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Almost Big Band
The Almost Big Band was a 13 piece jazz, jazz band formed by Ernie Wilkins in 1980 after his permanent move to Copenhagen, Denmark. Members included expatriate American such as Kenny Drew and Ed Thigpen as well as prominent Danish jazz musicians such as Jesper Thilo and Bent Jaedig. Mainly an arrangement, arranger, Wilkins created the band so he could write for a band of his own formation. In America the band remained underrated and overlooked. Current members * Benny Rosenfeld, lead trumpet * Mårten Lundgren, trumpet * Gerard Presencer, trumpet * Vincent Nilsson, lead trombone * Kim Aagaard, trombone * Jan zum Vohrde, lead alto * Pernille Bévort, tenor saxophone * Jan Harbeck, tenor saxophone * Jesper Løvdal, baritone sax, bandleader * Nikolaj Bentzon, piano * Jesper Lundgaard, bass * Aage Tanggaard, drums Past members * Jesper Thilo, tenor saxophone * Jens Winther, trumpet * Erling Kroner, trombone * Bent Jædig tenor saxophone * Tim Hagans, trumpeter * Kenny Drew, piano * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
