Jazz Articles about Max Raabe

Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie

by Suzanne Lorge
February 21, 2009

In November 2007 German singer Max Raabe performed at Carnegie Hall with the Palast Orchester, presenting a half-English, half-German program of songs from the golden years of Weimar Germany. The resulting recording--Heute Nacht Oder Nie (Tonight Or Never)--has spurred a flurry of activity both in the States and abroad, and Raabe has been on the road ever since its release in 2008. Raabe and the Palast Orchester, 12 musicians of stunning precision (multiple horns, violin, viola, guitar, ...