Jazz Articles about Lars Seniuk

About Lars Seniuk

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Lars Seniuk / New German Art Orchestra: Pendulum

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 2015

German-born composer / arranger / trumpeter Lars Seniuk, who formed his first big band at age sixteen and has played with and written for many others since then, was barely twenty-six when Pendulum was recorded in Hamburg with the splendid New German Art Orchestra, an up-to-date version of the late Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra, established in Lubeck nearly three decades ago. As such, it is more a continuation and verification of Brookmeyer's legacy than an effort to traverse new ...

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Malte Schiller’s Red Balloon: The Second Time Is Different

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 15, 2012

Il giovane polifiatista, compositore (nel caso specifico di tutti i brani, esclusi ovviamente “Giant Steps" e “Lush Life") e arrangiatore (dei succitati) berlinese Malte Schiller merita senza alcun dubbio tutta la nostra attenzione. In quest'ottimo album, dirige un ensemble di undici elementi (lui compreso) di “tiro" eloquentemente orchestrale, però con un intercalarsi fra pieni e vuoti (leggi sezioni a ranghi ridotti) che è tipico di certa “letteratura" europea di settore, e che dota la musica di una sorta di movimento ...