SWR Big Band
Germany's SWR Big Band is a dynamic ensemble with decades of experience as one of the premier large jazz outfits in Europe. Founded by Erwin Lehn in Stuttgart in 1951, the SWR Big Band initially started out as the Südfunk Tanzorchester, playing dance music on South German Radio. After Lehn's retirement in 1992 (and a renaming of the public radio station to Südwestrundfunk or SWR), the ensemble relaunched under the name the SWR Big Band. Benefiting from a rotating lineup of conductors as well a bevy of guest performers, they have released a long list of albums including 1993's Jazz in Concert with Bill Holman, 1996's SWR Big Band: Jazz Matinee with Phil Woods, and 2000's Plays the Music of Maria Schneider and Kurt Weill, Live! featuring Maria Schneider.
They have remained remarkably prolific over the past 20 years, collaborating on a steady string of albums with such luminaries as Bob Mintzer, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Roy Hargrove, Pat Metheny, and many more. A highly respected, in-demand ensemble, they have four Grammy nominations to their credit, including two for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for 2002's Jazz Matinee with Slide Hampton and 2009's Fun Time & More Live with Sammy Nestico. On 2017's A Cool Breeze with Sammy Nestico, they paired again with the legendary composer and arranger for a set of some of his classic songs as well as newly penned charts.
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Live at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
SWR Big Band, Fola Dada, Pierre Paquette, Ian Cumming, Klaus-Peter Schopfer
Contemporary Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 14 Sep 2018
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Lights On (Live in Studio)
Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock - Released by 335 Records on 8 Sep 2017
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A Cool Breeze
Contemporary Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 9 Jun 2017
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AKIYOSHI, T.: Let Freedom Swing
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Jorg Kaufmann, Andy Maile, SWR Big Band
Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2007
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NESTICO, Sammy: Fun Time
Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2009
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SAMMY NESTICO AND THE SWR BIG BAND
Chamber Music - Released by SWR Classic on 8 Nov 2005
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WOODS: Jazz Matinee
Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 25 Jun 2001
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TERRY, Clarke: Jazz Matinee
Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 28 Aug 2001
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Music Written by Real Life, Pt. 2
Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 8 Dec 2023
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Glenn Miller - Die größten Erfolge
Schlager - Released by Bogner - Records on 25 Jun 2013
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Music Written by Real Life (Pt. I)
Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 11 Aug 2023
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Transitions
Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 11 Jun 2021
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True Italian Stories (Live)
Giovanni Costello, SWR Big Band
Jazz - Released by Fine Music on 12 Jul 2019
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Fun Time and More
Announcer, Sammy Nestico, SWR Big Band
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2010
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Mcconnell: So Very Rob: Boss Brass Revisited
Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2000
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Soul Encounter
Vocal Jazz - Released by SWR Classic on 13 May 2022
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