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hr-Bigband

The Frankfurt Radio Big Band (hr-Bigband) stands for innovation and variety. It unfolds its activities in a broad range of styles from classical big band jazz to avant-garde jazz and from popular to classical music. The Frankfurt Radio Big Band is one of the most innovative German jazz ensembles of our times. Its imaginative programmes, quality musicians and high-profile projects have raised the Big Band of the Hessischer Rundfunk (German Public Radio of Hesse) to the Champions League of large ensemble jazz music and have set new musical standards. From swing to the avant-garde, it covers the entire spectrum of jazz, as well as crossing over into classical, pop and world music

Denis Gäbel: A Deeper Meaning

by Matty Bannond
June 30, 2022

This year, the hr-Bigband welcomes star guests including Nils Landgren, Camille Thurman and John Beasley. It also welcomes a new lead tenor saxophonist: Denis Gäbel. In an interview with All About Jazz, he shares his thoughts about playing with this historic and highly-regarded German big band. Denis Gäbel grew up in a showbiz family. ...

Once In A Lifetime

By hr-Bigband

Label: TCB Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Shangri-La; Falling In Love Again; Once I Loved; SonnymoonFor Two; I'm A Fool To Want You; Tennessee Waltz; Meditation; Everything Happens To Me; Once In A Life Time.

Meeting Of The Spirits: A Celebration Of The Mahavishnu Orchestra

By Colin Towns

Label: In + Out Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Hope; Birds Of Fire; Miles Beyond; Resolution; Cosmic Strut; Dawn; Eternity's Breath Parts 1 & 2; Sanctuary; Celestial Terrestrial Commuters; You Know You Know; One Word; Meeting Of The Spirits.

hr Bigband: Once in a Lifetime

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 2006

It's not often--perhaps only Once in a Lifetime--that a big band, from Germany no less, has a chance to record with not one but two of the jazz world's acknowledged master craftsmen, organist Joey DeFrancesco and drummer Jeff Hamilton. The hr Bigband from Frankfurt seized that chance in December '03, and the result is this spectacular ...

hr-Bigband with Joey DeFrancesco & Jeff Hamilton: Once In A Lifetime

by Edward Blanco
September 26, 2006

One doesn't often associate the sounds of the organ with the music of big bands, but that's exactly what you get when Joey DeFrancesco, a virtuoso on the Hammond B-3 organ, joins forces with renowned drummer Jeff Hamilton of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra as special guests of conductor Jorg Achim Keller and the German hr-Bigband (Hessischer ...