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United Women's Orchestra
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Since its founding in 1992, The UNITED WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA established itself as one of the few European bigbands playing new music, and as one of the few all-women bigbands in Europe with an original repertoire. Led by Hazel Leach and Christina Fuchs, the band presented an exclusively original repertoire, composed by the two bandleaders.
However, after 17 years and 3 CDs it was time to move on, and the UWO was disbanded in 2009. They went out with a suitable flourish during the final concerts in the Loft in Cologne (16 Jan 2009) and the Jazzschmiede in Düsseldorf (17 Jan 2009)- and there was an additional goodbye-concert in Frankfurt/Main on 2 Oct 2009 as part of the 25th jubilee celebrations of the FrauenMusikBüro.
Virgo Supercluster
Label: JazzHausMusik
Released: 2002
Track listing: Shadow & Light; Sweet for Evie; Cerasarda; The Virgo Supercluster Suite; Lost One; Double Trouble; A la Mode
The Blue One
Label: JazzHausMusik
Released: 1999
Track listing: Lydisch Blau; Torch Song; Serenade for Leonie; Self Portrait; Netsuke; Siringo Road; Tiebreak.
United Women's Orchestra
Label: KlangRäume
Released: 1999
Track listing: The Tulip Wonder; Survivor's Suite; Mabel's Birthday; A Sting in the Tale; Timeghost; Moonlight Flit; Double-XX-Trix.
United Women's Orchestra: UWO
by Jack Bowers
This is the earlier of two CDs by Germany’s forward–leaning United Women’s Orchestra; for an appraisal of its more recent release (The Blue One), see the June ’99 big–band reviews. This is uncompromisingly sophisticated music in a Charles Mingus/Gil Evans/Maria Schneider groove, and not for the faint of heart. The compositions — by co–leaders Leach (four) ...
United Women's Orchestra: The Blue One
by Jack Bowers
The Blue One is the debut recording by the well–schooled United Women’s Orchestra, a forward–leaning all–female ensemble from Cologne, Germany. Co–leaders Christina Fuchs (three) and Hazel Leach (four) composed and arranged all of the songs, and they shadow closely the groundbreaking endeavors of such respected contemporaries as Carla Bley and Maria Schneider. All of the musicians ...
