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The WDR Big Band, based in Cologne, Germany, is widely considered one of Europe's premier, full-time professional jazz ensembles. Formed in 1946 and evolving into a dedicated jazz big band in 1980, the ensemble is renowned for its razor-sharp precision, versatility, and broad stylistic range, covering everything from classic swing to modern, fusion, and world music. As the big band for the German public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, its mission is to promote jazz culture, and it achieves this through an extensive catalog of recordings and frequent collaborations with legendary international jazz artists, including Vince Mendoza, Ron Carter, and the Brecker Brothers. This collaborative work has earned the band multiple prestigious awards, including several Grammy Awards. The WDR Big Band is a flexible and technically brilliant institution that honors the jazz tradition while actively commissioning new music and shaping the future of large-ensemble performance.
Mark Lettieri: Expanding Boundaries
by Mike Jacobs
In the years since Mark Lettieri first sat down with All About Jazz, much has changed--and, in a sense, much has not. At the time of that (2020 interview), Lettieri had a budding solo career, but was still primarily known as being part of Snarky Puppy's (SP) formidable six-string triumvirate (along with fellow guitarists Bob Lanzetti ...
Best of 2025-The Outernet, garaj Mahal, Varun Das, Grand Discovery, Commodore
by Len Davis
The best of 2025 and new releases. Pure Fusion and Jazz Rock with The Outernet from Melbourne, to Japan's dynamic Jizue, this collection brings together an exceptional lineup of global talent. LA-based guitarist Max Walker and New York drummer Varun Das deliver precision and power with fine jazz-rock interplay, joined by Nashville's Mr. Mayo for a ...
I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu
by Ludovico Granvassu
Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...
Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025
by Ludovico Granvassu
Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...
Big Band Bass
By WDR Big Band
Label: Bass Lion
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sonatinita; In The Hills; Blue Ballon; Kléopatre’s Secret; You Can Call Him Maestro; Dahlia Garden; The Baron's
Dilemma; Sergio.
Plans & Drawers
By Florian Ross
Label: Toy Piano Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Catania; ELD1; Clapham Junction; Lore; Think Out Loud; Here, My Love; Surf & Turf; Now And
Then
And Now Again; 1988; Body & Soul.
Interaction
By Anat Cohen
Label: Anzic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Shufla de Shufla; Catch of the Day (For A&M); Tiger Rag; Naked Truth Pt. 2; Festive Minor; Trills & Thrills; Footsteps & Smiles.
Auld Lang Syne
Featuring the music of WDR Big Band
Duration: 04:08
Improvising the Classics: Roll Over Beethoven
by Larry Slater
Beethoven was a musical revolutionary. He transformed every musical form he used to create his body of music.The pianist and composer Jon Batiste said “Beethoven's work taps into a universal connective, magnetic truth in music." Beethoven was a master of motivic development, taking small musical ideas and expanding them into long and varied ideas, ...
