Jim McNeely and the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra featuring Leroy Jones
Release Date: 08 October 2001
Label: Storyville Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 717101425020
Genres: Jazz
Description
This is a special, modern big band tribute to the greatest jazz musician of all time - Louis Armstrong. Most of the (very hip) arrangements are by bandleader JIM MCNEELY, with one arranged by HARRY CONNICK JR.The 62 minutes of music here is recorded live-in-concert in Denmark in early 2001, and allows plenty of blowing room for New Orleans native trumpet star LEROY JONES, plus others from the highly talented and respected DANISH RADIO JAZZ ORCHESTRA.This CD succeeds in accomplishing the difficult feat of interpreting Louis Armstrong's wonderful music in a modern big band context, in a way which will delight both traditional and modern jazz lovers. JIM MCNEELY (conductor, piano), LEROY JONES (trumpet,vocal), HENRIK BOLBERG, THOMAS FRYLAND (trumpet), VINCENT NILSSON, STEEN HANSEN, PETER JENSEN (trombone), MICHAEL HOVE (alto sax), TOMAS FRANCK, UFFE MARKUSSEN (tenor sax), NIKILAJ BENTZON (piano)
Tracklisting
Peter Vuust & Aarhus Jazz Orchestra
Johnny Griffin Quartet
Kira Martini
Duke Ellington
Frans Bak & Sinne Eeg
Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman & Carsten Dahl
Mads Vinding Trio feat. Dado Moroni & Niclas Campagnol
Sisters of Jazz
Tom Green Septet
Tom Green Septet
Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
Rick Panzer
Vincent Ingala
Laufey
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
