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The Beijbom Kroner Big Band: Tango for Bad People
by Jack Bowers
Under the proper circumstances (and these certainly are), there is no more chromatic and charming music than the tango, popularized in Argentina and around the world by the great Astor Piazzolla. One would hardly expect a big band comprised almost exclusively of Swedes and Danes to be among its leading exponents, but there you have it. Drummer Lars Beijbom (the Swede) and trombonist Erling Kroner (the Dane) have shown their appreciation for the tango on previous occasions, and here they ...
read moreBeijbom Kroner Big Band: Opposites Attract
by Jack Bowers
The “opposites” in this case are co–leaders Lars Beijbom (Swedish drummer) and Erling Kroner (Danish trombonist), and while they may be poles apart in many respects, they do, thankfully, have at least one thing in common — Beijbom and Kroner are two of Europe’s foremost composer/arranger/musicians. What they have attracted are 17 first–class players, nine from Denmark, seven from Sweden and one from the U.S. to form the five–year–old Beijbom Kroner Big Band, which made its recording debut last year ...
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