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Live at the Philharmonie Cologne

by Bill Laurance & WDR Big Band

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Kafka963 Bill Laurance a toute mon admiration. C'est le troisième album que je me procure de ce compositeur et je ne peux me décider à choisir une seule pièce favorite ... Elles sont toutes exceptionnelles. Bravo!
Michael Paschall
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Michael Paschall I love it! Ready Wednesday is great. Full sound with WDR such powerful dynamics! Each composition is great
garsdain
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garsdain Very good jazz trip live. Mon morceau préféré reste "The Good Things " avec une musicalité digne des grands standarts du jazz et un super saxophone sur la fin du titre. Très bon album avec un orchestre de la WDR aux petits soins de l'oreille du pianiste. Je conseille encore aux amateurs d'aller écouter son superbe "Live at Union Chapel (2016) " . A découvrir d'urgence...
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Peter Jones Gorgeous, rich, stunning.

Fantastic playing by everyone throughout and it's impossible to pick a favourite track.
Nigel Harpur
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Nigel Harpur Beautiful album, great to hear so many of my favourite 'Bill Tunes' played live with the fabulous WDR band. Couldn't name a favourite track as that changes constantly. When it comes to contemporary composition and simply 'playing the piano', for my money, Bill is "The donkey's..."
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Recorded in front of an enthusiastic audience at the Philharmonie concert hall in Cologne, Germany, Bill Laurance’s new live album is powered by the renowned 18-piece WDR Big Band. Under the direction of principal conductor Bob Mintzer (renowned tenor saxophonist, longtime member of the Yellowjackets, and leader of his own Grammy-winning Bob Mintzer Big Band), this adventurous outing finds Laurance re-imagining previously recorded works on a much grander scale.

"I always imagined these compositions to be played by an orchestra, and it's a rare opportunity to have your music realized with a large ensemble of this caliber," said Laurance. In some ways, the album is an extension of Snarky Puppy's orchestral collaboration with the Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest, which resulted in the 2015 Grammy award-winning Sylva (Best Contemporary Instrumental Album). Cinematic in nature with surprises around every corner, the album encapsulates the depth of Laurance’s compositions and remarkable qualities of the band bringing them to life.

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released November 8, 2019

Bill Laurance – piano, compositions
Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone, conductor, arranger
WDR Big Band – all additional instrumentation

Recorded November 24, 2018 at the Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
Recording Producer — Christian Schmitt
Recording & Mixing Engineer — Walter Platte
Mastered by Marko Schneider at Skywalk / Imagion AG, Trierweiler, Germany
Artwork Photography — Matthew Lloyd
Artwork design — Knut Schötteldreier

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Bill Laurance London, UK

GRAMMY award-winning pianist, composer and original member of Snarky Puppy. Founder of the Flint Music label. Endorsed by Yamaha, Mellotron, Dave Smith, Moog, Korg, Native Instruments, Roland, ROLI, Nord, Arp, Audio Technica, MXR, and Expressive E.

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