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Sep 14, 2010 · The sixth CD for Dutch jazz vocalist Fay Claassen teams her with vaunted arranger Michael Abene and the vaunted WDR Big Band-Cologne. They do a collection of standards, covers of pop tunes, Brazilian music, straight-ahead jazz, and ballads. What is remarkable for this team is the way Abene 's charts work in consistent counterpoint with Claassen ...
In 2022 viert powervrouw en de veelzijdige vocaliste Fay Claassen haar 25-jarige jubileum met het 10-delige (!) album Fay Live, met niet eerder uitgebrachte live-registraties. Deze speciale uitgave bevat live-opnamen variërend van Fay met diverse toporkesten, zoals het Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, het Metropole Orkest en de WDR Big Band.
180gr. Jazzline – D78097. Germany. 2021. Germany — 2021. New Submission. Add Review. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for And Still We Sing by Fay Claassen & David Linx & WDR Big Band Cologne.
Formed in Cologne in 1946 as the Kölner Tanz-und-Unterhaltungsorchester under the leadership of Otto Gerdes, the WDR Big Band initially played traditional and classical music, working alongside a string orchestra. Conductor Adalbert Luczkowski took over as bandleader in 1947 and helped establish the band's reputation.
Oct 17, 2021 · Cologne, Germany. September 2020 & February 2021. Jazzline CD: D77097; LP: D78097. Claassen departs the standards in a set with the Murphy-influenced Linx, the two singers backed crisply by the WDR Big Band.
Formed in Cologne in 1946 as the Kölner Tanz-und-Unterhaltungsorchester under the leadership of Otto Gerdes, the WDR Big Band initially played traditional and classical music, working alongside a string orchestra. Conductor Adalbert Luczkowski took over as bandleader in 1947 and helped establish the band's reputation.
Nov 17, 2023 · Fay has made the song Good Times her personal anthem. She has recorded it with large orchestras and big bands, but the song, which her husband Paul Heller wrote especially for her, also works very well in a duo setting. Saxophonist Paul Heller (WDR Big Band) also produced the Christmas album, which consists of 12 songs.
