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SWR Big Band plays the music of Sammy Nestico - More Than Ju

Modern Nostalgic Romantic Uplifting Playful
$20.99

Details

Composer
Harold Arlen, Ben Bernie, Jack Brooks, Sonny Burke, Bob Carleton, Kenneth Casey, Al Dubin, Victor He
Artist
SWR Big Band
Format
CD
Label
SWR
Released
May 09, 2025
Catalog #
SWR19165CD
UPC
747313916580

About

Founded in 1951 by Erwin Lehn, The SWR Big Band has been nominated for a Grammy several times and received the German Jazz Award (Gold) in 2015. Over the course of the years, it collaborated with artists like Quincy Jones, Pat Metheny, George Benson, Gary Burton, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Curtis Stigers, Jacob Collier, Patti Austin, Roy Hargrove, Sammy Nestico, Ivan Lins, Paula Morelenbaum, Joo Kraus, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bob Florence, Rob McConnell, Slide Hampton, Maria Schneider, Frank Foster, Bill Holman and Bob Mintzer. The album SWR Big Band live at the Elbphilharmonie from 2018 is one of the longest running bestsellers of the label. The collaboration between Sammy Nestico and The SWR Big Band began 2004, when the composer was already 80 years old. Soon it developed into a real friendship. No less than five albums have been released in the years until his death, all of them bestsellers of the SWRmusic catalogue. They additionaly made a key contribution to raising international awareness of Nestico's late creative phase. The music he wrote for The SWR Big Band sports both funky sounds and elements of fusion, combining swing, a pinch of soul and an emotional orchestral expression. The music moves artfully between reduced combo sounds and opulent textures. This sense of mutual understanding was created during the decade-plus period of collaboration between the composer and the orchestra, a collaboration built not only on notes, but also on intuition.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Ill Wind 03:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ill Wind
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Harold Arlen
    Performer
    Tutu Puoane
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  2. 2 Ja-Da 05:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Ja-Da
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Bob Carleton
    Performer
    Bastian Stein, Jürgen Neudert
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  3. 3 Frankie and Johnny 05:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    Frankie and Johnny
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Andreas Maile, Ernst Hutter
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  4. 4 A Pair of Aces 06:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    A Pair of Aces
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Sammy Nestico
    Performer
    Christian Mehler, Jakob Manz
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  5. 5 Just Friends 03:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    Just Friends
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    John Klenner
    Performer
    Tutu Puoane, Matthias Erlewein
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  6. 6 D'Ann 05:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    D'Ann
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Sammy Nestico
    Performer
    Christian Mehler, Frank Kuruc
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  7. 7 The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things 03:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Richard Rodgers
    Performer
    Axel Kühn
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  8. 8 Shirley 04:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    Shirley
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Sammy Nestico
    Performer
    Klaus Wagenleiter, Loreen Sima
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  9. 9 Sweet Georgia Brown 03:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sweet Georgia Brown
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard
    Performer
    Bastian Stein, Frank Kuruc
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  10. 10 Indian Summer 03:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    Indian Summer
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Tutu Puoane
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  11. 11 That's Amore 05:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    That's Amore
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Harry Warren
    Performer
    Andreas Maile, Marc Godfroid
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  12. 12 Close Enough for Love 05:10
    Track
    12
    Title
    Close Enough for Love
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Johnny Mandel
    Performer
    Jakob Manz
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  13. 13 King Porter Stomp 03:47
    Track
    13
    Title
    King Porter Stomp
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Jelly Roll Morton
    Performer
    Martin Auer, Bastian Stein, Klaus Graf, Matthias Erlewein
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid
  14. 14 Out of the Night 07:07
    Track
    14
    Title
    Out of the Night
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Sammy Nestico
    Performer
    Axel Kühn, Frank Kuruc, Decebal Badila, Guido Jöris
    Ensemble
    SWR Big Band
    Conductor
    Marc Godfroid