Swr Big Band A Fresh Taste Of Thad Jones & Frank Foster (2006)

Perhaps best known among collectors for his 1956 live quartet recordings with Lester Young in Washington, D.C., pianist/arranger Bill Potts also had a subsequent career, which, among other things, involved the production of this swinging 1959 big band jazz version of Porgy And Bess highlights.

For several years, the Brockhouse Big Band, a young ensemble of 20 musicians, performs at various events in Osnabrück and the surrounding area. After the first rehearsals took place in a cellar in Brockhausen, the band is now preparing for the upcoming performances in the youth center Westwerk in Osnabrück.

Bill McGuffie was one of Britains finest pianists of the 20th Century,This CD shows the McGuffie talent at it's peak, which was near the end of his distinguished career.Bill McGuffie died at just 59 years of age.Fortunately for us he has left a legacy of fine recordings which will continue to provide endless musical pleasure for generations to come.A wonderful album.

A Little Taste Of Soul offers a great introduction to the soulful American sound which swept the nation in the 1960s. It takes its name from soul pioneer’s Suparpie DeSanto’s track “A Little Taste Of Soul”, a 1962 hit backed by The Nat Hendrix Band. The album includes classics by Sam Cooke, The Isley Brothers, Etta James and The Contours, as well as many rare gems. This 2 CD set is essential listening for any savvy soul fan as well as anyone discovering the genre for the very first time.

AFRICA JAZZ DANCE BIG BAND: Formación interénica creada en 2010 y compuesta por músicos y bailarines de diversos países, entre los que se encuentran reconocidos artistas como Kuami Mensah, Abdulaye N´Diaye, Matthieu Saglio, Muhamed Sene, Xavi Alaman, Hector Gómez, Solistas del Ballet Nacional de Senegal, afincados en Valencia, Muhammed Sene, Aboo Zeze, Mortalla Gueye, y Ximo Tebar, este último creador, productor y director artístico del proyecto.

For the past several years, former Yellowjackets bassist and prolific producer Jimmy Haslip has enjoyed an ongoing working relationship with the Bremen, Germany-based jazz fusion keyboardist and composer Michael Schmidt (aka MSM Schmidt). While Haslip played on Schmidt’s 2007 album Transit and 2009’s Destination, he ended up co-producing 2012’s Evolution, 2015’s Utopia and 2017’s Life. They take their chemistry to new heights on ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt. This dynamic offering finds Haslip and members of his ARC Trio (keyboardist Scott Kinsey and Hungarian drummer Gergö Borlai) joining forces with the GRAMMY Award-winning John Daversa Big Band on greatly expanded versions of previously recorded Schmidt material, along with two brand new pieces composed by Kinsey and Schmidt. The result is a powerhouse collection of polished, swaggering big band fusion along the lines of the Jaco Pastorius Big Band or The Brecker Brothers’ 2003 collaboration with the WDR Big Band Köln on Some Skunk Funk.

Composer-arranger and bandleader David Sanford has a capacious musical mind, one attuned to multiple genres and the joy of their aural collision.