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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...

For well over a decade, Swiss composer and alto and soprano saxophonist Sarah Chaksad has been shaping the European jazz scene. Her hallmark is a narrative, richly colored musical language that combines compositional precision with a great sense of formal freedom. The international press has recognized her as an outstanding composer and arranger. Raised in […]

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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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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 or 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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