A Tribute To Ray Charles
Maceo Parker & WDR Bigband Cologne
MACEO PARKER’s concerts with the WDR Big Band Cologne directed by Michael Abene count among the highlights of the Festival Season 2008 in Europe. Out on DVD Now!
21.May.2010 DVD more
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Reloaded
The Clients
THE CLIENTS strike up an edgy yet up-beat pose, an almost cartoonesque brashness which is served hot with a twinkle of the eye and a good-natured laugh. This attitude is most prominently heard on the titles SUPERBED or ESTELLE, which dish out common themes as well as biting clichés -leaving a wry smile on the listener's face. THE CLIENTS pay their respect to the godfather of soul by homing into a serious groove zone
14.May.2010 CD more
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Revolution 69
TOK TOK TOK
For quite a few years now the idea of recording an album with Beatles songs has been in our minds and hearts. Since our early beginnings more than 10 years ago with our albums '50 ways to leave your lover' and 'love again' on which we assembled pop and rock classics in our own chamber music versions it was only a question of time when we'd rebond with some the greatest pop and rock composers of our time. And now, 50 years after the formation of the Beatles, this opportunity arose.
Tok Tok Tok has been re-acoustisized with double bass and fender rhodes and we are very happy to have won Ritchie Staringer, our first rhodes player for this project.
To maintain the tautness and power of the Beatles songs, we have deliberately abstained from long solos in our interpretations.
In order to do justice to their enormously versatile oevre, we included songs from all the main creative periods of the Beatles on our album 'Revolution 69'.
One of the premier electric bassists of contemporary jazz, Mark Egan has distinguished himself over the past 30 years as an in-demand session player, valued sideman, prolific composer and respected leader in his own right. On Truth Be Told, Egan reunites with longtime colleagues Mitch Forman (keyboards) Bill Evans (saxophones) and Roger Squitero (percussion). The powerhouse quartet is fueled by drummer extraordinaire Vinnie Colaiuta, who brings his considerable chops to bear on funk-fusion offerings like “Gargoyle,” “Café Risque,” the uptempo burner “Rhyme or Reason,” the hard-hitting Mahavishnu flavored “Pepe” and the slamming title track.
Line up: Mark Egan (bass), Bill Evans (sax), Mitch Forman (keys), Vinnie Colaitua (dr), and Roger Squitero (perc).
It's only Love (live)
Tania Maria & hr-Bigband (Frankfurt Radio Bigband)
After BHM signed jazz giant Billy Cobham on the drums, another big name becomes member of the BHM artist roster. Tania Maria, the "Grande Dame of Brazil” celebrates her live cd debut on BHM with "It's Only Love" featuring the Frankfurt Radio Bigband.
For the excellent pianist and vocalist, it is her 26th album, which she now releases on BHM after stops at Concord or Blue Note. Jörg Achim Keller,
the conductor, adds special drive to the well-known compositions. "Big Band Samba" with Tania Maria at the piano and the vocals – rarely did a big band produce such a hearty Brazilian sound!
Frankfurt Radio Bigband are:
Heinz Dieter Sauerborn • as/ss/fl/cl; Oliver Leicht • as/fl/a-fl/cl; Tony Lakatos • ts/ss/fl; Julian Argüelles • ts/fl/a-fl/cl; Rainer Heute • bs/b-cl/bass-s; Martijn DeLaat • tp/fl-h; Thomas Vogel • tp/fl-h, Martin Auer • tp/fl-h; Axel Schlosser • tp/fl-h Günter Bollmann tb ; Peter Feil • tb , Christian Jaksjø • tb , Achim Hartmann • btb Martin Scales • guit, Thomas Heidepriem • b, Farouk Gomati • perc, Rodrigo Villalon • perc Jean Paul Höchstädter • dr
Conducted by Jörg Achim Keller
produced by Olaf Stötzler
