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The SWR Big Band / Bill Holman: Jazz in Concert
by Jack Bowers
A friend told me this album was a reissue of one released nearly a decade ago (IRS 986.987), and at first glance he would seem to be right, as there are striking similarities in the artwork, choice of repertoire (the nine selections are identical, although the playing order is slightly dissimilar) and soloists (exactly the same on both albums). The newer album, however, has something the earlier one clearly did not have — an audience. It was taped July 3, ...
Continue ReadingThe SWR Big Band with Slide Hampton: Jazz Matinee
by Jack Bowers
Barbra Streisand sang that “people who need people” are the luckiest people in the world. To that list should be added big–band enthusiasts in and around Stuttgart, Germany, as the SWR Big Band’s Jazz Matinees there just keep getting better and better. The latest in the ensemble’s series of live recordings, showcasing the prodigious talents of American trombonist / composer / arranger Slide Hampton, is an unalloyed pleasure from end to end with Slide and the SWR in peak form ...
Continue ReadingThe SWR Big Band: Jazz in Concert Featuring Jens Winther
by Jack Bowers
The SWR Big Band is in danger of becoming Germany’s answer to the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra — but without the string section. Like Metropole, SWR has produced a series of albums in which the orchestra backs well–known guest artists, most of them Americans, but mainly in concert performances rather than the studio settings preferred by Metropole. This album, featuring half a dozen pensive compositions by trumpeter Jens Winther, complements recent enterprises by SWR showcasing the talents of Bob Florence, Phil ...
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