Brian Blade: "Broken Leg Days"

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First time ever bigband-project of drummer Brian Blade and his amazing Fellowship Band - if you like it, please subscribe to our channel. Thanks!
hr-BIGBAND feat. BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND
Melvin Butler | saxophone
Myron Walden | saxophone
Jon Cowherd | piano
Doug Weiss | bass
Brian Blade | drums
Jim McNeely | conductor
Soloists: Axel Schlosser, tp; Melvin Butler, ts;
BROKEN LEG DAYS is a composition by Jon Cowherd
arranged by Jim McNeely
Live-Recording at hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt, mai 16th 2019
Whether in the bands of Wayne Shorter, Joshua Redman, Chick Corea, Joni Mitchell or Norah Jones: Brian Blade's drumming is always recognizable. Elegant, bouncy, breathing - such adjectives come to mind when Blade colors and shapes music. Unusually for a drummer he prefers the soft, fine tones and thinks in large compositional arcs. This is also evident in the pieces he and his long-time friend Jon Cowherd composed over the years for his “Fellowship Band” since 1997. Lyrical jazz with a long breath and a sense for beautiful melodies.
deutsch:
Egal ob in den Bands von Wayne Shorter, Joshua Redman, Chick Corea, Joni Mitchell oder Norah Jones: Brian Blades Schlagzeugspiel ist stets erkennbar. Elegant, federnd, atmend - solche Adjektive kommen einem in den Sinn, wenn Blade das musikalische Geschehen geschmackvoll und reaktionsschnell auf Fellen und Becken koloriert und gestaltet. Ungewöhnlich für einen Schlagzeuger zieht er die leisen, feinen Töne vor und denkt in großen kompositorischen Bögen. Das merkt man auch den Stücken an, die er über die Jahre für seine 1997 gegründete Fellowship Band komponiert hat. Lyrischer Jazz mit langem Atem, der keine Scheu vor schönen Melodien hat.
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hr-Bigband:
trumpets: Frank Wellert, Thomas Vogel, Martin Auer, Axel Schlösser
saxophones: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, Oliver Leicht, Stefan Karl Schmid, Steffen Weber, Rainer Heute
trombones: Günter Bollmann, Robbie Harvey, Christian Jaksjö, Manfred Honetschläger
guitar: Martin Scales
Credits:
Olaf Stötzler, manager Frankfurt Radio Bigband
Lucia Rosu, executive producer
Axel Gutzler, sound-engineer
Rainer Schwarz, sound-engineer
cameras: Julien Wintermeier, Julia Gnann, Manuel Pater, Toni Müller
recording manager: Sabine Wiesner
techn. production: Eric Kirchheim
live-streaming: Jochen Hensel
project coordinator: Matthias Hohn
executive producer video: Nikolas Pieper
production manager: Hartmuth Niemczik
producer: Manuel Meyer
A production of Hessischer Rundfunk 2019

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