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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.

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

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.

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 "

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.