SWR Big Band & Joe Gallardo – It Is What It Is (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:08 minutes | 647 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SKIP Records
Since the beginning of his collaboration with Luis Gasca and Mongo Santamaria, the Texan has always remained closely connected to Latin jazz, the NDR Bigband retired him with a picture sheet of his own Latin jazz compositions in widescreen sound, “Latin Jazz Latino” from 2005 (Skip Records) became a classic of the bigband genre and one of the most successful programs of the orchestra at all.
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FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 32:57 minutes | 363 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SWR Classic
Established trumpeter Torsten Maaß has been working for many years with numerous big bands as a composer, arranger and guest conductor. He collaborated on productions with Max Mutzke, Clueso, Ack van Rooyen and many more. Under his direction, the SWR Big Band played and recorded a selection of his life-inspired works that lay stylistically between modern mainstream and Bob Brookmeyer, in whose New Art Orchestra he was a founding member as a trumpeter. This collection of works is now released on the album Music Written by Real Life.
Read moreSWR Big Band & Torsten Maaß – Music Written by Real Life (Part I) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 35:39 minutes | 400 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SWR Classic
The established trumpeter Torsten Maaß has been working for numerous big bands as a composer, arranger and guest conductor for many years. He arranged for productions with Max Mutzke, Clueso, Ack van Rooyen and many more. a. Under his direction, the SWR Big Band plays a selection of his life-inspired works – stylistically between modern mainstream and Bob Brookmeyer, in whose New Art Orchestra he was a founding member as a trumpeter. The pre-single “Sir Charles’ Teatime” is part of the album “Music Written by Real Life” (Part I), which will be released in August 2023.
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