hr Big Band (Steely Dan Related)

hr Big Band - Do It Again: hr Big Band Plays Three Decades of Steely Dan - 2004 - hr-musik

"More than almost any other Big Band in the world, the hr Big Band stands for innovation and variety. It unfolds its activities in a broad range of styles that covers the roots of jazz, well-known Swing standards, discerning light entertainment and musicals, avant-garde jazz and popular music such as HipHop. World music, crossover concerts such as 'Literature and Jazz', 'Jazz and Film', 'Jazz and Dance', as well as children's and Christmas concerts are further projects with which the Big Band of the Hessischer Rundfunk (German Public Radio of Hessen) addresses very specific audiences. Again and again, the hr Big Band dares to tackle unusual projects and often treads new musical paths. The over 50 year-old ensemble is directed by Chief Conductor Jörg Achim Keller. His philosophy of consistently using the entire spectrum of his band (and its individual musicians), including the regular use of instruments such as baritones, tubas, various flutes, low saxophones and clarinets, provides access to new, often symphonic-sounding possibilities. Thanks to the wide range of its musical work, the hr Big Band has become an irreplaceable part of cultural life in Hessen and beyond. They performed with musical guests like Ray Charles, Mike Stern, Michel Petrucciani, Michael Brecker, Phil Woods and many others."

Ten Steely Dan tracks and one Donald Fagen tune arranged for the hr Big Band by Fred Sturm. All tracks are jazz arrangements, and feature Ryan Ferreira on electric guitar. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and has performed with musicians that include Peter Erskine, Dave Holland, Bobby McFerrin, and Kenny Wheeler

TRACKS

Do It Again
Bodhisattva
Pretzel Logic
Black Friday
Home At Last
I Got The News
FM
Gaucho
The Goodbye Look
Negative Girl
Two Against Nature

All songs composed by Walter Becker & Donald Fagen except "The Goodbye Look" by Donald Fagen

MUSICIANS

Ryan Ferreira
Axel Schlosser
Christian Jaksjo
Gunter Bollmann
Harry Petersen
Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn
Herbert Bings
Martin Auer
Martin Haus
Paul Lanzerath
Peter Reiter
Petr Feil
Rainer Heute
Thomas Heidepriem
Thomas Vogel
Tony Lakatos
Wilson de Oliveira
Wolf Schenk