Results for "SWR Big Band"

SWR Big Band

SWR Big Band is a leading force of the genre. The band has been nominated several times for a Grammy Award as Best Large Ensemble, most recently in 2022 for the Charlie Parker tribute album Bird Lives with Magnus Lindgren and John Beasley. Beasley therefor won a Grammy for Best Arrangement (Scrapple From The Apple). A great honour in 2011, when it was the first German band ever suggested for the “Prêmio da Música Brasileira”, Brazil’s most important music award with "Bossarenova" with Paula Morelenbaum and Filo Machado. Since 2018 Swedish composer/arranger/woodwind player Magnus Lindgren is Artist in Residence and refining the sound of the band, including projects with Nils Landgren & Jan Lundgren, Martin Tingvall, Hugo Candelario and more

Invisible Piano

By John Beasley

Label: o-tone music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Concentric; Woman with Chariot; Galaha; Invisible Piano; Danseur Espagnol; Fire and Rain; Can't Hide Love.

Callum Au: Ellington, Basie, Wheeler And Gillespie Were The Mozarts Of Their Generation

by Mark McKergow
June 1, 2026

Composer, arranger, trombonist and musical director Callum Au is a leading light on the British music scene. He produces arrangements for the likes of Michael Buble , Dua Lipa and Raye and has composed for groups as diverse as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Inner City Brass and the SWR Big Band. He also loves to play trombone in ...

A set of tracks from 10 new big band albums released so far in 2026, including Kurt Elling, John Beasley and 8 others

by George Graham
May 26, 2026

George Graham presents a cross-section of tracks from 10 new Big Band albums released so far during 2026. Playlist Javier Nero “The Fourth Dimension" from Alkebulan (Outside In) 7:28 Ben Markley Big Band “Off Minor" from Tuesday Morning Feeling (OA2) 6:32 Stephen Philip Harvey Jazz Orchestra “Ain't No Sidekick" from Multiversal (Self Released) 5:41 ...

Fire And Rain

June 5, 2026

Album: Invisible Piano
By John Beasley
Label: o-tone music
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:37

Denver Jazz Fest 2026

by Geoff Anderson
April 22, 2026

Denver Jazz Fest 2026 Denver and Boulder, CO April 7-12, 2026  It's easy to get used to the lifestyle: a concert every night, and three on Saturday: eight concerts in six days. Shouldn't life be like this all the time? Well, it was for almost a week in early April around Denver ...

Isaiah J. Thompson, Guano Padano, Camille Bertault, Rope & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 11, 2021

Enjoy a playlist which starts with Larry Goldings getting scary and ends with Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass confirming they're extraordinary.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Scary Goldings “Hi Ho Silverstein" IV (Pockets) 0:16 Host talks 3:24 Isaiah J. Thompson “Mikula Blues" Composed in ...

Eberhard Weber: Hommage à Eberhard Weber

By Eberhard Weber

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Resumé Variations; Hommage; Touch; Maurizius; Tübingen; Notes After an Evening; Street Scenes (bonus track, HD and Made for iTunes only).

A Fresh Taste of Thad Jones and Frank Foster

By SWR Big Band

Label: Hänssler Classic
Released: 2006
Track listing: Counter Block; Mean What You Say; Ode to Joe Newman; Winners; Love Handles; Basic-ally Yours; Victorious Blues; Now That She

SWR Big Band: A Fresh Taste of Thad Jones and Frank Foster

by Jack Bowers
December 10, 2006

None of the music on Fresh Taste is actually fresh, having been recorded in 1994-96 when the SWR Big Band was still the SDR, and previously issued on CD--but that doesn't mean it need be any less rewarding to anyone who hasn't yet heard it. To the contrary, those whose antennae are attuned to the straight-ahead ...