Happy Birtday Dave Brubeck, born on this day 100 years ago! Here's a nice vido from our Youtube team, "Weep No More" from the 1956 album "Brubeck Plays Brubeck", arranged and conducted by Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea. This beautiful ballad features Andy Haderer on trumpet and Billy Test on piano. recorded live in Studio 4. #brubeck100 | WDR Big Band

20K views · 844 reactions | We are very proud and happy to be able to present our new app, "WDR Big Band Play Along", giving you the opportunity to play along with us, featuring 5 (to begin with) original charts of various difficulty levels! Mix the individual tracks, play along or mute "your" instrument, read the music from the screen, or download it to print out. Have fun, and PLAY ALONG WITH US! Available today in the German App Store and Play Store. | WDR Big Band | Facebook

The 1950 Brodszky/Cahn tune "Be My Love" was originally written for *Mario Lanza*, for the movie "The Toast Of New Orleans"(for which it recieved an Acadamy Award nomination) and was a huge hit for Lanza, selling over two million records. This version is a truly whopping arrangement by the great Bill Holman, featuring Billy Test on piano, Johan Hörlén on alto sax, and Andy Haderer on trumpet. Reacorded live at the WDR Funkhaus as a part of our recent "Big Band At The Movies" live stream, conduct

53K views · 182 reactions | Our first excerpt from yesterday's live stream is "Central Park" by Chick Corea (from the 1978 "Secret Agent" album), here in an arrangement by Henk Meutgert. This features Johan Hörlén on soprano sax, Hans Dekker on drums and Andy Haderer on flugel horn. Conducted by Jörg Achim Keller. | WDR Big Band | Facebook

Henry Mancini wrote "Royal Blue" for the movie "The Pink Panther" in 1964. This version is an arrangement by Jörg Achim Keller, featuring Andy Haderer on trumpet, Billy Test on piano, Olivier Peters on tenor sax and Philipp Brämswig on guitar. Recorded on the WDR Soundstage in Bocklemünd. | WDR Big Band

Today we timequake back to 2019 and our project with Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi from KNOWER. "Around" is a funky 3/4 tune by Louis Cole, arranged by Bob Mintzer, featuring Genevieve on vocals, Bob Mintzer on tenor sax, Johan Hörlén on alto sax and Louis Cole on drums. Recorded Live in Studio 4, conducted by Bob Mintzer. ----------------- Heute machen wir ein "Timequake" zurück ins Jahr 2019 und unser Projekt mit Louis Cole und Genevieve Artadi von KNOWER. "Around" ist ein funky 3/4-Tune von

379K views · 1.9K reactions | God morning! Here's a little live clip to wake you up :) "Hot Head" is a tune by and with the effervescent Swedish multi instrumentalist Gunhild Carling, bringing us back to a more traditional jazz sound for this one. This was a part of a concert in the Kölner Philharmonie, aimed at a younger audience, and also features Rob Bruynen on trumpet. Conducted by Lars Seniuk. | WDR Big Band | Facebook

Practicing for my upcoming performance with the WDR Big Band in Cologne – so excited for this! ✨ Jazz mal anders: BIG BAND MEETS THEREMIN Carolina Eyck WDR Big Band Christian Elsässer 3.4.2025 Kölner Philharmonie | Carolina Eyck

340K views · 200 reactions | This week we're playing music from Quincy Jones' classic big band period in the 60ies, so on the Q-note, here's a clip with us and Quincy from a later date, playing with Phil Collins and Tony Bennett at the Montreux Jazz Festival, with Tony presenting a veritable pearl necklace of classic jazz tunes! | WDR Big Band | Facebook