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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.
Florian Ross & WDR Big Band - 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.
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.
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.
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, ...
WDR Big Band featuring John Goldsby and Bob Mintzer: Big Band Bass
by Artur Moral
What better way to bid farewell to a long, fruitful relationship than with a mutual gift? That is the decision John Goldsby and the extraordinary WDR Big Band made after 30 years of intense collaboration. Extended partnerships are perhaps not too frequent in today's jazz landscape, even in the more conducive orchestral realm: well-known are the ...
Dan Weiss, David Kikoski, and Enrique Haneine
by Jerome Wilson
This program covers a wide range of sounds. There is new music from drummers Dan Weiss and Enrique Haneine as well as older work from Duke Ellington, Ralph Towner, Dave Douglas, David Kikoski and others. (Note: on the selection “Trouble," I transposed the names of the group and album when I spoke.)Playlist Henry Threadgill ...
Beginning of Monktober week 1, plus classic jazz with Oscar Peterson and more, new music from Johnathan Blake and more
by David W. Daniels
Recognizing Thelonious Monk, birthdate October 10th, during Monktober with songs Purple Shades, In Walked Bud, Criss Cross, and Straight No Chaser. Classic music from Gloria Lynne, Johnny Hartman, and more. New music from Joe Farnsworth, Eric Alexander, and more. Birthdays for Oscar Pettiford, Jean-Luc Ponty, and more. Playlist Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra with ...
3 Cohens, WDB Big Band: Interaction
by Angelo Leonardi
A dieci anni di distanza dalla loro ultima collaborazione discografica, Yuval, Anat e Avishai Cohen tornano con quest'album live, che documenta il concerto dato con la WDR Big Band il 16 giugno 2022 alla Filarmonica di Colonia. Altra figura centrale dell'evento è Oded Lev-Ari, che ha scritto le partiture e diretto l'orchestra. Oded collabora con i ...
Jed Levy, Bill O'Connell, Gina Saputo, Sean Nelson and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Charles Rouse, Jed Levy, Bill O'Connell, Gina Saputo, Sean Nelson, Doug Wyatt, Joe Lovano, Igmar Thomas, Reginald Cyntje, Franck Amsallem, Russ Spiegel, Dave Robbins, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Lyn Stanley, Reid Hoyson, Nels Cline, Thomas Marriott, Aron!, Nancy Kelly, Triology, Altin Sencalar, Sharel Cassity, Hiromi, John Ellis, Jeff Libman, Nnenna Freelon, ...
