Harold Arlen - Over The Rainbow I WDR BIG BAND

The WDR Big Band feat. Johan Hörlén on altosaxophone the tune "Over The Rainbow" by Harold Arlen (Arrangement: Jörg Achim Keller). The concert "Big Band At The Movies" was recorded at the Kölner Philharmonie (January 2021).
For bandleader and arranger Jörg Achim Keller, a soundtrack is much more than an accompanying medium, because like the film itself, the music can also create images in the mind. The repertoire in the field of soundtracks seems immeasurable. And then, over the past decades, there have always been individual songs that have become evergreens through their use in films: "Over The Rainbow" or "As Time Goes By" could be mentioned here as examples. When it's time for "Big Band at the Movies" tonight, the WDR Big Band will be devoting itself to precisely this repertoire.
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[@scottski51]

I would NEVER have guessed this song, a film and cultural classic here in the U.S, could be so beautifully arranged and played as a jazz ballad !! Really... I'm floored by how well it captures the feeling of the sung version!

[@jvmata5523]

AWESOME arrangement on a TRULY BEAUTIFUL standard! 🎶 OUTSTANDING solo by Johan! 🎷 BRAVISSIMO! 🎉

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍🙏🙏🙏

[@disculpateurdifferentiel4416]

full of goosebumps, what else...I always say that Jazz at this level is the most achieved and beautiful music

[@stuartgraham7576]

Just lovely.

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍🙏🙏🙏

[@beltstst]

Wow! Just fantastic , wonderful, classer!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍🙏

[@ibrahimmerel831]

la super orquesta, felicitaciones.

[@falkbreitkreuz]

Großartig Maestro! Diese Ruhe, traumhaft... vielen Dank!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍🙏🙏🙏

[@rocherdaniel588]

Superbe moment musical ......Bravo à Johan Horlen pour cette interpretation magistrale.

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Merci beaucoup, Rocher!

[@oscar036ful]

Underbart 😍

[@martinholmes6152]

Wow! A stunningly imaginative arrangement, so sensitively blended together by J H, B T and all! The piece lends itself to rich, complex harmonizations, from say Madeline Bell’s rendition, with alternating twin harmonies of the main theme, to a joyful choral version with SATB split into 9 or 10, done a cappella, which I loved singing, but here WE’RE RIGHT UP IN THE STRATOSPHERE! H E R F O R R A G E N D !

[@martinholmes6152]

Oops! HerVorragend! Tut mir leid.

[@jeanpierrecarpentier]

Sooo beautiful

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Thank you, jean-pierre!

[@eranimongelos5749]

BravooooO!!!!!

[@mikehudsonrocks9585]

WOW!!!

[@RSHJazz]

Just right. Thanks!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi RSHJazz, thank you for watching us!

[@user-jt2of8no4i]

Много раз восхищался этими мастерами . Некого больше слушать . Чудесная аранжировка ВСЁ БЛЕСК

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Что еще остается сказать, кроме как: большое спасибо, Константин, за то, что вы так преданно следуете за нами!

[@DJAGOJazz]

Just Beautiful

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Thank you, DJAGOJazz!

[@ibrahimmerel831]

Súper 👏👏👏👏👏

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi Ibrahim! Thank you!

[@jbhorton168]

Absolutely beautiful, a lyrical masterpiece.

[@jbhorton168]

Bravo, Johan.

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Thank you, JB!

[@oksst3680]

❤️

[@bongoloony]

Bravo Johan..

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi Jeff! 👍

[@sbenjapong]

😍👍🎉

[@WalkersParadise]

nice!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Thanx!

[@josegeraldodacostaleal2323]

OVER THE RAINBOW, AUTORES HAROLD ARLEN E YIP HARBURG, MÁGICO DE OZ, 1939, GRANDE APRESENTAÇÃO E INTERPRETAÇÃO. ABRAÇOS CORDIAIS.

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi José! Muito obrigado!

[@diamanti3270]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@robertoleveneur1520]

joli!!!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi Roberto! 👍🙏

[@tolin_novelo]

Is "The Shadow of your smile" from THIS concert in your KZbin channel? I adore it, please share with us! Greetings from Mexico

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hello Eumir, we published just two month ago this version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6i6gZ-Lg9iXaNU

[@tetsuonamba8721]

Johan, your tone is so beautiful. What kind of mouthpiece and saxophone do you use? I have a Meyer and Cannonball, among others. Thank you.

[@WDRBIGBAND]

Hi Tetsuo! My saxophone is a King Super 20 Silversonic. The mouthpiece is a Rousseau JDX.

[@tetsuonamba8721]

That must be a vintage sax. Thank you for your reply!

[@WDRBIGBAND]

👍

[@alankaye2933]

hey billy test!

[@michaelafuchs6731]

... und dann noch dieses "schnuckelige" Arrangement ... wieder mal zum Knutschen...

[@WDRBIGBAND]

😊 Michaela!