plans & Drawers

Florian Ross

Label: Toy Piano Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 01:04:37
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Tracks

Catania; ELD1; Clapham Junction; Lore; Think Out Loud; Here, My Love; Surf & Turf; Now And Then And Now Again; 1988; Body & Soul

Personnel

Album Description

After his acclaimed collaboration with the WDR Big Band in 2020, composer and arranger Florian Ross returns with another inspired encounter. This new release continues his exploration of what a modern jazz orchestra can be—colorful, detailed, and deeply human in expression.

In recent years, Ross has steadily developed a musical voice that is unmistakably his own: complex yet lyrical, rhythmically vibrant yet full of space. The ten pieces gathered here—some newly written, others rediscovered from 1992—reveal the breadth of his imagination and his long-standing partnership with the exceptional musicians of the WDR Big Band.

The music moves effortlessly between different worlds: from expansive, cinematic landscapes to grooves with fusion influences, from exuberant swing to moments of quiet, European-tinged harmony. Each piece is built around the personalities within the band—written not just for instruments, but for people, their sounds, and their stories. The result is both a continuation and a renewal. Ross’s compositions remain refined and warm, yet there’s a new sense of openness here, a willingness to bring melody and emotion to the forefront. It’s music that demands attention but also welcomes the listener from the very first note—a celebration of what happens when vision meets virtuosity.

Recorded January 9–18, 2025, at STUDIO 4, WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Cologne, Germany. Producer: Florian Ross (TPR) – Executive Producer: Arnd Richter (WDR).

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