Knudsen/Rudzinskis Space Big Band
Release Date: 10 December 2021
Label: New Arts International
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0608917139327
Description
Space, endless expanses: these are the adventures of the Space Big Band, who travel with a team of seventeen to places that no big band has ever seen before.
Space Big Band was named by Danish bassist Kenneth Dahl Knudsen and Latvian saxophonist Toms Rudzinskis. The two got to know each other in Berlin. They hit it off musically and decided to form a band together. Both Knudsen and Rudzinskis had worked for big bands in the past and found that there was a lack of modern, contemporary compositions for such large ensembles. With a host of friends, excellent musicians from Germany, Denmark, Latvia, the USA, Russia, Ukraine, France, Sweden and Austria, they got the project going. The result is the first "Space Big Band" album.
The two bandleaders, who each composed five pieces for the album, include references to inspirations from Galileo to Hawking, early geology and the origin of the earth, Johannes Kepler and the frequencies of planets, but also to current space missions and the history of our knowledge of the cosmos. There is also "space" in music. It needs space, space for improvisation and collective music-making, as is typical for a contemporary jazz orchestra. The song titles usually make it clear from where the respective piece draws its inspiration. Both composers studied and researched their subject areas, but the songs do not tell unambiguous stories.
Artists
Kenneth Dahl Knudsen - Bass
Toms Rudzinskis - Alto Saxophone
Knudsen/Rudzinskis Space Big Band
Tracklisting
The Eric Ineke JazzXpress Feat. Tineke Postma
Various Artists
Linos Piano Trio
Duke Ellington
Clemens Gottwald
Ben Markley Big Band & Ari Hoenig
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor, Alois Muhlbacher
Van Baerle Trio
Gabriele di Franco Jazz Orchestra; Gabriele di Franco
Jan Dintheer Large Ensemble; Jan Dintheer
Noordpool Orchestra
Guttierez Cuban Big Band
Gutierrez Cuban Big Band
Adrian Rollini; Red Nichols & his Five Pennies; The California Ramblers; Joe Venuti & his Blue Four
SWR Big Band; Torsten Maas
SWR Big Band; Fola Dada
