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Berlin Jazz Orchestra
The Berlin Jazz Orchestra is a 17 piece concert jazz orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. The orchestra has been critically acclaimed by prominent periodicals such as the :de:Der Tagesspiegel, Berliner Tagesspiegel, :de:Märkische Allgemeine, Märkische Allgemeine, :de:Jazz Podium, Jazzpodium, All About Jazz and :de:Jazzthetik, Jazzthetik. The group was founded by singer Marc Secara and jazz trombonist Jiggs Whigham in 2000. The group was formed in part as a reaction to the financial problems and elimination of the :de:RIAS Big Band Berlin, RIAS Big Band. The ensemble had their first demo release with the label 44 Records in 2004."Update (Berlin Jazz Orchestra), Update" CD with 44 Records, 2004 The ''Update (Berlin Jazz Orchestra), Update'' CD release paved the way for their first international CD release of 2007: ''You're Everything (album), You're Everything'' on Schoener Hören Records/:de:Kulturradio, Kulturradio featuring :de:Marc Secara, Marc Secara and the big band/String ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanfrançois Prins
Jeanfrançois Prins (born February 18, 1967) is a Belgian jazz guitarist, composer, vocalist and record producer. He has spent many years between New York City and Berlin where he was leading the Jazz Guitar departments in both music universities (UdK and HfM Hanns Eisler) for a total of 12 years. Upon his return to Belgium in 2016, he became the CEO of the GAM Records label in 2017. Career Jeanfrançois Prins began playing guitar when at eighteen years of age. A year later, he formed a band and performed in Brussels. His mentor was Toots Thielemans, who was known as a harmonica player but has started his career as a jazz guitarist. Other influences of Prins include jazz artists Lee Konitz, Miles Davis, and Kenny Werner. Prins graduated from college in with a degree in audio engineering. From 1988 to 1992, he studied jazz and guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Brussels. Prins moved to New York City in 1993, he became a part of the contemporary jazz scene, to include vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Everything (album)
''You're Everything'' is a jazz album produced by Schoener Hören Records and Kulturradio, it was officially released in March 2008. The album was critically acclaimed by Jazz Podium magazine as the second recording for the Berlin Jazz Orchestra with vocal artist Marc Secara. Jazz artist Jiggs Whigham is featured on this release as both instrumentalist (trombone) and musical director. Background After being founded in 2000, the Berlin Jazz Orchestra had their first demo release with the label 44 Records in 2004 (''Update''), produced by Jacky Wagner."Update" CD with 44 Records, 2004 Roughly the same program was to be released later in 2007 for ''You're Everything.'' The ''Update'' CD release paved the way for this in creating fine demo and test CD where many details of Steve Gray's arrangements were worked out in the studio. Track listing Recording sessions * March 12–15, 2007 ( 17 piece ensemble) * May 21, 2014 (strings only) *all instrumental tracks recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Update (Berlin Jazz Orchestra)
''Update'' is a jazz album produced by 44 Records and producer Jacky Wagner, released in 2004."Update" CD with 44 Records, 2004 The album was critically acclaimed by Jazz Podium magazine as the first initial recording for the Berlin Jazz Orchestra with vocal artist Marc Secara. Jazz artist Jiggs Whigham is featured on this release as both instrumentalist (trombone) and musical director and Steve Gray's arrangements are featured on this recording. Background After being founded in 2000, the Berlin Jazz Orchestra had their first release with the label 44 Records in 2004 (''Update'') produced by Jacky Wagner. Roughly the same program was to be released later in 2007 for ''You're Everything'' and also adding two more Steve Gray works to include an original composition and vocal suite. The ''Update'' CD release was widely accepted by critics and many details of Steve Gray's arrangements were worked out in the studio. Track listing Recording sessions * 2004, Berlin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near You'', about local concerts and events. The Jazz Journalists Association voted ''All About Jazz'' Best Website Covering Jazz for thirteen consecutive years between 2003 and 2015, when the category was retired. In 2015, Ricci said the site received a peak of 1.3 million readers per month in 2007. Another source said that the site has over 500,000 readers around the world. Ricci was born in Philadelphia. He heard classical and jazz from his father's music collection. He played trumpet and went to his first jazz concert when he was eight. With a background in computer programming, he combined his interest in jazz and the internet by creating the ''All About Jazz'' website in 1995. The website publishes reviews, interviews, and articles pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Cooper (American Musician)
Jack Cooper (born John Thomas Cooper Jr., May 14, 1963) is an American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator. He has performed with, written music for and recorded by internationally known pop, jazz, and classical artists. Intro Cooper has performed with, written music for performed or recorded by internationally known pop, jazz, and classical artists including Aaron Neville, Marc Secara, Jiggs Whigham, the Berlin Jazz Orchestra, Lenny Pickett, Joyce Cobb, the BBB featuring Bernie Dresel, Donald Brown, Young Voices Brandenburg, Jimi Tunnell, Christian McBride, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, the Dallas Winds, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.Sparke, Jon W. ''BPACC Showcase flows in with tribute to Ellington'', The Commercial Appeal, August 28, 2009. Jack Cooper, musical director/arranger for Joyce Cobb and Donald Brown Early life, musical education and influences Jack Cooper was born in Whittier, California on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Gray (musician)
Steve Gray (18 April 1944 – 20 September 2008) was a British pianist, composer and arranger. Biography Gray was born in Middlesbrough, England. At the age of 10, he began teaching himself to play the piano. He joined the Middlesbrough Junior Orchestra, at first playing the bassoon but later switching to the saxophone. The orchestra was directed by Ron Aspery, who would go on to create the fusion group Back Door. During the 1970s he played sessions for Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand, Lalo Schifrin, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr and John Barry. Gray joined John Williams' band Sky in 1981, replacing Francis Monkman on keyboards, a role he continued until Sky's final live concerts in 1995. Gray was also a respected composer of concert works. These include two operas, a Requiem Mass for jazz big band and choir, a guitar concerto written for John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra (1988), and a piano concerto written for French jazz pianist Martial Solal. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
