Recent instrumental big band and orchestral jazz album recommendations. With 25 & 50 year retrospectives, to illustrate the timelessness of this great music.
THIS SITE PROMOTES FUN JAZZ!
Excerpts from and links to album reviews of rather boisterous jazz albums. Artist info links at: Wikipedia; website; Discogs; Bandcamp as available. Links to the full album on: basic/free YouTube; subscription Spotify; purchase download Bandcamp. Check your favorite service. Please enjoy!
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Frankfurt Radio Big Band with Mark Turner - Complete Concert YouTube
Here’s a concert from 9 March 2023 by The Frankfurt Radio Big Band, with saxophonist Mark Turner and conductor Christine Jensen. See YouTube for a lot more info. This version re-masters the audio of the original livestream for improved sound.
Here is the first tune ‘Return From The Stars.’ It is a Turner composition, arranged by Jim McNeely.
The Frankfurt Radio Big Band, also known as the ‘hr Big Band,’ is a project of Hessian Radio, Germany. They have released ~19 albums since 2007. YouTubechannel (please subscribe); website; Discogs. Their YouTube channel has >50 full concerts that were live streamed from the last 6 years!
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