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The Zurich Jazz Orchestra continues its in-depth exploration of the music of Duke Ellington with one of his late masterpieces: the “New Orleans Suite”. Recorded in 1970, the album received the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance in 1971. Reviewing the album in DownBeat magazine more than fifty years ago, Dan Morgenstern wrote: […]

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«Miles oder die Pendeluhr aus Montreux» is an homage to a jazz genius, a man suffering from loneliness and prejudice. It tells about the beauty of Juliette Gréco, Swiss watches, of favourite chords and beloved people. more...

China Moses, singer, songwriter and producer, develops her art and music in an open and honest way. Her music is defiantly authentic and resists what so many labels and critics demand: a category. She captivates her listeners with her deep sense of rhythm, sensitivity and wit, drawing inspiration from countless styles within the rich and […]

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In 1960, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn arranged their own virtuoso adaptation of Tchaikovsky's ballet “The Nutcracker” for the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Klaus Henner Russius reads E. T. A. Hoffmann's “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.” more...

Best of the Thad Jones – Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra For more than sixty years, a big band has taken the stage every Monday night at New York’s legendary Village Vanguard jazz club. Originally known as the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, the ensemble now performs as the “Vanguard Jazz Orchestra”. The orchestra continues the […]

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