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groovING TUC Big Band an der TU Clausthal e.V.


[Germany] Niedersachsen / Lower Saxony 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
AmateurBigBand

Die groovING TUC Big Band an der TU Clausthal besteht seit dem Wintersemester 2017. In ihr spielen Angehörige der TU Clausthal und Musiker:innen der Umgebung. Die vollständig besetzte Big Band spielt sowohl klassischen Big Band Swing als auch Titel aus Funk, Pop, Rock und sogar elektronischer Musik im fetten Big Band Sound. Nach jedem Semester spielt unsere Big Band ein Abschlusskonzert, zu dem der Eintritt frei ist. Gesanglich wird die Band von mehreren Solisten, einem kleinen Jazzgesangs-Ensemble und sogar teilweise von einem mehrstimmigen Jazzchor der TU Clausthal unterstützt.


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TU Big Band e.V.


[Germany] Sachsen Dresden
AmateurBigBand

Latin, Jazz und Funk im fetten Big-Band-Sound, swingende Standards aus den 30er und 40er Jahren sowie klangvolle Balladen und flotte Tänze zeichnen die musikalische Vielfalt der TU Big Band Dresden aus. Als studentisches Jazz-Orchester begeistern etwa 30 junge und junggebliebene Musiker unter wechselnder Leitung von Bertram Liskowsky und Mathis Nicolaus das Publikum in Konzertsälen, auf Stadtfesten und in Studentenclubs. Im Jahr 1968 als TU Blasorchester gegründet, tragen noch heute ein Klarinetten- und Flötensatz neben der klassischen Besetzung zum einzigartigen und unverwechselbaren Klang der Big Band bei. Mit gesanglicher Unterstützung schlagen wir einen facettenreichen Bogen von flotten Klassikern wie "The Lady Is a Tramp" bis zu stilvollen Balladen von Roger Cicero. Mit unserem Programm traten wir zuletzt auch auf der HanseSail in Rostock und dem Dixieland Festival Dresden auf. Wir, die TU Big Band Dresden, bieten lebhafte Unterhaltung für jeden Anlass mit unserem vielfältigen Repertoire.


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BIG BAND ŚLĄSKI - BIG BAND SLASKI


[Poland] SILESIA - ŚLĄSK KATOWICE - ŻORY
ProfessionalBigBand

Big Band Śląski is a musical formation from Poland led by Grzegorz Nagórski. Seventeen talented and experienced musicians have been working under his supervision since 2020, most of them graduates of the Faculty of Jazz and Popular Music of the Academy of Music in Katowice. The members of the orchestra are winners of national and international music competitions, as well as teachers and academic lecturers associated with the Silesian, national and international jazz community. The artistic director is Grzegorz Nagórski - an outstanding musician, composer, teacher, trombonist and euphonist recognized in Poland and around the world. He has recorded several dozen albums and performed numerous concert tours in Poland and abroad. He is a professor of musical arts, lecturer at the Academy of Music in Katowice and Kraków. In November 2022, the orchestra released its first album entitled "A Wide Spectrum", hailed by critics and jazz music experts as the best Big Band album in the history of Polish orchestral jazz music in Poland. The compositions for the album were written by Michael Philip Mossman, Tim Walters, Michał Tomaszczyk, Grzegorz Nagórski, band leader, and Paweł Tomaszewski. https://music.apple.com/gb/album/a-… https://vod.tvp.pl/programy,88/konc… https://vod.tvp.pl/programy,88/scen… https://www.facebook.com/Spó… We invite you to cooperate


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Bruce James Orchestra


[Canada] British Columbia Vancouver
SemiProfBigBand

Thank you for taking the time to read about the Bruce James Orchestra- one of the hottest semi-professional big bands in the Vancouver BC area! Our 19 piece ensemble has a long history of providing exceptional big band/jazz/dance band music in the Tri-Cities/Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley; we have been performing all over the Lower Mainland since 1999. We perform a variety of big band music and are adaptable to all types of audiences/performance situations. We are a band that exudes high energy in our performance, incorporates rehearsed choreography in our selections, and is an ensemble which prides itself on excellence in both music, and showmanship.


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Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra


[United Kingdom] Bedfordshire Bedford
ProfessionalBigBand

Pianist /Composer , Nikki Iles had the life changing experience as a member of the innovative Creative Jazz Orchestra – working with Mike Gibbs, Vince Mendoza and Anthony Braxton .She has had a busy freelance career working with Art Farmer, Rufus Reid, Claire Martin and Julian Arguelles and also recording with Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Stan Sulzmann and Dave Holland. With over 30 CDs recorded over 3 decades, she has been described as the “Heroine of British Jazz”. Fresh from working as Composer in Residence with the NDR big band, the HR in Frankfurt and the UMO Jazz Orchestra , she formed her all star British Band to help her bringi into the spotlight a body of work that has been maturing for decades. This music marks a new chapter in a long and distinguished career in British Jazz . Described as a " A distinctive creative voice - exhilarating music with real depth and range in the writing - bought vividly to life by her exceptional band "


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Nieuwe Veste Bigband


[Netherlands] Noord Brabant Breda
SemiProfBigBand

De Nieuwe Veste Bigband is een collectief van enthousiaste musici, vol kwaliteit en met veel passie voor bigbandmuziek. De band speelt een gevarieerd repertoire van instrumentale en vocale stukken in een volledige bigband bezetting aangevuld met zang. Met composities en arrangementen van onder andere Peter Herbolzheimer, Count Basie, Sammy Nestico, Rob Pronk, Rob Horsting en Jerry van Rooijen geeft de band blijk van respect voor de bigband traditie, Tegelijkertijd worden composities van The Beatles, Gerard Presencer, Doe-Maar of Jason Mraz niet geschuwd wanneer de gelegenheid daarom vraagt. De band wordt geprezen om haar samenspel, dynamiek, creatieve solisten en fantastische zanger. De bigband treedt op tijdens (jazz) festivals, speelt op diverse podia van cultuurcentra tot (jazz) cafés en verzorgt optredens in samenwerking met het Bredase centrum voor de kunsten, Nieuwe Veste. In 1998 opgericht als ensemble van de Nieuwe Veste, staat de band inmiddels geheel op eigen benen en is uitgegroeid tot een volwassen bigband. In 2004 en 2011 verschenen de CD’s ‘Veste Styles’ en ‘Vestify’ die allebei met enthousiasme werden ontvangen door muziekliefhebbers en recensenten. Beide CD’s bevatten het gevarieerde en altijd swingende repertoire van vocale en instrumentale stukken die de bigband zo kenmerken. In 2017 ontving ze de 1e prijs op festivals op de Gentse Feesten en in Brielle.


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Nostalgie Swingers Bigband


[Switzerland] Zürich Illna-Effretikon
SemiProfBigBand

Die Nostalgie Swingers Bigband ist ein Unterhaltungsorchester auf gehobenem Niveau. Wir spielen Swing und verschiedene ältere und moderne Pop und Rock Nummern. Wir sind spezialisiert auf Tanzmusik in allen Facetten. Wir machen vielseitige Musik aus verschiedenen Zeitepochen zu allen Standard-, Latin- und Swingtänzen und treten an grossen Tanzbällen auf. Im Frühling organisieren wir auch einen eigenen Ball. Natürlich geben wir auf Konzerte In- und Outdoor. Wir sind 19 Musiker, eine Sängerin und ein Sänger.


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The Lancer Band (Australian Army)


[Australia] New South Wales Sydney
ProfessionalBigBand

The Lancer Band is a big band of the Australian Army and has been serving continuously since 1891. The band is made up of members of the Australian Army who are soldiers and musicians. The Lancer Band works primarily as a big band for rehearsals and recordings, performing music from throughout the 20th and 21st century. They also perform as a smaller jazz ensemble, a rock/party band, and a marching band for Army ceremonial taskings. The band originally started as a horse-mounted brass band as part of its regiment, the Royal New South Wales Lancers, a Light Horse or cavalry regiment. Band members have deployed on international and domestic operational service duties, both as a band and in individual soldier capacities. The Lancer Band now has a significant social media profile where it continues its mission to promote the image of the regiment and the Australian Army through music and community engagement.


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The Oz Bg Band


[Australia] Western Australia Perth
SemiProfBigBand

A High Energy Jazz Swing Big Band from the land 'Down Under' playing all the 'Lindy Hop' hits from past and present. The Oz Big Band are dedicated to recreating the music and energy of the great big bands of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Formed in 1985, this 18-piece outfit has become popular amongst the Lindy Hop and Swing Dance scenes around Australia for its authenticity and high energy. Touring regularly around Australia, the Oz Big Band plays the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and many more. A regular house band at The Mustang Bar in Northbridge, Western Australia, the Oz Big Band knows how to "wind it up, and let it go!" Musical Director: Adrian Hicks


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Swan Big Band


[Switzerland] Zürich Horgen
AmateurBigBand

Wie bei vielen andern Bigbands, stand zu Beginn auch bei der Swan Big Band die Musik der Altmeister wie Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman und Count Basie im Zentrum. Die vielseitige Formation würde dem Namen nicht gerecht, wenn sie auf die klassischen Swing-Nummern verzichten würde. Doch die Swan Big Band baut ihr Repertoire laufend aus. Das Orchester pflegt eine breite Stilpalette, die sich von südamerikanischen und traditionellen Tanzrhythmen über Funk bis zu Modern Classic erstreckt. Schon im dritten Jahr steht die Band unter der Leitung von David Regan (www.davidregan.com).


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Funky Pilots Big Band


[Germany] Baden-Württemberg Ulm
AmateurBigBand

2018 hat sich die Funky Pilots Big Band e.V. in Ulm etabliert: rund 20 engagierte Musikerinnen und Musiker, die sich in der Liebe zu perfektem Sound, coolen Grooves und funky Tunes vereinen. Insbesondere durch den Anspruch der Künstler, Klassiker mit musikalischen Entwicklungen, die dem Puls der Zeit folgen, zu verbinden, stehen die Funky Pilots für eine große Bandbreite an Stilen. Egal, ob zarte Klänge oder geballte Bläser-Power, sanfte Rhythmen oder pochende Beats – dank der richtigen Mischung aus dem vielfältigen Jazz-Repertoire sind kurzweilige und abwechslungsreiche Konzerte vorprogrammiert. Musikalischer Leiter der Band ist Matthias Kamp.


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Firefrogs Bigband


[Germany] Berlin Berlin-Schöneberg
AmateurBigBand

Die Firefrogs Bigband wurde 2012 am Rückertgymnasium gegründet, um ehemaligen Schülern, die Mitglieder der schuleigenen Kermits Bigband waren, eine neue musikalische Heimat zu bieten; auch Eltern von Schülern des Rückertgymnasiums waren von Anfang an dabei. Willkommen sind aber alle Menschen jeden Alters, die ein Bigband Instrument spielen können und Spaß am regelmäßigen Proben und gelegentlichen Auftreten haben sowie bereit sind, einen überschaubaren und gestaffelten monatlichen Beitrag zur Finanzierung zu leisten. Seit 2023 wird die Bigband von dem Posaunisten Humberto „Tito“ Lopez geleitet. Die Band spielt neben klassischem Bigband Jazz Musik aus allen Stilrichtungen wie Latin, Rock, Pop, Soul, Funk, Reggae. Vorschläge aus dem Kreis der Band sind immer willkommen. Die Band trat unter anderem mehrfach an der Fête de la Musique auf, in der Kunstfabrik Schlot, auf dem Jazztreff des Landesmusikrats, und an Schulfesten des Rückertgymnasiums, anlässlich des Chorfestes auf dem Crelleplatz, auf dem Weihnachtszauber Gendarmenmarkt und auf privaten Veranstaltungen.


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Andrew Linham Jazz Orchestra


[United Kingdom] London London
ProfessionalBigBand

The Andrew Linham Jazz Orchestra is a contemporary big band playing the original music of leader and composer Andrew Linham. They premiered their first album 'Weapons of Mass Distraction' in 2017 having formed in 2014 for the performance of two suites of music 'The Linferno Suite' (2013) and 'Theme Music of Anarchic Animals' (2015). They annually perform a 'Christ-Mess Extravaganza' at The Vortex and are a hidden gem in the London Jazz scene. Featuring a wealth of young talent, this millenial big band enjoys pastiche and wacky humour led with irreverance celebrating the wealth of diversity of style in the history of jazz. Downbeat said of them “The cleverly titled Weapons of Mass Distraction firmly establishes the Andrew Linham Jazz Orchestra has a signification addition to today’s big band scene and a group that deserves wider recognition at the international level.” Ed Enright, Downbeat Review (Editor’s Pick) December 2017


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Loretta Hale Big Band


[Canada] Ontario Hamilton/Burlington
SemiProfBigBand

Since 2005, this 18-20 piece big band had been performing for festivals, live shows and events in the Hamilton/Burlington area. We perform classic big band sounds from Glenn Miller, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Count Basie, Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy, Brian Setzer, Ella Fitzgerald, and Herb Alpert. We also perform new cover/original arrangements from local Ontario musicians such Buddy Aquilina, André Bisson, and David Brideau.


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Moonlight Swing


[United States (USA)] Northern California Sacramento
SemiProfBigBand

The Moonlight Swing Living History Big Band was established in 1996 as a non-profit historical organization whose chartered mission is to keep the memory and music of Glenn Miller and the Great Big Band Era alive for all to enjoy. The majority of our charts have been arranged from either original 78s and V-discs from World War II, charts that have been donated from original artists or from our in house arrangers. The band is based in the Sacramento, California area. We have played a wide variety of venues since 1996, as intimate as a backyard wedding anniversary to as large as playing for the late Bob Hope at the Stockton Air Show in front of thousands of people. The band appears in World War II Army Air Corps uniforms or in 1940s style formal attire (white dinner jackets).


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Jazz Big Band Graz


[Austria] Steiermark Graz
ProfessionalBigBand

Das im Jahr 1998 im österreichischen Graz gegründete Jazzorchester katapultierte sich durch kluge Programmierung und Zusammenarbeit mit einigen der profiliertesten internationalen Jazzkünstler quasi vom Stand in die oberste Liga. Neben memorablen Festivalauftritten z.B. mit dem Grammy-gekürten amerikan-ischen Vokal Sextett Take 6, den New York Voices, Kurt Elling, Jon Hendricks oder Bob Mintzer brachte vor allem die Zusammenarbeit mit den Komponisten & Posaunisten Bob Brookmeyer und Ed Neumeister mit zwei Alben den endgültigen Nachweis, dass hier eine hochkarätig besetzte Band auf allerhöchstem Niveau agierte. 2003 übernahmen Saxofonist/Flötist Heinrich von Kalnein und Trompeter/Sänger Horst-Michael Schaffer die künstlerische Leitung mit dem erklärten Ziel, mit der JBBG einen neuen Weg zu gehen und einen bandeigenen Sound zu finden.


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BIG BAND WEST


[Austria] Steiermark Deutschlandsberg
SemiProfBigBand

The line-up of the big band is made up of musicians from Western Styria. Deutschlandsberg is the central geographical starting point. The musicians mostly consist of music school teachers or music students. The Big Band is currently working a lot with regional composers and arrangers.


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Thilo Wolf Big Band


[Germany] Bavaria Fürth
ProfessionalBigBand

The Thilo Wolf Big Band has been one of the leading European big bands and recently celebrated recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Numerous international soloists such as as well as multiple Grammy award winners regularly work with the band. with the band. The orchestra has performed on international concert stages and jazz festivals and recorded numerous albums albums, which have been highly praised in the press. in the press. In 2007, the Thilo Wolf Big Band the honour of being inducted into the "Big Band Hall Of Fame" in the USA. The band also has an an international fan base with large communities in Japan, England, France France and the USA. The Thilo Wolf Big Band is not only at home on the concert stage. Ballroom and Gala events, the orchestra is also a popular sounding. The Modern Way Of Vintage Sound!


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Jason Boon Bigband


[Switzerland] Zürich Kloten
SemiProfBigBand

Die Jason Boon Big Band besteht aus zwanzig ambitionierten Amateur- und Berufsmusikern. Wir spielen ein breites, sowie anspruchsvolles Repertoire aus der Welt der Jazz-, Funk- und Popmusik. Gerne umrahmen wir Ihren geplanten Event musikalisch. Die Jason Boon Big Band entstand im Jahr 2005 aus einem Musical Projekt. Gegründet wurde die Band von Martin Schacher, welcher bis 2015 die Band leitete. Seit Ihrer Gründung entwickelte sich die Jason Boon Big Band stetig weiter und konnte in Ihrer Geschichte einige Highlights realisieren. Seit Ende 2015 spielen wir unter der musikalischen Leitung von Stefan Mens. Stefan Mens ist Gitarrist und spielte gelegentlich als Aushilfe bei uns, bevor er sich Ende 2015 entschied, die musikalische Leitung der Jason Boon Big Band zu übernehmen.


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SWR Big Band


[Germany] Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart
ProfessionalBigBand

Seventeen musicians – one sound. And a very convincing sound, at that. The SWR Big Band has been nominated several times for the Grammy Awards, most recently in 2022 for the album Bird Lives, and were awarded for Best Arrangement with John Beasley. A great honour in 2011, when it was the first German band ever suggested for the “Prêmio da Música Brasileira”, Brazil’s most important music award with "Bossarenova" with Paula Morelenbaum and Filo Machado. Also the band received in 2015 a Jazz Award in Gold from German music industry. In the face of this, it seems almost modest to say that the SWR Big Band is one of the best big bands in the world. Jazz, fusion or world music, the repertoire is large. As is the list of recent guests and collaborators: Quincy Jones, Gregory Porter, Chris Potter, Larry Carlton, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny, John Beasley, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Tia Fuller, Curtis Stigers, Jacob Collier, Roy Hargrove, Sammy Nestico, Ivan Lins, Ack van Rooyen, Joo Kraus, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maria Schneider, Bob Mintzer, Nils Landgren, Zaz, New York Voices and more. Since 2018 Swedish jazz-icon Magnus Lindgren serves as artist in residence for the band as arranger and musical director. Like the big bands in the USA, the SWR Big Band has its own sound, created by its founder and conductor, Prof. Erwin Lehn gently refined till today. Ever since the early nineties, the SWR Big Band has been appearing with various bandleaders, depending on the project and style of music.


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SMZ Big Band


[Switzerland] Zuerich Zuerich
SemiProfBigBand

Die SMZ Big Band ist Zürich's traditionsreichste Big Band und groovt sich durch die Jahrzehnte, frisch und jung wie nie zuvor. Bestehend aus professionellen Musikern sowie Amateuren unter der Leitung des Posaunisten Adrian Weber, bietet sie eine aufregende Mischung aus Big Band Standards verschiedener Epochen.


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EvR Bigband Spiez


[Switzerland] Bern Spiez
SemiProfBigBand

Die EvR-Big Band Spiez ist ein Unterhaltungsorchester mit einer klassischen Big Band Besetzung. Mit klassischem Swing, Latin Melodien sowie populärer Rock- und Popsongs sprechen wir ein breites Publikum an. Sei es an Matinées oder an Abendunterhaltungen, wir bieten den Zuhörern eine ausserordentlich grosse musikalische Palette. Zögern Sie also nicht, uns zu kontaktieren. Wir bereichern auch gerne Ihr Fest.


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Zurich Jazz Orchestra


[Switzerland] Zürich Zürich
ProfessionalBigBand

Im Zurich Jazz Orchestra treffen sich 18 Musiker, welche sich in der Schweiz längst „Gehör verschafft“ haben, zu regelmässiger, intensiver Probearbeit. Konzerte auf höchstem Niveau, unterschiedliche Programme von Mainstream bis zu heutigem orchestralem Big Band-Sound und mitreissenden Improvisationen der Solisten können nur so gewährleistet werden. Präzise und trotzdem entspannt, mit Druck und gleichwohl dynamisch swingt die Band fast unschweizerisch explosiv. Jazz, wie ihn eben nur ein grosses Orchester erzeugen kann. Die 2018 erschienene CD "Three Pictures" erhielt vom Online-Magazin "All About Jazz" das Prädikat "Best big band album of the year" (Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases Of 2018). Ed Partyka ist ab der Saison 20/21 neuer musikalischer Leiter des Zurich Jazz Orchestra, Bettina Uhlmann übernimmt weiterhin die Geschäftsleitung, Daniel Schenker bleibt nach zwei Jahren interimistischer Leitung Co-Leader und Steffen Schorn arbeitet weiterhin als Composer in Residence. 2022 spielte das ZJO unter der Leitung von Ed Partyka mit Robben Ford, Ola Onabulé, Viviane de Farias und Thomas Gansch.


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Brussels Jazz Orchestra


[Belgium] Brussels Brussels
ProfessionalBigBand

Brussels Jazz Orchestra was founded in 1993 and enjoys the recognition and support of the Flemish government since 1999. In 2023, BJO celebrated its 30th anniversary with several festive activities, including a collaboration with Aka Moon and a festive anniversary tour with a variety of musical guests, including Bert Joris, Tutu Puoane, Lynn Cassiers and Osama Abdulrasol. Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO) strives to achieve the highest level by composing original music, creating unique arrangements and playing inventively as well as passionately. BJO plays jazz with a dynamic orchestral sound rooted in jazz tradition, where each musician is also a brilliant soloist. In the past 30 years, BJO created unique projects that didn’t solely stick to standards, but incorporated other musical genres and art forms. The only professional large jazz ensemble in Belgium has a worldwide reputation, from Singapore and Abu Dhabi to New York and Johannesburg. In addition to BJO’s own productions, the orchestra has worked with well-known musicians all over the world, like Toots Thielemans, Joe Lovano, Maria Schneider, Dave Liebman, Philip Catherine and countless others. In February 2020, Brussels Jazz Orchestra shared the stage of Bozar (Brussels, B) with the world-famous Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by Wynton Marsalis, for a grand big band celebration.


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The Nick Ross Orchestra


[United Kingdom] London London
ProfessionalBigBand

The NRO played its first season back in 1985 led by bandleader, Nick Ross and have been touring audiences across the UK and beyond ever since. This 16-piece big band features some of the finest musicians in the UK along with guest singers which have included Sam Merrick, Georgina Jackson & Matthew Ford. With records released in 2008 (My Favourite Things) and 2011 (Jeepers Creepers) respectively, the NRO have recently released their third album, 'Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era' (2020), recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London featuring vocalist, Sam Merrick. Recapture the sounds and memories of a bygone era as the Nick Ross Orchestra present an unmissable evening of music and song, the classic Big Band Sound of the Glenn Miller Era. With a line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, a rhythm section and singers, the Nick Ross Orchestra faithfully recreate the Big Band sound of the '40s & '50s. The NRO Library features hits from Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Ted Heath, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Benny Goodman, Ray Noble, and Stan Kenton among others.... and our repertoire would not be complete without reference to the songbook of Frank Sinatra.


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Bjørn Willadsen


[Norway] Trøndelag Trondheim
ProfessionalBigBand

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra is one of the most important and creative jazz ensembles in Norway. During the course of the last twentytwo years, the orchestra has had a great number of exciting projects with norwegian and international jazz profiles such as Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman, Jason Moran,Erlend Skomsvoll, Eirik Hegdal, Sofia Jernberg, Maria Kannegaard, Kim Myhr, Jenny Hval, Stian Westerhus, Ståle Storløkken, Kristoffer Lo, Marius Neset, Espen Berg, Signe Emmeluth, Johan Lindvall, Hedvig M. Thomassen, GURLS/Hanna Paulsberg, among others. The orchestra belongs to the Mid-Norway Centre of Jazz who initiates and organises new projects. The orchestra is operated as a musicians' pool, so that the orchestra changes as to instrumentation and size from project to project. This gives room for great width in the repertory. The musicians that has been involved in the orchestra is among Norway's most famous jazz profiles. Artistic director is bass player/composer Ole Morten Vaagan.


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Midnight Blue Jazz Society


[Canada] Alberta Calgary
AmateurBigBand

Midnight Blue Jazz Society is a traditional big band with 17 musicians and a director. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; our repertoire spans a wide variety of styles- swing, jazz, blues, Latin, funk, classic rock - whatever fits the situation; which includes business, community, public/private, charity events and music festivals. Midnight Blue Jazz Society is a registered not for profit organization; and its growth/success depends on member support and participation. The band actively strives to provide a learning and teaching process, top quality music education to maintain a standard of excellence, peer encouragement in a supportive environment and the opportunity to perform in public. In 2022, the band celebrated its 20th anniversary, albiet a year later with a band trip to Cuba. During the fall of 2023, the band went to Vancouver Island for a 3 Big Band event. Midnight Blue looks forward to playing in 2024.


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Morillon Big Band


[Switzerland] Bern Bern
AmateurBigBand

Die Morillon Big Band wurde 2002 gegründet. Ein vielseitiges Repertoire ist das Hauptanliegen der MBB! Sie besteht aus Amateuren, die aus Freude am Ensemble-Spiel zirka zweimal monatlich proben und mehrmals jährlich in der Umgebung von Bern auftreten. Die MBB ist eine Band für Gartenfeste, Geburtstage, Hausparties und was auch immer der Anlass bildet. Es wird mit Liebe zum Detail geprobt und mit viel Enthusiasmus aufgeführt! die Band kann ausserdem für wenig Geld gebucht werden... 2020 war ein schwieriges Jahr für uns. Wir konnten nur wenig proben und keine Auftritte machen. 2021 wird hoffentlich besser werden!! Ps oder nach einem weiteren Jahr: Es hat sich nicht wirklich verbessert. Die Pandemie erschwert immer wieder das Arbeiten. Jetzt kommt der nächste Versuch mit 2022! - und es war ein gutes jahr, wieder mit auftritten und frischem repertoire! die besetzung der band ist zurzeit optimal, einigen guten solisten und sogar mit basstrombone... so gehts mit viel spielfreude ins nächste jahr "das dreiundzwanzig"


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Jazzorchester Universität Bern JOUB


[Switzerland] Bern Bern
SemiProfBigBand

In the 30s they were called 'Jazz Orchestras', one and a half decades later, 'Big Bands', and today, again, they are often called Jazz Orchestras. Something similar happened to us: In December, 1995, we started out as the 'Uni Big Band' and played the first season undder that name in 1996. Under the direction of Wolfgang Pemberger, we have been maintaining, for twenty years, a broad songbook of classic swing, Frank Sinatra songs (with Christian Dietz, vocals), Argentine rhythms with bandoneon, and funk. We play at Lindy Hop events, festivals, on concert stages, and can be booked for private events. A Big Band - or jazz orchestra - is composed of five saxophones, four trombones, four or five trumpets, and a rhythm section (drums, bass, piano, sometimes guitar). Occasionally, the band features guest musicians. Our musicians are either employees or students of all disciplines of the University of Bern, and all are jazz enthusiasts.


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Horns Plus Big Band


[Australia] NSW Sydney
SemiProfBigBand

Based in the Sydney suburb of Lane Cove, Horns Plus Big Band creates the infectious energy and distinctive feel unique to big-band jazz. With the classic line-up of five trumpets, four trombones, five saxes, and full rhythm section, plus male or female vocalists, we showcase all styles of jazz, from swing through to contemporary big-band charts. With a repertoire that can be tailored to the occasion, Horns Plus is available for weekend and evening engagements. We take bookings for all occasions and have performed at jazz festivals, private and corporate functions, charity fundraisers, general admission gigs, and community events. Horns Plus is directed by acclaimed trumpet player Bob Coassin (Ray Charles, Buddy Rich, James Last, Peter Herbolzheimer etc.)


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Mace Francis Orchestra


[Australia] WA Perth
ProfessionalBigBand

The Mace Francis Orchestra (MFO) was formed late in 2005 by band-leader and composer Mace Francis to experiment with composition, in the style of the great modern big bands lead by Bob Brookmeyer, Thad Jones, Bill Holman and Maria Schneider. The result has been the coming together of 14 of Perth’s finest musician’s and composers to create exciting new music for big band. Over the last 18 years MFO has recorded 10 albums, toured nationally four times and performed with international jazz artists, Jim Pugh (USA), Jon Gordon (NY), John Hollenbeck (Berlin), Theo Bleckmann (NY), Ed Partyka (GER), Jean-Baptiste Bridon (FRA) and Satoko Fujii (JAP). In 2015 MFO was awarded the APRA/AMCOS Art Music Award for Jazz Work of the Year for their recent album, Music for Average Photography.


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ESMAR Jazz & World Music Big Band


[Spain] Valencia Valencia
SemiProfBigBand

Esmar Jazz & World Music Big Band is an orchestra made up of more than 30 musicians, students of the Higher Grade of the ESMAR [High Performance School of Music]. In their concerts they have internationally renowned guest directors and artists. The repertoire includes compositions from various styles of jazz, blues and modern music, interpreted under the creative and sound philosophy of current music.


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Ximo Tebar A-Free-Kan Jazz Dance Big Band


[Spain] Valencia Valencia
ProfessionalBigBand

[Concert/Performance] A-FREE-KAN JAZZ DANCE BIG BAND. [Download Audios and Big Band Scores] Curious and unusual instrumental composition with traditional African, classical and flamenco voices, instruments and dances led by jazz guitarist Ximo Tebar. Artistically, highlights the fusion of traditional African music and dance with the most modern jazz in a curious and unusual instrumental composition with voices, itraditional African instruments and dances, flamenco dance, classical and modern instruments; cello, percussion, guitar, bass and drums creating a curious combination of environments cello-kora (traditional African instrument), and the African voices playing original music or arrangements of renowned composers such as Wayne Shorter or Miriam Makeba. The collective improvisations between the instruments together with the percussionists and the dances, create a rhythmic, mysterious and magical spectacular environment. This project is a multicultural breakthrough in the fusion of World Music. [Download Audios and Big Band Scores] https://omixrecordsblog.files.wordp…


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JUGENDJAZZORCHESTER.CH


[Switzerland] National Basel
SemiProfBigBand

The JUGENDJAZZORCHESTER.CH offers talented Swiss musicians the opportunity to work on a program written especially for the ensemble over a period of several months and then to perform it as part of a nationwide tour. The JJO meets in winter and concludes each session with a tour the following February/March. There are 3 rehearsal weekends (two of them extended) and one rehearsal week. This is followed by the tour, which takes place over a period of about 10 days. The JUGENDJAZZORCHESTER.CH is under the artistic direction of Benjamin Weidekamp. Even if the compositions are explicitly created for the current instrumentation; the musicians should tread their own paths alongside the laid-out track, get to know open forms, help shape transitions between pieces and use them for improvisation. The great challenge lies in the tension between collective process and the development of individual playfulness. In addition to the work with the musical leadership team, the musicians of the JJO are regularly coached during rehearsals by internationally active coaches such as Jérôme Bugnon, Hayden Chisholm, Yumi Ito and Almut Kühne. In this way, the JJO always receives new and inspiring impulses from outside.


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Atemlos Big Band


[Germany] NRW Petershagen
AmateurBigBand

Unsere Bigband heisst zwar ATEMLOS, wir sind es aber nicht! Weder am Tag noch in der Nacht, erst recht nicht, wenn wir dem Swingvirus erliegen! Neuinfizierte sind jederzeit willkommen! Unsere 3-Generationen-Band „Atemlos“ spielt nicht nur swingenden Oldtime-Jazz, sondern auch Rock und Pop. Interessierte Musiker/innen jeden Alters, die unserem Bigband-Sound noch mehr Volumen geben könnten, sind bei unseren Montagsproben ab 19.30 Uhr (14-tägig) jederzeit herzlich willkommen!


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WA Youth Jazz Orchestra


[Australia] Perth WA Maylands
AmateurBigBand

WAYJO is Australia’s leading youth jazz orchestra and one of the country’s cultural gems. It provides a unique experience for jazz musicians aged 14 to 25 who are the absolute cream of young jazz players from Western Australia and beyond. Competition for places is fierce. Those who make it are amongst the nations best young players and are rewarded with career-defining experiences including touring, training, recording and performing with world-class guest artists.


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Swiss Jazz Orchestra


[Switzerland] Bern Bern
ProfessionalBigBand

Das Swiss Jazz Orchestra ist die meistbeschäftigte professionelle Big Band der Schweiz. Den Kern seiner Aktivitäten bildet eine wöchentliche Konzertserie im Bierhübeli Bern, die jeweils von Mitte Oktober bis Ende Mai läuft und etwa 30 Konzerte umfasst. Inklusive aller externen Engagements hat das SJO bereits fast 800 Auftritte hinter sich. Daneben tritt das SJO mit Projekten verschiedenster Stilrichtungen auf, welche auf bisher 12 CDs dokumentiert sind. Für seine Verdienste wurde das SJO im Jahr 2010 mit dem grossen Kulturpreis der Burgergemeinde Bern ausgezeichnet. Das SJO hat mit international gefeierten Künstlern wie Joshua Redman, Peter Erskine, Mike Mainieri, Joey DiFrancesco, Paquito d’Rivera, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Miguel Zenon, Grégoire Maret, Anat Cohen, Alex Sipiagin, Chico Pinheiro, Torun Erisken, Claudio Roditi, Roberta Gambarini, Jerry Bergonzi, Jamie Cullum, den Jazz-Legenden Phil Woods und Buddy DeFranco, den Komponisten/Arrangeuren Guillermo Klein, Jim McNeely, Bob Mintzer, Bert Joris, George Gruntz sowie nationalen Grössen wie Andy Scherrer, Franco Ambrosetti, Matthieu Michel, Nat Su, Domenic Landolf, Houry Dora Apartian, Michael Zisman oder Pepe Lienhard zusammengearbeitet.


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Backyard Big Band


[Netherlands] North Brabant Best
SemiProfBigBand

The Backyard Big Band comprises 22 high level amateur and semi-professional musicians drawn from the region of North Brabant in The Netherlands. With its home base in the town of Best, the band is well known for its varied and challenging contemporary instrumental and vocal repertoire while remaining accessible to a wide audience of listeners. Under the musical direction of professional trombonist, composer and arranger, Daan Morris, the Backyard Big Band enjoys a regular demand of engagements both as the main attraction and ensemble with contemporary solo guest professionals.


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Uni Big Band Freiburg


[Germany] Freiburg Freiburg
AmateurBigBand

Die Uni Big Band Freiburg besteht aus Musikern und Musikerinnen mit der besonderen Leidenschaft für den Jazz, die das Publikum in und um Freiburg mit ihrem famosen Repertoire begeistern. Die Mitglieder sind in erster Linie Studierende verschiedener Fachrichtungen der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität. Die einzige Jazzformation der Uni gehört zum Semesterprogramm des Studium generale und probt während der Vorlesungszeit immer montags ab 19:30 Uhr im Herderbau (Tennenbacher Straße 4, Raum 101). Musikalischer Leiter der Band ist Uli Binetsch. Der erfahrene Posaunist ist ein international gefragter Profi-Musiker und in verschiedensten Jazzformationen vom Duo bis zur Gala-Big Band aktiv. Von seiner immensen Erfahrung im Big Band-Coaching und in der Workshoparbeit profitiert die Band nun schon seit dem Wintersemester 2011/12. Für die regelmäßig stattfindenden Probenwochenenden und Workshops lädt die Uni Big Band auch externe Dozenten und Dozentinnen ein, die die einzelnen Sätze musikalisch weiterentwickeln und durch die intensive Probenarbeit das Niveau der gesamten Band stetig steigern. Die Uni Big Band ist ein Verein, das heißt die Musiker und Musikerinnen organisieren und planen ihre Konzerte selbst und entscheiden gemeinsam über das aktuelle Semesterprogramm. Der Vorstand übernimmt dabei leitende Aufgaben und ist Ansprechpartner für die Band.


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The Big Omer Band - BOB


[Israel] South Omer
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BOB - Southern Israel Big Band conducted by Haim Gafter. The BOB consists of professional players as well as amateurs of all ages. The big band usually performs at the Omer Cinema as well as with the international saxophonist Mr Robert Anchipolovsy


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Berlin Big Band


[Germany] Berlin Berlin
ProfessionalBigBand

Das komplett besetzte Jazzorchester schlägt eine Brücke vom traditionellen swingenden Sound zum modernen Fusion-Jazz. Aufregende neue Musik von Berliner Komponisten wechselt sich ab mit Arrangements der Musik von Metheny, Brookmeyer, Rivera, Mintzer u.a. Die BERLIN BIG BAND spielt jeden dritten Do des b-flat, Dircksenstr. 40 (zwischen Hackeschem Markt und Alexanderplatz) und auf Anfrage auch bei größeren Events in Berlin und ganz Deutschland.


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Seattle Solid GOLD Big Band


[United States (USA)] Washington Seattle
ProfessionalBigBand

The GOLD Big Band is a 20-piece dance & show band styled after the amazing house bands of Las Vegas. The band’s huge book of music ranges from big vocals like Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Liza Minelli and Queen Latifah, to classic big band instrumentals by Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson and Buddy Rich. With world-class vocalists and a full horn section, our GOLD Big Band is ideal for larger venues and special events seeking a more spectacular show. Nothing compares to the ‘wall of sound’ you get with the Big Band from Seattle Solid GOLD. FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact: Gary R. Beyer Seattle Solid GOLD Entertainment Gary@SeattleSolidGold.com (425) 985-4592


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Tokyo Big Band 東京ビッグバンド


[Japan] Tokyo Tokyo
ProfessionalBigBand

TOKYO BIG BAND is a Tokyo-based 19-piece jazz ensemble that features prominent international musicians. Jonathan Katz directs, composes, arranges, and plays piano for the group, which he founded in 2008. The band's 1st album SAKURA was released in March 2019. TBB’s library includes over 70 original arrangements of original compositions, jazz and popular standards, and most uniquely, Japanese children’s, folk, and popular songs. Japanese people have sung these songs from childhood and enjoy hearing them reworked from a western jazz musician’s perspective. Two French horns add a mellow roundness to our sound. TBB is a hit with first-time jazz listeners, who have come back again and again to augment our core audience. 世界中の文化・情報が集まる、巨大都市「TOKYO!!」 その東京で活躍する、世界各国出身のトップミュージシャンが集う 本物の大編成ビッグバンド、それが「TOKYO BIG BAND」です。 バンドマスターのジョナサン・カッツはニューヨーク出身の日本の心 を持つ天才ピアニスト。彼の紡ぎだすサウンドは「春の小川」「砂山」 「春がきた」「上を向いて歩こう」など日本を代表する楽曲をも 新たな生命を吹き込まれ生まれ変わる。 その サウンドに惚れ込んだ一流ミュージシャン達が真剣勝負で演奏 するコンサートは各地の学校コンサートで新旋風を巻き起こしている。


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Córdoba Jazz Orchestra


[Argentina] Córdoba Córdoba
SemiProfBigBand

In 2006, drummers Steve Zenz (USA) and German Siman (ARG) propelled the project of playing jazz compositions with a Big Band, and thus created a new space for exchange for musicians of different backgrounds. Since 2015, the CJO is conducted by the saxophonist and composer Nicolás Ocampo, offering a repertoire of previously unheard music, writing original arrangements of pieces by major Cordoba-born jazz composers. This new music begins to define an identity in the sound of the band through the resignification of styles of jazz tradition, the combination with Argentine styles and the integration of Latin American percussion instruments and Bandoneón. The first volume of this program of arrangements is part of the debut album: "Comechingonia", recorded in the main hall of the "Teatro del Libertador San Martín" and released in June 2017. They have performed at prominent festivals such as: International Jazz Festival of Cordoba, International Jazz Festival of Buenos Aires, Jazz Festival of Santa Fe, Big Band Festival of Rosario, among others. The CJO on numerous occasions has called to participate in concerts to outstanding artists of the international scene as: Donald Harrison Jr (USA), John Stowell (USA), Gene Aitken (USA) Mariano Abello (Spain), Pierre Bertrand (France), Tim Bell (USA), Lennie Foy (USA), Steve Zenz (USA), Nick Homes (England), Javier Girotto, Richard Nant, Oscar Giunta, Sergio Wagner, Eduardo Elia, Julio Goytia, Pablo Motta (ARG)


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London Collective Big Band


[United Kingdom] London London
AmateurBigBand

Jazz/funk/soul/latin/swing. Formerly known as Warwick Alumni Big Band


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Mystere Swing Big Band


[France] Rhône LYON
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Mystere Swing Big Band, l'une des plus fabuleuse machine à Swing, plus de 40 années sur les scènes de Jazz...festivals, concerts, soirées VIP... Cette formation Lyonnaise de 19 musiciens dont un chanteur et chef d'orchestre est la digne héritière des grandes formations de jazz des années 40. Le répertoire chanté alterne Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole ou Tony Bennett, et les accents plus actuels de Michael Bublé, Harry Connick Jr, Kevin Mahogany… Créé en 1976, avec 5 CD enregistrés, Mystère Swing est depuis son origine membre du Hot Club de Lyon. L’orchestre enregistre l’indicatif de « Jazz à Vienne » que des milliers de spectateurs entendront en début de chaque soirée lors de l’édition 1985. En 1988, MYSTERE SWING est récompensé au Festival de « Jazz à Vienne » En 2005, le carillonneur hollandais Carl van EYNDHOVEN invite MYSTERE SWING pour la création mondiale du « Concerto pour Big Band et Carillon Jazz » au Festival « Carillon Jazz » de MIRIBEL. 2005 encore, 4.000 personnes saluent la prestation de MYSTERE SWING lors de la soirée de clôture des « Nuits de Fourvière » à LYON. Participations : « Jazz à Vienne » en 1994, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022« Jazz Balade » (LYON), « Jazz sur les places » (LYON) en 2012, « Jazz à Annemasse » en 2007, Mystère Swing a eu le privilège de partager la scène et jouer avec Stéphane GRAPPELLI, Michel LEGRAND, Rhoda SCOTT, Eddy LOUISS, Memphis SLIM, Claude BOLLING, Martial SOLAL ou The Golden Gate Quartet.


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KAUNAS BIG BAND


[Lithuania] Lithuania Kaunas city
ProfessionalBigBand

For 30 years, Kaunas Big Band (chief conductor Jievaras Jasinskis) has been the flagman of jazz culture of Kaunas. During the time of activity, the big band has been a witness, participant and creator of the significant jazz events in the country. Kaunas Big Band was the only municipal jazz orchestra for a long time. For a few generations, it has become the life school of jazz for many musicians. Almost all Lithuanian jazz musicians had some precious moments on stage with Kaunas Big Band. It is hard to imagine annual Lithuanian jazz festivals – Kaunas Jazz, Klaipėda Castle Jazz Festival, Šiauliai Big Band Festival – without Kaunas Big Band. The orchestra has been playing at Birštonas Festival since its establishment. All these stages had witnessed many memorable concerts: the audience was introduced to many worldwide known artists, such as Jukka Linkola, Eero Koivistoinen (Finland), Barbara Dennerlein (Germany), Daniel Messina (Argentina), Frank Mantooth, Randy Brecker, Jiggs Whigham (USA), Arkady Shilkloper (Russia), Henk Meutgeert (Holland), Richard Galliano (France), Lasse Lindgren (Sweden), Bob Mintzer (USA), Hermine Deurloo (the Netherlands), Gunhild Carling (Sweden), Peter Beets (the Netherlands), Line Kruse (Denmark) and many more. Together with these artists, Kaunas Big Band played in Poland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Belarus, Poland, Russia.


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Subway Jazz Orchestra


[Germany] NRW Cologne
ProfessionalBigBand

The Subway Jazz Orchestra is a collective of musicians and composers from Cologne, performing original music since 2013. Having established itself as one of Europe's leading bigbands at the forefront of contemporary bigband music, latest highlights include the release of the fourth album with original music as well as playing internationally with the great Maria Schneider.


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Atlantis Big Band


[Switzerland] Wir kommen aus der Ostschweiz. Und spielen da, wo immer Sie uns haben möchten!
SemiProfBigBand

Atlantis Big Band – Live Sound und Emotionen! Die Atlantis Big Band gehört mittlerweile zu den festen Grössen der Big Band-Szene Schweiz. Als Big Band mit „klassischer Besetzung“ besteht sie aus einer mitreissenden Brass Section mit 5 Trompeten und 4 Posaunen, einem swingenden 5-köpfigen Saxophonsatz und einer satt groovenden 5-er Rhythmus Section. Charmant ergänzt wird die Formation durch die Sängerin Manuela Gerosa und den Sänger Heiner Gabele. Im Frühling 2008 hat mit Gilbert Tinner eine Koryphäe in der Schweizer Blasmusik-Szene den Lead übernommen. Nach seinem Studium in Posaune, Komposition und Arrangement an der Jazzschule Bern leitete er neben seinen Engagements als Profi-Posaunist diverse Formationen wie die ehemalige Swiss Army Gala Band oder bis heute das SBB Blasorchester. Man kennt ihn auch als Arrangeur der Pepe Lienhard Big Band und Musiker in Udo Jürgens Tournee-Orchester. Die Atlantis Big Band begeistert nicht nur mit den typischen Big Band Highlights aus den 30er bis 50er Jahren. Ganz im Stil der grossen internationalen Formationen findet sich auch moderne Pop-, Funk-, und Soul-Literatur im Repertoire, vieles gar massgeschneidert für die Atlantis Big Band arrangiert. Lassen Sie sich vom live-Erlebnis der leidenschaftlichen Musiker und virtuosen Solisten faszinieren.


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SWS Bigband


[Germany] Sachsen, Saxony Meerane Sachsen
ProfessionalBigBand

Die Wiege der SWS Bigband steht in Meerane in SüdWestSachsen (SWS). Die Band ist seit 1998 fester Bestandteil der Swingmusik in Sachsen. SWS, SüdWestSachsen ist ein geografischer Winkel des Freistaates, in dem die Musik zu Hause zu sein scheint. Die inofizielle Hamburger Hymne „Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins“ stammt von dem gebürtigen Meeraner Komponisten, Schriftsteller und Schauspieler Ralph Arthur Roberts, und auch die Gassenhauer des Meeraner Hitkomponisten Werner Bochmann („Heimat, deine Sterne“, „Die kleine Stadt will schlafen geh’n“) sind bis heute unvergessen. Der Gründungsort der Band – Meerane – war im Gründungsjahr 1998 gleichzeitig Namensbestandteil: „Big Band Meerane“. Die Umbenennung in SWS Bigband war wenig später ein sinnvoller Schritt, da in der Band mittlerweile auch Musiker aus anderen Orten in Südwestsachsen musizieren. Im Jahre 2008, zum zehnjährigen Bandjubiläum, spielte die SWS Bigband (damals noch „Big Band Meerane“) zusammen mit dem berühmten Bandleader Günter Gollasch ein vielbeachtetes Konzert in Chemnitz. Im Repertoire der SWS Big Band sind heute Titel von Musik-Legenden wie Count Basie, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington und natürlich Glenn Miller.


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Bergen Big Band


[Norway] West Norway Bergen
ProfessionalBigBand

Bergen Big Band (BBB) is a Norwegian big band established 1991 as a continuation of Knut Kristiansen's Bergen Band. Its the only professional big band in Norway with a traditional 17-piece line-up and is known from cooperations with musicians like Chris Potter, Phil Woods, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider, Diana Krall, Andy Sheppard, Karin Krog, John Surman, Palle Mikkelborg, Terje Rypdal, Django Bates, Jon Balke, Lars Jansson among others. The band is led by Dag Arnesen (piano) and Magne Thormodsæter (bass) and administrated by West Norway Jazz Centre.


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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra


[United Kingdom] Scotland Edinburgh
ProfessionalBigBand

Founder/Director Tommy Smith established the SNJO in 1995 and are supported by Creative Scotland since '98. They have shared the stage with many of the leading lights in world jazz People like Jazzmeia Horn, Cleo Laine, Jacqui Dankworth, John Scofield, Gary Burton, Bobby Watson, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Bill Evans, Kenny Wheeler, Joe Temperley, Tam White, Carol Kidd, Norma Winstone, Gary Novak, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Keith Tippett, Niall Greig Fulton, Tam Dean Burn, Benny Golson, Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Branford Marsalis, Joe Locke, Jim Mullen, Mike Maineri, Maria Schneider, Bobby Wellins, Martin Taylor, Laura Jurd, Giuliana Soscia, Paolo Fresu, Eddi Reader, Keith Tippett, Courtney Pine, Mike Walker, Ingrid Jensen, Arild Andersen, Peter Erskine, Kurt Elling, Makoto Ozone and Randy Brecker have all joined the orchestra to explore virtually every room in the house of the jazz. The SNJO repertoire has included re-imaginings of works by the great, the good and the gigantic, including Weather Report, Herman, Rich, Carter, Strayhorn, Goodman, Kenton, Basie, Gillespie, Mingus, Jaco, Corea, Monk, Metheny, Shorter, Miles and Coltrane. They have also recorded vivid interpretations of Mozart, Prokofiev, Piazzolla, Gershwin and Ellington to rave reviews, alongside a remarkable re-reading of Miles Ahead, an ECM-tinted set on Celebration and Tommy Smith’s epic suites, World of the Gods, Spirit of Light, Torah, and Beauty & the Beast.


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Brent Fischer Orchestra


[United States (USA)] California Los Angeles
ProfessionalBigBand

Grammy®-winning arranger and band leader Brent Fischer credits his legendary father, Dr Clare Fischer, for creating a rich harmonic and orchestration palette that has become the Fischer brand. Brent directs the Fischer ensembles (quintet, big band, Latin Jazz Group, Orchestra) and has produced over ten albums to include: Grammy®-winning ¡Ritmo! (2012), "Pensiamento" from Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest (2013). ¡Intenso! (2016), featured the CF Latin Jazz Big Band with guests Sheila E, and Roberta Gambarini. PICTURES is the latest vibrant Big Band album arranged, directed, and produced by Fischer featuring Larry Koonse, on guitar, Jamie Tate on drums, Quinn Johnson on keyboard. Woodwind and brass colors are played by Carl Saunders, Ron Stout, Michael Steever, Andy Martin, Scott Whitfield, Francisco Torres, Rob Hardt, Alex Budman and Kristen Edkins. Brent's credits appear on over 30 million albums to include: Usher, Michael Jackson, Prince, Elvis Costello & The Roots. Brent arranged the 2016 Grammy® win for R&B Song and Record of The Year for D'Angelo, "Really Love" from his album "Black Messiah". In 2019 Mr Fischer collaborated with Root’s drummer, Questlove on concert series presented in US and Europe by Live Nation Urban: 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince. Music and Recordings available at https://clarefischer.com/ https://www.brentfischer.com/ http://www.studioexpresso.com/profi… contact: claris@westcoastjazznow.com


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Strictly Smokin' Big Band


[United Kingdom] North East Newcastle-upon-Tyne
SemiProfBigBand

Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and performing across the UK.


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Patchwork Jazz Orchestra


[United Kingdom] London London
ProfessionalBigBand

The Patchwork Jazz Orchestra are a collective London based ensemble dedicated to championing big band music in a contemporary setting. Since its debut at the 2014 London Jazz Festival, the group has been turning heads with the sound of fresh original compositions written exclusively by its members, and have appeared at some of London's best known jazz venues from the 606 Club and the Vortex, to abroad at the La Mortella concert series in Ischia, Italy. In 2015 the orchestra won the Peter Whittingham Award, whcih funded their own pop-up night 'Patchwork', along with their debut album which they are set to record at the end of 2017.


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Kris Covlin And The Mighty Fraser Big Band


[Canada] British Columbia Vancouver
SemiProfBigBand

If It's that Rat Pack/ old Hollywood sound and feel you have been looking for, then Kris Covlin and the Mighty Fraser Big Band deliver classic standards from the 30s,40s and 50s. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing, Nat 'King' Cole, Mel Tormé, Bobby Darin, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Buble, and so many more. Kris preserves the timing, swagger and traditional style that made these songs so irresistible. He performs this timeless material in a flexible variety of ensemble sizes suited for your event. From a 5-piece combo to complete 17-piece Big Band. Kris specializes in entertaining sophisticated clients and their guests with the perfect mix of fun and elegance. Weddings are one of his favorite events. He regularly performs at weddings and is recommended by event planners with discerning clients looking for the very best in Old Hollywood style talent. .Kris and the Mighty Fraser is also busy with corporate events and society functions. He is an expert emcee who keeps things both upbeat and organized. He will be happy to handle all of your special announcements, scheduled events and introductions. Please check us out on our website mightyfraserbigband.com CONTACT danmellor@shaw.ca


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Uptown Big Band


[Switzerland] Bern Bern
SemiProfBigBand

The Uptown Big Band is a jazz orchestra in the original form defined in the 1930s, with 5 saxophones in the front line followed by 4 trombones and 4 trumpets.The rhythm section is often mentioned last although it’s the motor of the band: piano, bass, drums and – in our case – a guitar (not every big band has one). Very often, the band shares the stage with a guest musician, and the guest list is a history of the local jazz scene. For a big band, it is always an exquisite experience to roll out the red rhythm and harmony carpet for a soloist or even a singer, and to accompany him or her subtly, or at times effusively. Our own improvisers also flourish splendidly, and occasionally, the band is enhanced by flutes and clarinets in the front, with their extra-fine tones. The Uptown Big Band has been on stage for 25 years in jazz clubs, at festivals and on private occasions such as weddings, business events, and big birthday parties. We take special pride in our long-term partnership with BeJazz: Every month we play at the {{{BeJazz club}}} at the Vidmarhallen.


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John Fedchock New York Big Band


[United States (USA)] New York New York
ProfessionalBigBand

Over the course of the past forty years, virtuoso trombonist/arranger/composer, John Fedchock has risen through the musical ranks to emerge as leader of one of the freshest, most exciting big bands in jazz. His 16-piece John Fedchock New York Big Band is comprised of alumni from major big bands, along with some of New York’s finest soloists in the “modernist tradition”. The group delights in performing Fedchock’s own dynamic compositions and unique arrangements of well-known classics, creating a sound that not only honors but also expands the tradition of the American big band. The band’s five CDs on the MAMA and Reservoir Music labels have all received high praise from critics and extraordinary success on national jazz radio charts. In recognition of his formidable arranging skills, Fedchock is a two-time GRAMMY Award nominee for “Best Instrumental Arranging”. Fedchock’s dense voicings, thick ensemble writing and unique swinging lines have become characteristic trademarks. Regarded as one of the most perceptive and versatile trombonists on the scene today, Fedchock’s reputation as a soloist is widely acknowledged. In addition to performances in New York City, the band has also toured nationally and performed abroad at international jazz festivals. The New York Times has applauded the band’s “cheerful syncopation, served with spit-and-polish precision”, and the Chicago Tribune has characterized Fedchock’s style as “an unabashed celebration of the large band format.”


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Carmel Big Band כרמל ביג בנד


[Israel] Western Galilee Mate Asher
AmateurBigBand

Established in 2009, Carmel Big Band, brings together some 20 music teachers and amateur musicians who meet on Wednesdays for rehearsals. Carmel Big Band performed in various local festivals (e.g., Haifa's Holiday of Holidays, Tel-Aviv's Jazz in the Avenue, Jaffa's Jazz Club of Hasimta Theatre, Galil-Yam Festival, etc.). Directed and managed by Menachem Grudzinski.


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Big Band de l'EJMA Lausanne


[Switzerland] Lausanne Lausanne
AmateurBigBand

Formé d’amateurs passionnés, le Big Band de l’EJMA, dirigé par Andrea Esperti, est actuellement composé de 22 musiciens et 1 chanteuse : une flûte, neuf saxophones, quatre trompettes, quatre trombones et une section rythmique piano, guitare, batterie et contrebasse. Son répertoire se veut varié, composé de Arthur Schwartz, Mike Tomaro, Steve Brown, Carl Strommen, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Gershwin…


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Ed Puddick Big Band


[United Kingdom] South London
ProfessionalBigBand

The Ed Puddick Big Band has been playing together since 2004 and is led by composer and arranger Ed Puddick. This 14-piece band often features the finest jazz musicians in the UK and in 2010 released their debut album 'Guys & Dolls'. Other projects include 'Jubilee Suite' (2012) and a celebration of Thelonious Monk's (2017). http://www.edpuddick.com/


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Big Band Zürich


[Switzerland] Zürich Zürich
AmateurBigBand

Ob Swing, Latin oder legendäre Sinatra-Songs, ob Glenn Miller, Dizzie Gillespie oder Count Baise, ob “Blues Brothers”, “Just a Gigolo” oder “James Bond Themes” – die Big Band Zürich bietet für jeden Anlass stimmige Unterhaltung. Mit Sängerin und Sänger unter der Leitung von Pascal Tsering.


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Jazz Groove Peru


[Peru] Lima Lima
ProfessionalBigBand

JAZZ GROOVE PERU BIG BAND Es la big band de jazz afroperuano profesional representativa del Perú, fue fundada en 2013 por su director Angel Irujo, en busqueda de fomentar un nuevo espacio para la promoción y difusión de la música peruana, el jazz y la fusión entre ambos estilos bajo el formato de big band. CONCIERTOS En Lima se han presentado en : Centro Cultural Peruano Japones, Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Centro Cultural Britanico, Jazz Zone de Miraflores, El Cocodrilo Verde, La Estacion de Barranco, etc. Son la banda de soporte de artistas de renombre internacional como Jaime Cuadra, Corina Bartra , entre otros. Han compartido escenario con Maite Hontele (Holanda), George Garzone (USA), Andy Hunter (USA), Elio Villafranca (Cuba), Jorge Perez-Albela (Peru), Hugo Alcazar (Peru),Steve Waterman (UK), Jorge Roeder (Peru) Humberto Amesquita (Peru), Caris Hermes (Alemania), Amik Guerra (Cuba), Marcelo Cohelo (Brasil). En 2017 se presentaron en la Conferencia Jazz Education Network con sede en New Orleans.


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Orquestra Popular do Cerrado


[Brazil] MG Uberlândia
SemiProfBigBand

Orquestra Popular do Cerrado, usually called OPC, it is a big band linked to the Arts Institute of the Federal University of Uberlândia. They play Brazilian jazz and jazz standards. http://www.proexc.ufu.br/servico/or…


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Soundscape


[Brazil] SP São Paulo
ProfessionalBigBand

http://www.dgproducoesartisticas.co… Soundscape is a brazilian big band that have 3 albuns, all in streamming apps.


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Banda Mantiqueira


[Brazil] SP São Paulo
ProfessionalBigBand

Banda Mantiqueira is professional big band from São Paulo, Brazil. It plays mainly brazilian jazz. http://www.bandamantiqueira.com.br/


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Banda Pequi


[Brazil] GO Goiânia
SemiProfBigBand

Banda Pequi is a big band from Universidade Federal de Goiás that have more then ten years in the road. It plays specially brazilian music. https://bandapequi.emac.ufg.br/


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Lucerne Jazz Orchestra


[Switzerland] Luzern Luzern
ProfessionalBigBand

Das Lucerne Jazz Orchestra bestand 2007-2017 unter der Leitung von David Grottschreiber und hatte sich mit einem innovativen Konzept einen Namen als eines der interessantesten europäischen Jazzorchester gemacht. An unzähligen Konzerten im In- und Ausland präsentierte das Ensemble regelmässig neue Musik von jungen Komponisten aus ganz Europa und ihr sein Schaffen ist auf mehreren Tonträgern dokumentiert. Während die grosse Eigenheit des LJO in den herausragenden Fähigkeiten aller Mitglieder als eigenständige Solisten und Komponisten lag, erweiterte es darüber hinaus regelmässig seinen Horizont durch die Zusammenarbeit mit namhaften Jazzkomponisten und –Solisten und scheute es nicht, sich auf neues Terrain zu begeben. So resultierte die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Saxophonisten und Komponisten Oliver Leicht in einem Programm für Jazzorchester, Tanz und Elektronik («Five Movements to hear and see»), und zusammen mit dem Klarinettisten und Komponisten Claudio Puntin wurde die vielbeachtete CD «Berge versetzen» aufgenommen. Des Weiteren waren Dave Douglas, Nils Wogram, Hayden Chisholm, Ed Partyka, Ohad Talmor, Niels Klein, Henning Sieverts, Reinhold Schmölzer, Gerd Hermann Ortler und Stefan Schultze zu Gast. Die Stadt und der Kanton Luzern würdigten das Schaffen des Lucerne Jazz Orchestra 2013 bereits zum zweiten Male mit einem Werkbeitrag.


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Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation


[United Kingdom] Scotland Glasgow
SemiProfBigBand

Since its formation in 2008, Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation has focussed on some of the greatest dance and big band music from the golden age of swing. Appearances on TV and radio, festivals and functions as well as sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and an appearance in The Guinness Book of World Records has made the band Scotland’s Record breaking Big Band


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South Van Big Band


[Canada] British Columbia Vancouver
SemiProfBigBand

South Van Big Band is a 17-piece jazz orchestra based in Metro Vancouver, performing music composed or arranged for modern big band jazz. The band has a broad spectrum of musical taste ranging across blues, latin jazz, funk, swing, bebop and contemporary styles, and band grooves hard to deliver an eclectic set of music through the dynamic power of a modern big band.


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Magic Rythm


[Germany] Hessen Bad Nauheim
SemiProfBigBand

Es war im Jahr 1993, als sich ein paar Schüler der St. Lioba Schule zusammenschlossen und eine Big Band gründeten. Knapp zwei Jahre später entwickelte sich dann eine Kooperation mit der Musikschule Bad Nauheim, und der Musikschullehrer Michael Grün übernahm die Leitung der Band. Kurz darauf entstand auch der Name: Magic Rhythm. Im Laufe der Zeit kamen immer mehr Musiker dazu – aus allen Altersgruppen. So wurde die Band zu einer festen Einrichtung der Musikschule für Bad Nauheim und Umgebung.


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Bixi Big Band


[Italy] Rome Rome
ProfessionalBigBand

La Band La Bixi Big Band, una delle più longeve d'Italia e con oltre 200 concerti negli ultimi anni, nata nel 1999, composta da professionisti sotto la direzione musicale del Maestro Carlo Capobianchi si è esibita in concerti che hanno ricevuto gli apprezzamenti da parte di noti musicisti quali Lino Patruno, Carlo Loffredo e Renzo Arbore. ​ Ha maturato una notevole esperienza concertistica esibendosi al "Festival Jazz" di Villa Celimontana in Roma, "Roma Hot Summit", "Brutium jazz festival", Jazz Festival di Bocchignano, Swing Festival al Parco Egeria, Monte Compatri in Jazz, Policoro in Swing Festival, Formello Jazz Festival, Roma Jazz Festival, Roma Lindy Exchange, Pescara Swing Festival e presso noti locali e jazz club della Capitale quali New Orléans Café , Saxofone Café, Fonclea, Cotton Club, Micca Club, The Club, Teatro Centrale Carlsberg, Milonga della Stazione, BeBop, Giardino del Tango, Arca Dancing, Ristorante Casa del Jazz, Music Inn, Gregory's, Barrio, Teatro Valle, Teatro Torlonia, Vinile, Splendor Parthenopes, Alexander Platz, Festival del Musical e dello Swing al Piper con le più importanti scuole di ballo e musical italiane ed europee, Tip Tap Show al Teatro Carcano, Accademia di Romania, Swing Soda & Rock'n'roll festival, Notte rosa a Fano, Ardea Jazz Festival. ​


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Evan Sherman Big Band


[United States (USA)] New York New York
ProfessionalBigBand

In 2014, {{Evan Sherman}} formed the Evan Sherman Entourage and 16-piece Big Band, which consists of up-and-coming creators alongside a rotating cast of incredible veterans and guests. In addition to its residency at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola's late night dance parties and frequent appearances at the legendary Rainbow Room in New York's Rockefeller Center, the Entourage's upcoming performances for the summer and fall of 2016 include Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing, Caramoor Jazz Festival, and The Appel Room. A native of New Jersey, Evan graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in 2015 and is based in New York City. Evan is a 22 year-old drummer, bandleader, composer and arranger. He has played all over the world with the likes of James Moody, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Ron Carter, Roy Hargrove, and Jon Batiste. He continues to tour with pianist Cyrus Chestnut, the Jimmy Heath Big Band, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars.


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COBANA


[Switzerland] St.Gallen St.Gallen
SemiProfBigBand

Die besondere Band für Ihren Event, Musik zum entspannten Kopfnicken, Groove und fette Beats mit knackigen Horns. Das Beste aus Rhythm&Blues, Swing, Funk, Pop, Latin, Disco und tanzbarem Soul. Songs, die direkten Einfluss auf ihren Bewegungsapparat haben. Die Cobana ist eine erfolgreiche Gruppe von begeisterten Musikerinnen und Musikern aus der Region Ostschweiz, welche seit 1988 besteht. Unser Repertoire umfasst bekannte groovige Songs aus Rhythm&Blues, Funk, Pop, Latin, Disco und Soul. Durch diese einmalige Vielfalt an Stilrichtungen wird auch Ihr Anlass zum unvergesslichen Musikerlebnis für Sie und Ihre Gäste. Für spezielle Anlässe bereiten wir auch gerne ein Programm nach Ihren Wünschen und Vorstellungen vor. Als besonderen Leckerbissen können wir Ihnen unsere charmante Sängerinnen Eveline Battaglia, und unseren Sänger Patrick Bischof präsentieren. Sie überzeugen mit ihren einzigartigen Stimmen und geben unserem Sound eine unverkennbare Note. Die Cobana steht unter dem Leading von Profimusiker Egon Rietmann, welcher neben Eigenkompositionen auch aktuelle Songs für die Band arrangiert. Durch seinen grossen Ehrgeiz und Ideenreichtum gelingt es ihm einen sehr überzeugenden und interessanten Bandsound zu gestalten, der sich unüberhörbar bemerkbar macht. Seine Bühnenpräsenz reisst die Band mit, so dass zusammen mit unseren Vokalisten der Funke auf das Publikum überspringt.


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Mike WT Allen's Space Elevator


[Canada] BC Vancouver
ProfessionalBigBand

Formed by award winning composer and musician Mike WT Allen, the 20 person jazz-metal powerhouse Space Elevator exists as a vehicle to deliver Mike's ideas of what modern big band music should sound like. Mike's compositions travel between big band jazz, heavy metal, funk, experimental, and the avant-garde with horns, guitars, synths, and two drummers. Space Elevator has been described as "...one of the most awe-inspiring demonstrations of musical prowess that I have ever experienced." by Discorder Magazine.


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Divergence Jazz Orchestra


[Australia] NSW Sydney
ProfessionalBigBand

After releasing two albums of original music, the 19-member Divergence Jazz Orchestra have established a unique and inspired artistic voice. Directed by Jenna Cave (composer/conductor) and Paul Weber (trombone), Divergence boast a powerful and beautifully balanced orchestral sound anchored in groove, exhibiting immense sensitivity and subtly and breaking from the big band tradition of old. With a compositional focus, Divergence celebrates innovative Australian composers and improvisers who diverge from the status quo, performing music by Jenna Cave and many others. Divergence Jazz Orchestra released their debut album The Opening Statement in October 2013, comprising of music by Jenna Cave. The album has been featured on ABC Classic FM, Radio National, ABC Jazz, Chicago’s Jazz Radio and BBC amongst others. It received critical acclaim and was highly praised by the Australian jazz community and abroad. Their second album, Fake it Until You Make It , was released in October 2016. The 11 track-album features original music composed by Jenna Cave, Brendan Champion, Luke Davis, Paul Murchison and Miroslav Bukovsky – performed by some of Sydney‘s most versatile young jazz musicians. It has already been featured on ABC Radio National and ABC Jazz, among others, and has been reviewed with four stars in the Weekend Australian Newspaper and on All About Jazz.


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Milan Svoboda & PRAGUE BIG BAND


[Czechia] Czech Republic PRAGUE
ProfessionalBigBand

A modern Big Band featuring leading Czech jazz soloists. The Orchestra plays mostly original music composed by Milan Svoboda which is the key to its unique sound. The group performed at many eminent European festivals, gained numerous awards and recorded fourteen albums. The ensemble has featured a long list of well-known personalities of the world jazz scene as guest musicians (e.g. Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Jerry Bergonzi, James Moody, Tony Lakatos and many others). So far Milan Svoboda has been leading and conducting the Orchestra for forty years. Whole generations of great Czech jazz musicians have taken part in the project.


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Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra


[United States (USA)] Washington Seattle
ProfessionalBigBand

In the tradition of the top jazz clubs around the world, the Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra brings a house big band to the stage at Seattle's Tula's Restaurant and Jazz Club. Formed in January of 2004, the Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra features top Northwest musicians performing music written by band members, Northwest composers, and classic material that isn't performed enough, including works by Gil Evans, The Stan Kenton Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson, and Buddy Rich. Since it's inception, over 300 different musicians have taken the bandstand, playing on average 45 Sundays a year, featuring guest artists such as Brian Lynch, Pete Olstad, and Seattle's very own Greta Matassa. Local composers that are featured on a regular basis include Jim Cutler, Daniel Barry, Robert Beasley, Matso Limtiaco and James DeJoie.


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ETH Big Band


[Switzerland] Zurich Zurich
AmateurBigBand

The 20-member ETH Big Band is made up of students of the ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich, the Jazz-school Zurich and the Jazz-school Lucerne. The Band was founded in autumn 1993 by Christoph Eck, who is now the musical leader of the Big Band as well. The Repertoire of the Band is very diverse. The musicians enjoy playing Funk, Latin and Swing and supplement each arrangement with individual improvisiations. Since then the ETH Big Band has been solidly established in the course listings of the ETH Zurich, and concerts take place regularly in and around Zurich. As one of the few Swiss Big Bands, the ETH Big Band has already taken part for the sixth time in the Montreux Jazz-festival, while several concerts with the professional Cuban singer Paz Luaces have also been held. In July 2001 the ETH Big Band performed at the Zürifäscht. Further appearances were and are at the "Festival International de Musique Universitaire" in Belfort (France) 1996 - 2000, in the "Jazzhaus" Freiburg (Germany), at the University of Karlsruhe (Germany), at the Jazz Festival in Le Mans (France), etc. Along with a few recordings the Big Band organizes workshops with professional musicians and thereby prepares itself for future concerts and recordings. Spontaneity and the playful expression of lively arrangements are characteristic of the Band.


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Barcelona Jazz Orchestra


[Spain] Catalonia Barcelona
ProfessionalBigBand

The Barcelona Jazz Orchestra (BJO) is widely accepted by musicians and Jazz-fans alike as the top Jazz big band in the City of Barcelona, Spain. It was established in the autumn of 1996 at the Taller de Musics of Barcelona (one of the City's most respected music schools), with the purpose of making big band Jazz accessible to all audiences. 
 The Orchestra features some of the most renowned Jazz musicians working in the City, 
like trumpetist Matthew Simon, saxophonists Víctor de Diego and Xavi 
Figuerola, pianist Ignasi Terraza (winner of the 2009 Great American Jazz Piano 
Competition), and drummer Jean Pierre Derouard. 
 Trombonist Dani Alonso is the band's present musical director, following up on the work 
started by the band's founder and former director, Oriol Bordas. 
 Throughout its 22 years of existence, the BJO has performed at numerous clubs, concert 
halls and Jazz festivals in Spain and France. For the last few years, they have also been 
performing on a regular basis for Jazz dancers -and listeners- at Barcelona's classic 
ballroom Sala Apolo. 
The BJO has worked with Jazz legends like Frank Wess, Phil Woods, Benny Golson, 
Jon Faddis or Wendell Brunious, younger stars like Jesse Davis, Brad Lealei or Nicholas 
Payton, Jazz singers like Dee Daniels, Ann Hampton Callaway or Kurt Elling and British 
pop-superstar Tony Hadley.
 The BJO has recorded with special guests Jesse Davis, Nicholas Payton, Phil Woods and, 
most recently, with trumpetist Jon Faddis.


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Hard Rubber Orchestra


[Canada] BC Vancouver
ProfessionalBigBand

Formed by in 1990 by John Korsrud, the 18-piece Hard Rubber Orchestra has been one of Canada’s most active and unpredictable ensembles of creative music. Over the years they have collaborated with an incredibly diverse spectrum of local and international artists. HRO has released three CDs, recorded numerous CBC broadcasts, toured to Europe in 2003 and across Canada several times, and received the 2005 Alcan Arts Award – the largest arts award in Canada for creation. They have pushed the boundaries of the concert experience, creating several large multi-media shows such as The Ice Age ice shows (2010, 2000), the arts rave Drum & Light Festival (2010, 2009, 2008), The Elvis Cantata (1996, 1994), the Alcan awarded Enter/ Exit (2005). In 2005 they produced a special for CBC television called Cantata for the King. HRO is one of Canada’s leading ensembles to commission new compositions, commissioning forty new works by thirty Canadian composers from jazz and classical fields such as Kenny Wheeler, Darcy James Argue, Rene Lussier, Scott Good, Howard Bashaw, Phil Dwyer, Brad Turner, Michael Blake, Tony Wilson, Fred Stride, Paul Dolden, Peter Hannan, Linda Bouchard, Marianne Trudel and Hugh Fraser.


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Tanglin Rose Big Band


[Singapore] Singapore Singapore
SemiProfBigBand

Enjoy festive favourites, Big Band Swing and '80s music with this dynamic symphonic wind band! Tanglin Rose Big Band is made up of professional-level classical horn players, together with soloists in each horn section, and an all jazz rhythm section line-up. This band has essentially moved on to specializing in Top 40s of the '80s era and are inspired by the likes of Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire.


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Summertimes Big Band


[Singapore] Singapore Singapore
ProfessionalBigBand

The Summertimes Big Band is Singapore's only all-professional and independent big band which rehearses and performs on a very regular schedule. Formed in 2009 by a bunch of long time musician-friends who have been colleagues at other music ensembles and performance stages, the dynamism and synergy of this big band is often always felt beyond its hard-swinging music - to places where only sincerity, friendships and camaraderie can bring. Passion of the bandsmen are best heard at their live performances where collective dedication raises their already professional levels of performance up a couple of notches. Eight years after its inception, the Summertimes Big Band has played for over five hundred performances, much to the delight to its ever-growing base of jazz enthusiast audience - including the local and regional lindy hop swing dance communities. It's first all-swing concert - "1938 - An Evening of Big Band Music and Dance" - was a sold-out success when the band enjoyed minutes of standing-ovations together with world-renowned lindy hop dancers from Sweden & USA - including the indomitable Dawn Hampton of the famous Hampton family of musicians. Most recently, the band has also been invited to play with Charlie Haden for Mosaic Music Festival 2011's opening evening at The Esplanade.


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Stockholm Jazz Orchestra


[Sweden] Stockholm Stockholm
ProfessionalBigBand

The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra has played modern swinging big band jazz in the tradition for more than 30 years. The band has toured Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, USA, England, Switzerland, Ireland and Scandinavia and played festivals and clubs like the Village Vanguard (NYC), Ronnie Scott’s (London UK), Pori Jazz Festival (Finland), Copenhagen Jazz Festival (Denmark) among other venues. In the fall of 2011 the band opened the big cultural festival de Cervantino in Mexico. App. 10 000 people listened to the bands three concerts in Mexico. In the summer of 2015 the band toured in South-Africa for the second time, playing “The Orbit” in Johannesburg, “The NYJF” in Grahamstown and at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town. Sold out places and very enthusiastic audiences made the concerts a thrill. The SJO also visited the township of Delfth to work with their youthbigband. Fourteen CDs, one LP and a big number of radio shows in Sweden is also on the CV. The guest list includes: Bob Mintzer, Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Florence, Jim McNeely, Mel Lewis, Hermeto Pasqual, Susana Rinaldi, Walter Rios, Juan-Jose Mosalini, Joe Lovano, Dick Oatts, Gary Smulyan, Pete King, Kenny Werner, Monica Zetterlund, Norma Winstone, Steve Gray, Jens Winther among others.


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Moscow Jazz Orchestra - Московский джазовый оркестр


[Russia] Moscow Moscow
ProfessionalBigBand

В 1999 году саксофонист Игорь Бутман собрал свой легендарный Igor Butman Orchestra, который с тех пор активно гастролирует в России, Европе и США. Биг-бэнд неоднократно выступал в Карнеги-Холле, Линкольн-Центре, легендарном джазовом клубе «Birdland» и других не менее престижных концертных площадках мира. В 2012 году Оркестру Игоря Бутмана было присвоено звание Московского государственного джазового оркестра под управлением Игоря Бутмана. Cенсацией для всего джазового мира стало совместное выступление в сентябре 2003 года Биг-бэнда Игоря Бутмана и Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra под управлением Уинтона Марсалиса на открытии джазового сезона в Линкольн-Центре в Нью-Йорке. На этих аншлаговых концертах были исполнены оригинальные композиции Марсалиса и Бутмана, джазовые стандарты, а также специально аранжированные для двух оркестров пьесы «Полюшко-поле», «Вечер на Рейде» и «Водные лыжи» из мультфильма «Ну, погоди!». Газета «The New York Times» в своем ревью написала, что Биг-бэнд Игоря Бутмана показал «отличную компетентность и беглость»


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BBDR Big Band


[Switzerland] Geneva Dardagny
AmateurBigBand

Du rythme, de l’émotion, de la classe ! Le BBDR : un orchestre qui joue des classiques ou des nouveautés du swing, de la bossa nova, du jazz funk, en passant par des reprises des grands tubes de la chanson jazz. Grand orchestre composé de musiciens suisses et français de la région de Genève, le BBDR est placé depuis près de 15 ans sous la direction du trompettiste professionnel Alain Della Maestra, musicien de studio et sideman de Didier Lockwood, Quincy Jones et Dee Dee Bridgewater, … La voix de Sylviane Duret Aubert se place sur cette véritable machine à swing, dans laquelle on trouve une belle brochette de jeunes musiciens et de solistes comme Mauricio Salamanca au saxophone alto et le batteur Francis Stoessel, 1e prix au concours suisse de batterie et de percussion 2012.


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The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra


[United States (USA)] New York New York
ProfessionalBigBand

Founded as Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and The Jazz Orchestra:Thad Jones, who was featured in the Count Basie Orchestra, and Los Angeles based drummer Mel Lewis from the Stan Kenton Orchestra, started the band in 1966 with some of the top studio musicians in New York City. The beautiful melodies and unique arrangements of Thad Jones enchanted audiences worldwide. The mixture of the music from diverse backgrounds created their innovative sound and the band was quickly recognized as a world-class big band. Mel Lewis and The Jazz Orchestra: In 1978, Thad Jones moved to Denmark but the band continued as Mel Lewis and The Jazz Orchestra. In addition to the masterpieces by Thad, they actively employed new and original compositions and arrangements by Bob Brookmeyer, Jim McNeely and others. Those new arrangements were complex and avant-garde, but they stayed true to their fundamental band sound and swing. Their excellent artistry sustained and grew their high reputation. Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: By changing its name to the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the orchestra created its own identity after losing both of its leaders. The ensemble cultivated its rich history while commissioning new music that made them the prototype of innovative big band music. 2016 marks 50 years of continued performances of Monday Night Live at the world’s premiere jazz club, The Village Vanguard.


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SMB Big Band


[Switzerland] Basel Basel
SemiProfBigBand

Wir spielen auch für Sie: Am Firmenjubiläum, am Dorffest oder ganz Privat. Zum Konzert, zur Unterhaltung oder zum Tanz. Im Saal, im Jazzkeller oder im Freien. Swing, Latin, Funk, traditionell oder modern. Fast alles ist möglich. Zögern Sie nicht, uns zu kontaktieren. Es kostet Sie weniger als erwartet.


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The BBC Big Band


[United Kingdom] London London
ProfessionalBigBand

The BBC Big Band performs regularly at most of the UK’s major music festivals including the BBC Proms, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Harrogate, Brecon and as an Associate Ensemble at Town Hall Birmingham. Over the past 20 years the band has performed with many giants of the music world. These have included Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, George Benson, George Shearing, Lalo Schifrin, Clark Terry and Michael Bublé. The band’s origins date from the earliest days of the BBC and the formation of the original BBC Dance Orchestra in 1928. This began under the leadership of Jack Payne before Henry Hall took over in 1932. This ‘golden’ period of the 1930’s saw not only the BBC Dance Orchestra, but many other bands including those of Billy Cotton, Geraldo, Joe Loss and Jack Hylton become celebrities, thanks in great part to the unrivalled reach of the new medium of radio. As musical fashions changed, dance bands and big bands evolved and remained at the heart of the BBC’s musical output throughout the Second World War and beyond. In the 1950’s the BBC Dance Orchestra became known as the BBC Showband under the leadership of Cyril Stapleton. The band began to be used widely in the new medium of television, both in the company of home-grown talent including Matt Monro as well as with international stars such as Frank Sinatra and Nat ‘King’ Cole.


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MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble


[United States (USA)] Massachusetts Boston
ProfessionalBigBand

Founded in 1963 by Boston jazz icon Herb Pomeroy, this advanced 18 to 20-member big band/jazz ensemble performs traditional and contemporary jazz ensemble literature, including student compositions, and new works written for the FJE by major jazz composers. Improvisation is a prominent part of the FJE experience. The ensemble’s instrumentation is 4-5 trumpets, 4 trombones, 5 saxophones, piano, guitar, vibraphone, bass, and drums/percussion. Other instrumentalists interested in auditioning are encouraged to do so. The FJE performs four concerts per year and frequently features major jazz artists, such as: Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Don Byron, Ran Blake, Steve Turre, Guillermo Klein, and Jason Moran.


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Mixed Pickles Big Band


[Switzerland] Bern Wichtrach
AmateurBigBand

Mixed Pickles? Genau. Die farbenfrohen Gemüsestückchen. Die pikante Beilage mit Pfiff. Genau so kunterbunt zusammengewürfelt sind die Mitglieder der Aaretaler Big Band. Die Charaktere, Berufe, Wohnorte mögen ganz und gar unterschiedlich sein - was die 17 Musikerinnen und Musiker vereint ist die Freude an der Musik, die Leidenschaft für peppigen, dynamischen, spannungsgeladenen Big-Band Sound. Die Ursprünge der Mixed Pickles Big Band liegen über ein Vierteljahrhundert zurück. Aus einer Ad-Hoc-Formation zur Vertonung eines Theaterstücks entstand über die Jahre eine ambitionierte Band, die in den letzten rund 10 Jahren nur noch wenige Wechsel erfuhr und an einem vielseitigen Repertoire aus Swing, Bebop, Latin, Rock oder Funk feilte. Big-Band-Klassikern von Count Basie oder Duke Ellington stellt die Truppe unter der Leitung von Saxophonist Fritz Walther immer wieder Ausflüge in ausgefallene, manchmal gar experimentelle Gefilde entgegen. Mal erklingt ein Volkslied in nie gehörter Variation. Mal verbindet eine Eigenkomposition Ska und klassische Elemente. Mal mischt sich das Alphorn unter die klassische Big-Band-Besetzung. An ihren Konzerten tritt die Mixed Pickles Big Band auch mal mit Prominenz aus der Schweizer Jazzszene wie dem Posaunisten Vincent Lachat auf, entführt die Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer auf eine musikalische Weltreise oder spielt live den Soundtrack zum Hollywood-Klassiker "The Glenn Miller Story". Mixed Pickles Big Band. Kunterbunt. Pikant. Pfiffig.


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UIB Jazz Orchestra


[Switzerland] Bern Biel-Bienne
SemiProfBigBand

Le Big Band UIB Jazz Orchestra est un orchestre de vingt musiciens, de la région de Bienne Seeland Jura, dirigé par Juliane Rickenmann. Son répertoire compte des compositions des grands orchestres (Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller), des compositions sud-américaines, de la musique de film et des morceaux contemporains et de variété. Pour les grandes occasions un chanteur ou une chanteuse peut aussi être de la partie.


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Ambassador Big Band


[Switzerland] Solothurn Solothurn
SemiProfBigBand

Our big band is based in the «Big Apple» Zuchwil in the beautiful canton of Solothurn and has been playing classical and contemporary big band swing throughout Switzerland and nearby countries since 1974. The Ambassador Big Band conducts its own Lindy Hop events and has regular appearances with the organizer The Swing Machine . During the 60 minutes before the band starts playing a crash course is taught by professional Lindy Hoppers, a format that has stood the test of time at weddings and other events because a crash course gets your party jumping in the literal sense. It's completely informal, so that even clumsy dancers have a ball!


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Christian McBride Big Band


[United States (USA)] New York New York
ProfessionalBigBand

The Christian McBride Big Band is a 17-piece, twenty-first century, big band whose debut album The Good Feeling received the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2012. The group, along with the Roy Hargrove Big Band and the Mingus Big Band have swung the pendulum back that pulled small ensemble African-American Jazz into white mainstream popular music during what was dubbed the "Big Band Era" or Swing Era of the mid 1930s to the late mid-1940s, creating a new big-band sound that fuses traditional Big Band long-form compositions with more modern post-Bop sound.[1][2] The band has performed at clubs in New York, where most of the musicians are based, and at major festivals like the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles or the James Moody Festival in Newark.


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iejo ISLAND EXPRESS Jazz ORCHESTRA


[Hong Kong] Hong Kong Hong Kong
AmateurBigBand

本港新組成的大樂隊,成員包括17名年輕的爵士樂手,青春無懼,致力探索并演奏現代大樂隊音樂。樂隊將演繹Mat Catingub、Frank Mantooth及Bob Mintzer等當代音樂家的作曲及編曲作品、Ella Fitzgerald的歌譜、多首爵士樂曲及其他類型的音樂。大樂隊由17位樂手及一位主音組成。


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Silver Moon Big Band


[United States (USA)] California San Francisco
SemiProfBigBand

Whether you want to dance the night away to swinging big band sounds or boogie to your favorite Motown, Disco or Rock Classics SILVER MOON BIG BAND is always a real crowd pleaser! The musicians in this all star group have appeared with such notables as: Steve Allen, Ray Charles, Paul Anka, Tito Puente, Jack Jones, Maynard Ferguson, The Tubes, Al Martino, Del Shannon, The Drifters, and many others. SILVER MOON has performed at many of the Bay Area's most prestigious events including the San Francisco Symphony Gala at Davies Hall, the de Young Museum's "Friday Nights at the de Young" series, and the Red Cross Bay Area Gala at Union Square. With many years of professional experience, these talented artists can be counted on to play the appropriate style and volume level for any situation. SILVER MOON BIG BAND specializes in weddings, anniversaries, and corporate events. Special ethnic and holiday music is available, as are classical duets and soloists for wedding ceremonies. Silver Moon also has a full repertoire of fanfares for awards banquets. The band is happy to perform special requests and band size is adaptable to the client's needs or budget. Whether your celebration is black-tie or informal, rest assured it will be a fantastic success with SILVER MOON BIG BAND!!!


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AZ Big Band


[Germany] Rheinland-Pfalz Udenheim
AmateurBigBand

Die AZ-Bigband existiert seit 1987. In klassischer Bigbandbesetzung mit 4 Trompeten, 4 Posaunen, 5 Saxophonen und Rhythmusgruppe bestehend aus Klavier, Schlagzeug, Bass und Gitarre beschränkt sich die AZ-Bigband nicht auf klassischen Swing, sondern verfügt über ein breites Repertoire von Stücken aus verschiedenen Epochen des Jazz, Soul, Funk, Rock und lateinamerikanischer Musik. Durch dieses umfangreiche Programm ist die Band in der Lage, sich individuell auf Ihre Wünsche und das Publikum einzustellen. In der AZ-Bigband haben sich engagierte Musikerinnen und Musiker aus dem Rheinhessischen um Alzey zusammengefunden, die bereits bei zahlreichen Auftritten in und um Alzey ihre Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer mit bekannten und weniger bekannten Bigband-Sounds begeisterten.


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Jazzaïr Big Band


[Algeria] Algier Algier
ProfessionalBigBand

À l’occasion de la « Journée Internationale du Jazz », décrétée par l’Unesco en 2011, l’Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel, en partenariat avec l’Opéra d’Alger Boualem Bessaïh, présentent le projet, « JAZZAÏR Big Band » avec la participation du DUMOULINGTON Orchestra (de la ville de Tours en France), le Vendredi 28 Avril 2017 à 19h00 – Opéra d’Alger Boualem Bessaïh, au tarif de 1000 Da. Point de Vente : A partir du 25 avril 2017 à l’Opéra d’Alger Boualem Bessaïh Pour sa 6ème célébration de la journée internationale du Jazz, l’AARC présente, pour la première fois en Algérie, un Big Band Jazz composé de 25 musiciens pour un concert unique, hommage au pianiste, compositeur et chef d’orchestre de jazz Duke Ellington. Des invités surprises seront présents, accompagnés par cet orchestre pour chanter certains standards de jazz. JAZZAÏR Big Band, hommage Duke Ellington C’est une première en Algérie, JAZZAÏR Big Band est un projet de collaboration entre DUMOULINGTON Orchestra (composé d’étudiants et de professionnels tourangeaux autour de transcriptions fidèles du répertoire Ellingtonien) et des musiciens issus de la jeune scène musicale algérienne. Prendront part au Big Band Jazz, sous la direction, transcriptions et arrangements de Rémi Dumoulin :


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NEJO Northern European Jazz Orchestra


[Netherlands] Groningen Winschoten
ProfessionalBigBand

The North European Jazz Orchestra is a professional big band. The band is based in the Netherlands, features an international line-up and is conducted by Kurt Weiss. Founded in 2011 The Northern European Jazz Orchestra is a professional big band based in the Netherlands. Featuring an international line-up the band is currently one of the most promising exponents on the European big band scene having performed with numerous well known European guest soloists including among others, Fay Claassen, Francien van Tuinen, Joyce Stevens, Bert Boeren, Esther Groenenberg and Ruud Breuls. Conducted by American trumpet player, Kurt Weiss, the bands repertoire consists mostly of original compositions and arrangements written by Europe’s top composers and arrangers. The band performs a series of concerts per season in the Posthuis theater in Heerenveen and is proud to call this venue home.


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Tora Tora Big Band


[Portugal] Lisbon Lisbon
ProfessionalBigBand

Lisbon is the city that inspires in 2001, a jazz band that provides an effusive vibration of sound and energy. Tora Tora Big Band, a cocktail that brings together musicians of multiple nationalities. Tora Tora Big Band consists in a strong horn section and an explosive rhythm section. Through a repertoire that crosses the Jazz and World Music, Tora Tora Big Band wants to renew the old concept of the old big bands that played music for dancing, presented this time styles such as Afro, Latin, Funk, Arabic, Trance , Reggae and Drum'n Bass.


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OJM Associação Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos


[Portugal] Norte Matosinhos
ProfessionalBigBand

A Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos é uma instituição sem fins lucrativos que tem por objectivo promover a criação, a investigação, a divulgação e a formação na área do Jazz. Criada em 1999 com o apoio da Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, a OJM cumpre o papel de uma Orquestra Nacional de Jazz. Cruzando ambição internacional com sentido de responsabilidade local, a Orquestra tem investido de forma continuada no desenvolvimento de projetos artísticos diversificados, de projetos formativos coerentes e na edição discográfica de jazz português. A OJM considera-se pioneira num território largamente inexplorado.


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University Jazz Orchestra Regensburg


[Germany] Bayern Regensburg
SemiProfBigBand

Das Uni Jazz Orchester ist seit langem fester Bestandteil der Kulturlandschaft der Universität Regensburg. Sowohl Klassiker der Big Band Ära von Count Basie, Duke Ellington etc. als auch Crossover-Projekte wie z.B. "Big Band meets Poetry Slam" stehen auf dem Programm. Spätestens seit der Publikumspreis für die beste Band auf dem Jazzfestival 2013 in Ascona eingeheimst wurde, ist das UJO auch über die Region hinaus bekannt. Verschiedene CD-Einspielungen belegen ebenso die hohe Qualität. Konzerttourneen wurden bereits nach z. B. Italien und Brasilien unternommen und die Zusammenarbeit mit internationalen Gastmusikern wie z.B. Ack Van Rooyen wird gepflegt.


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NEO Jazz Orchestra


[United States (USA)] Ohio Akron
AmateurBigBand

genre jazz/swing/big band mitglieder der band music director/trombone-dan leibundgut lead alto sax- randy calvelli alto sax- brandon duvall... mehr anzeigen heimatstadt akron, ohio info enjoy the sounds of a big band for your special occasion. contact pete tucker at pete.tucker@myofficeproducts.com aktueller wohnort akron, ohio geschäftsführer pete tucker pete.tucker@myofficeproducts.com


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hr Big Band


[Germany] Hessen Frankfurt am Main
ProfessionalBigBand

Die hr-Bigband vereint siebzehn hervorragende Musiker, die nicht nur hohes Ansehen als Solisten genießen. Tägliche Proben- oder Konzerttätigkeit sowie höchste künstlerische Ansprüche formen aus ihnen ein Ensemble, das allen Herausforderungen souverän gerecht wird. Regelmäßig lotet die hr-Bigband die Möglichkeiten eines zeitgenössischen Jazzorchesters aus und überwindet stilistische Grenzen – etwa wenn sie neue Projekte entwickelt zusammen mit mongolischen oder nordafrikanischen Musikern, mit Popstars oder mit renommierten Komponisten der Neuen Musik. Zugleich hält sie – jenseits jeder Musealität – die große Tradition des Bigbandjazz lebendig mit Programmen von Jelly Roll Morton über Duke Ellington und Gil Evans bis Peter Herbolzheimer.


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Aiblinger Big Band


[Germany] Bayern Bad Aibling
AmateurBigBand

ie Aiblinger Big Band steht für musikalische Unterhaltung auf hohem Niveau. Wir sind eine klassische Big Band (5 Saxofone, 4 Trompeten, 4 Posaunen, Rhythmusgruppe, Gesang) und musizieren unter der Leitung des international renommierten Bandleaders Bernhard Schmid. Seit zwei Jahrzehnten sind wir für schwungvolle Swing-Musik bekannt. 2001 wurde der Band der Kulturpreis der Stadt Bad Aibling verliehen. Begleiten Sie uns auf einer nostalgischen Reise in die klassische Big Band-Ära der 30er und 40er Jahre. Wir lassen Sie die Leichtigkeit swingender Musik erleben. Wir präsentieren Musik wie Soul. Rock, Blues und Pop. Wir haben den Sound der stimmungsvolle Abende gestaltet und Sie zum Tanzen einlädt. Wir haben Spaß an der Musik, das können Sie hören und sehen. Sie können uns buchen für: Galas, Tanzveranstaltungen, Swing-Frühschoppen, Firmenevents, Festliche Anlässe, Firmenjubiläen, Messeauftritte, Konzerte, Abschlussbälle von Tanzschulen… Sprechen Sie uns an, wir planen gemeinsam mit Ihnen den musikalischen Showteil Ihrer Veranstaltung.


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Jazzorchester PROKOPÄTZ


[Germany] Berlin Berlin
SemiProfBigBand

Das Jazzorchester PROKOPÄTZ ist eine unangepasste Big Band-Besetzung und seit über zehn Jahren fester Bestandteil der Berliner Jazzszene. PROKOPÄTZ setzt mit seinem ständig wachsenden Repertoire auf musikalische Brüche: Rock, Swing und Funk sind darin genauso enthalten, wie komplizierte Rhythmik, gesungener und gesprochener Text, Marsch, Walzer und freie Improvisationen. Die von Hannes Zerbe arrangierten Kompositionen stammen von Weill und Eisler bis zu Breuker und Zerbe.


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BigBand - Deutsche Oper Berlin


[Germany] Berlin Berlin
ProfessionalBigBand

006 fand das Debütkonzert der BigBand der Deutschen Oper Berlin im großen Zuschauerraum statt. Das 10-jährige Jubiläum wurde im März 2016 mit einem fulminanten Konzert in der ausverkauften Oper gefeiert. Die alljährlichen Bigband-Konzerte in der Deutschen Oper sind zur Tradition geworden. Internationale Solisten waren Gäste der Bigband: Bill Ramsey, Georgie Fame, Madeline Bell, Jiggs Whigham, Paul Kuhn, Lyambiko, Jocelyn B. Smith, Jeff Cascaro, Pat Appleton, Marc Secara, Karl Frierson, Deborah J. Carter und Pe Werner, sowie die Kinderbuchautoren vom „Ritter Rost“ Felix Janosa und Jörg Hilbert. Das Jubiläumskonzert wurde mit Torsten Goods, Polly Gibbons aus London und dem Startrompeter Till Brönner gekrönt. Nicht nur das Jubiläumskonzert war ein Höhepunkte der Band, auch das einmalige Konzert mit Paul Kuhn, bei dem er zum letzten Mal mit einer Bigband auftrat. Ebenso das Konzert anlässlich der Brandenburgischen Sommerkonzerte 2014 am noch nicht eröffneten BER-Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg mit über 2000 Besuchern.


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Andorra Big Band


[Andorra] Principat d'Andorra Principat d'Andorra
SemiProfBigBand

Aquesta big band neix desde la ilusió d'uns quants músics d'Andorra i gent amant del Jazz, la presentació oficial es farà a l'Auditori Nacional d'Ordino el 13 de Gener de 2012 i comptarà amb la participació de molts músics del país, músics Catalans i Valencians units per fer realitat el que fa temps que es busca, una veritable Big Band d'Andorra. Capaç d'actuar als festivals de Jazz d'arreu exportant Andorra al món i mostrant que a Andorra la Cultura es un bé de la societat i n'estem orgullosos d'oferir-la a arreu del món.


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JAlbaniaZZ Society (Big Band)


[Albania] Tirana Tirana
ProfessionalBigBand

JAlbaniaZZ Society is a project that presents the community of jazz musicians in Tirana. This project finalized under this Sigel has already begun to start about 15 years ago with concerts, recordings, workshops and TV shows with Albanian artist collaborations that do not live in Albania. Interesting is that the musicians in this group circulate and the project always comes in varied forms, some time smaller and sometime bigger. Mostly the music we present is JAZZ strongly supported with Albanian motives. Rhythm, melody and expressivity are the main characteristics of Albanian JAZZ. It is worth to mention the participation in almost all the JAZZ festivals organized in Albania from 2003 onwards. As the core of this group are: the multi instrumentalist Ermal Rodi, Emiljano Dhimo drums and Gent Rushi leader band piano, accordion, composer & arranger. Some of the most successful collaborations are those with: Elina Duni vocal Switzerland, Ervin Dhimo bass USA, Rona Nishliu vocal Kosovo, Eda Zari vocal Germany, Ilir KRYEKURTI percussion Switzerland, Orges Toce vocal & guitar Austria ….. Etc. Big Band with the same name (JAlbaniaZZ Society) has been part of several jazz projects in Tirana and beyond. Created some time ago by some JAZZ experienced musicians and talented young people, has made several successful concerts. Big Band has a rich repertoire of this genre (Blues, Funky Latin, Swing ….. etc.) and rearranged Albanian music.


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NDR Big Band


[Germany] Hamburg Hamburg
ProfessionalBigBand

Seit über 40 Jahren ist die NDR Bigband als Jazz-Orchester eine Instanz. Entstanden aus den Wurzeln eines reinen Rundfunk-Ensembles, hat sie sich seit den 70er-Jahren zu einer Band entwickelt, die nicht nur ein umfassendes Jazz-Repertoire bedient, sondern auch eigene Impulse setzt, Genregrenzen erweitert, mit Weltstars auftritt und diese zu Konzerten in alle Ecken Norddeutschlands holt. Die NDR Bigband lebt von starken Persönlichkeiten mit unverwechselbarer Biografie, eigenen Stärken, Vorlieben und Abneigungen. Jeder einzelne Musiker ist ein Meister seines Fachs - und keiner wie der andere. Aber in einem sind sie sich einig: Was zählt, sind der Sound, der Groove, die Melodie - die Musik eben. Für die brennt die Band mit Haut und Haar - und das ist zu spüren, wann immer sie auf der Bühne steht. Als Ensemble des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks bewegt sich die Arbeit der NDR Bigband zwischen verschiedenen Schwerpunkten: Einerseits gilt es, das musikalische Erbe aus einem Jahrhundert Jazz-Geschichte zu pflegen, andererseits am Puls der Zeit zu bleiben, was aktuelle musikalische Entwicklungen angeht.


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Big Band Memmingen


[Germany] Bayern Memmingen
AmateurBigBand

Die Big Band Memmingen besteht seit 1982 als eingetragener Verein. Gegründet würde die Big Band Memmingen von Musikern des ehemaligen Memminger Tanzochesters (MTO) und der Stadtkapelle Memmingen. Wir spielen in einer klassischen Jazz-Big-Band-Besetzung. Unser Repertoire umfasst Stücke der Stilrichtungen des Jazz insbesondere der Swing-Ära, aber auch Titel namhafter Tanzorchester, sowie populäre Hits im Bigband-Sound.


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Police Big Band Hungary


[Hungary] Budapest Budapest
SemiProfBigBand

ORCHESTRA OF THE HUNGARIAN POLICE (aka POLICE BIG BAND HUNGARY). On the occasion of the integration of the Border Guard and the Police on December 31, 2007, the Border Guards Orchestra ceased to function as an independent band. With the Border Guard Orchestra and the Fusion of the Standby Police Orchestra, a new band was formed, within which the big band traditions of both the Police and Border Guards survived. The new Police Big Band takes control of Major Béla Szalóky, a police officer. The band's image has changed dramatically, and their repertoire reflects this. Their show includes classical and modern big band tunes that have not been played by the Border Guard Orchestra in recent years. The eternal favorites, Sammy Nestico's brilliant and Gordon Goodwin's witty and brave compositions and arrangements, have some real surprises as well.


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Big Band der Bundeswehr


[Germany] Rheinland Euskirchen
ProfessionalBigBand

Die Big Band der Bundeswehr (BigBandBw) wurde 1971 auf Initiative des damaligen Bundesverteidigungsministers Helmut Schmidt gegründet und ist das Showorchester der Bundeswehr. Helmut Schmidt wünschte sich einen "modernen Sound für eine moderne Armee". Die Band ist in der Mercator-Kaserne in Euskirchen stationiert und tourt ganzjährig durch Deutschland und engagiert sich besonders bei Benefizveranstaltungen. Des Weiteren ist sie immer wieder in diversen Fernsehsendungen und auf Auslandstourneen zu sehen und zu hören. Erstmals in der Öffentlichkeit spielte die Big Band am 26. Mai 1972 vor 80.000 Zuschauern anlässlich der Einweihung des Münchner Olympiastadions. Die Veranstaltung wurde wie das darauf folgende Fußballländerspiel Deutschland gegen Sowjetunion auch im Fernsehen übertragen. Neben einer großen Vielseitigkeit ist die ausgefeilte Bühnenshow ein Markenzeichen der Band, ebenso wie die Arrangements, die nur für die Big Band der Bundeswehr geschrieben und auch nur von ihr gespielt werden.


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Alfred Lauer Bigband


[Germany] Saarland Losheim
SemiProfBigBand

Großes Orchester, große Bühne, große Musik. Klassischer Swing, elementarer Rock, Begeisterung in symphonischer Qualität. Musik, die live selten zu erleben ist wurde zum Erlebnis. Im ersten Set lies Alfred Lauer Stücke aus der Tanzorchesterzeit als Wertschätzung an große Vorgänger wiederaufleben und umrahmte sie mit neu arrangierten Stücken wie der „Gardenparty“ von Mezzoforte oder „The Woman from the Moon“. Rockige Titel und bekannte Balladen entfachten im zweiten Set ein Feuerwerk, dem sich dann niemand mehr entziehen konnte.


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Bologna Big Band


[Italy] Emilia-Romagna Bologna
SemiProfBigBand

La formazione standard prevede un massimo di 20 elementi, ridimensionabili fino ai 5 componenti di una orchestrina Dixie. Il nostro repertorio prevede i grandi classici di Benny Goodman e Glen Miller come rivisitazioni in stile Michael Buble ma abbiamo anche una parte di spettacolo con brani tratti dal repertorio Latino Americano. La presenza di due cantanti sul palco ci permette di avere un ventaglio di brani cantati sia maschili che femminili, prevedendo duetti molto interessanti e simpatici.


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Croatian Radiotelevision Jazz Orchestra


[Croatia] Zagreb Zagreb
ProfessionalBigBand

Croatian Radiotelevision Jazz Orchestra, formerly known as the Radio Zagreb Dance Orchestra has been in existence for the past sixty odd years and such longevity is rarely seen on a world scale. The RTZ Dance Orchestra, as it was known at the time, was a predecessor of today’s HRT Jazz Orchestra and was founded during season 1946/1947 to meet the needs of the Radio and was made up of best musicians from several ensembles, led by Zlatko Černjul. The Orchestra was later led by several conductors, but Miljenko Prohaska has a special place in the history of the orchestra, as he led it for 30 years. After playing at the Bled Jazz Festival in 1962, the Orchestra enters a new era – it turned to its own repertoire. The person behind the idea was Miljenko Prohaska and he was later supported by many members of the Orchestra. Due to such a type of programme orientation, the Orchestra had created its specific style which differentiated it from other similar orchestras, both in the country and abroad. The Orchestra held its first international performance in Cologne in 1955. This was followed by tours of Bulgaria, Poland, former USSR, as well as concerts at jazz-festivals in Frankfurt and Nagykanizsa and even in Munich in 1972, as part of the entertainment at the Olympics. Numerous world-renowned musicians have played in Zagreb with the Orchestra as soloist.


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DR Big Band


[Denmark] Copenhagen Copenhagen
ProfessionalBigBand

DR Big Band giver dig unikke musikoplevelser i spændingsfeltet mellem klassisk swingende bigbandjazz, bløde ballader, nye kompositioner og vilde eksperimenter – leveret med 19 fantastiske musikeres energi, nærvær og præcision. DR Big Band har været et fyrtårn på den danske jazzscene siden 1964, og bandet var med helt i front i de år, hvor København husede en række legendariske amerikanske jazzmusikere. I dag leverer bandet stadig den ægte, amerikanske bigband-lyd – men med sit eget, nordiske twist. Hver sæson præsenterer DR Big Band publikum for nogle af vor tids største jazzstjerner samtidig med, at bandet introducerer helt nye navne, indleder nyskabende samarbejder på tværs af genrer og bestiller nye værker af unge talenter.


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WDR Big Band


[Germany] Köln Köln
ProfessionalBigBand

Die WDR Big Band ist unter den europäischen Big Bands das erste Jazzorchester, das für seine CD-Produktionen mehrfach mit einem Grammy ausgezeichnet wurde. Jedes Mitglied der Big Band ist eine Solistin oder ein Solist mit unverkennbarem Timbre, was dem Orchesterklang große Strahlkraft verleiht. Die WDR Big Band ist weltweit zu Gast und in Nordrhein-Westfalen zu Hause. Als musikalischer Botschafter bringt sie Jazz und jazzverwandte Musik on stage, on air und online zu ihrem Publikum. Das Programm der WDR Big Band deckt das gesamte Spektrum des Jazz und der jazzverwandten Musik von der Tradition bis zur Avantgarde ab. Dazu gehören auch Latin Jazz, World Music, Fusion und Crossover – getreu dem Motto »Musikalische Grenzen sind musikalische Herausforderungen«. Gleichzeitig hat die international besetzte Big Band einen Bezug zur europäischen Tradition, speziell zum Jazz made in Europe. Dieser integrative Faktor ist immer Teil der äußerst vielschichtigen Programmkonzeption und macht die Band zu einem starken Motor des Jazz in NRW, in Deutschland und in der Welt.


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Paris Jazz Big Band (PJBB)


[France] Paris Paris
ProfessionalBigBand

Le PARISJAZZ BIG BAND est l'un des plus beaux orcb.estres fran¢s de jazz • IIest actuellement constitue de 16 musiciens, parmi les meilleurs solistes et artistes de jazz de11hexagone et mis en valeur depuis 4 ans dans les plus prestigieuses salles :Palais des Congres de Paris, Olympia, Pal.ais des Congres du Mans•..• Chaque composition est ecnte pour un soliste particulier dont les qualites sont ainsi mises en evidence. Le Paris Jazz Big Band, nous propose une musique d'une grande rlchesse qui cree une forte emotion rythmique.Nous pouwns trouver ces representations notamment a Ia place Pigalle, qui vont vous faire voyager a travers leurs symphoaies. Vous pourru egalement decouvrir de nombreux sites offidels qui pourront vous en dire plus ce fabuleux mchestre qui compose le Paris jazz big band.


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