BIOGAFIER
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FINN BURICH
Trombone & vocal
DK
Finn Burich er født i Haderslev i 1958.
Han er selvlært på trombone. Uddannelse som folkeskolelærer.
Interessen for jazz begyndte omkring 1970, da han hørte Louis Armstrong i
radioen.
Frem til 1981 spillede Finn i forskellige bands og der blev eksperimenteret med
forskellige stilarter.
Medlem af og bandleader for "Neanders
Jazzband" i perioden 1981-2000 og
"The Real New
Orleans Jazz Quartet" i perioden 1992-99.
Siden 1999 koncerter i England, Tyskland, Norge og Schweiz med "Lillian Boutté And Her
Music Friends".
Modtager af Femø Jazzprisen i 2001.
Fast medlem af "Pakhusorkestret" siden 2002. Har været gæstemusiker
hos bl.a.
"Ronald Andersen Band", "Paul Harrison Band", "New Orleans Delight",
"Bourbon Street Jazzband", "Vestre Jazzværk", "Søren Houlind", "Creole Clarinets",
"Frazzes N.O. Stompers", "Red Hot Four", "HJ Wolff All
Stars"
m.fl.
"Finn Burichs New Orleans Jazzband" blev dannet i 1995.
Med dette band har Finn besøgt de fleste jazzklubber, festivaler og koncertsale i landet og
endvidere, oftest under navnet
"Finn Burich International New Orleans Jazzband", præsenteret forskellige
udenlandske topnavne som:
Lillian Boutté (USA), Thomas l´Etienne (D), Phil Parnell (USA), Don Vappie
(USA), Sammy Rimington (GB),
Geoff Bull (AUS), Norbert Susemihl (D), Norman Emberson (GB), Patrick Artero
(F), Leroy Jones (USA), Topsy Chapman (USA).
***
Finn Burich was born in Haderslev, Denmark in 1958. When, at the age of twelve
he started listening to Louis Armstrong on the radio, his love affair with jazz
music had its start. One year later a friend, who was a jazz pianist himself
lent him a valve trombone under the condition, that Finn would join his
traditional jazz band. After a little time Finn bought his own trombone.
In the next years Finn was playing with different bands, exploring various
styles. He then joined the "Neanders Jazzband", a very popular Danish
Trad. band. He was a member and later bandleader of that band for 19 years,
during which he played most important Jazz Festivals in Denmark and elsewhere.
In 1997 the band visited New Orleans to play the famous New Orleans French
Quarter Festival.
By that time Finn had got more and more involved with New Orleans Jazz. He
invited Lillian Boutté and later Thomas l´Etienne to join the band on extended
Danish tours. They soon became close friends.
In 1992 he had started his own quartet, which after a while was concentrating exclusively on the
New Orleans sound featuring guest artists such as Sammy Rimington and New
Orleans banjoist Don Vappie.
LILLIAN BOUTTÉ
Vocal
USA, New Orleans
Lillian Boutté er født i New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, hvor hun studerede
musikterapi på Xavier
University of New Orleans.
Det blev hurtigt kendt lokalt, at hun var en talentfuld gospelsangerinde, og
lidt efter lidt udvidede hun repertoiret med jazz, rhythm & blues, swing og blues.
Hun har bla. indspillet plader med Allan Toussaint, Dr. John, Mylon LeFleur, Lee
Dorsey og the Olympia Brass Band og har endvidere arbejdet med navne som Benny Waters, Chuck
Credo, Danny Barker, Humphrey Lyttleton, Jay McShane, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Milt Hinton, Al Gray m.m.fl.
Sammen med Thomas l´Etienne har hun været fast tilknyttet den amerikanske og
europæiske musikscene gennem mere end femogtyve år. Med de to som gennemgående figurer har
musikere fra talrige europæiske lande deltaget i turneer under navnet "Lillian Boutté And Her
Music Friends".
I november 1986 opnåede Lillian Boutté den store ære officielt at blive udnævnt
til sin hjembys musikalske ambassadør - NEW ORLEANS MUSIC AMBASSADOR - en titel ingen
anden er
skænket siden Louis Armstrong! Hun kvitterede med en storslået europaturne, hvor hun
udbredte New Orleans musikkens unikke stilarter for det tryllebundne publikum.
I september 1988 vendte Lillian Boutté - som eneste lokale artist - hjem til
den ærefulde opgave at synge nationalsangen ved det republikanske partis konvent på Louisiana
Superdome.
De senere år er hun blevet så stort et navn, at hun nævnes i sammenhæng med
Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin og Mahalia Jackson.
Hendes popularitet er indiskutabel og på den danske scene vækker hun glade minder fra
optrædener på festivaler og ikke mindst fra hendes årlige
vinterturné rundt i landet, som er løbet af stabelen hvert år siden 1996 og som
har bragt hende til de fleste koncertsale og kirker i landet.
***
Lillian Boutté was born in New Orleans in 1949. At the age of seven she joined a
local gospel choir. A few years later she headed her own band singing Soul and
Rhythm & Blues music. She would have begun a professional career before
finishing school had it not been for the wisdom of her mother, who knew even
then that Lillian did not have to rush things to make a career in music.
In the seventies she worked with bands under her own name, but she also sung
with the New Orleans legends, such as Lee Dorsey, Doctor John and Allen
Toussaint.
She moved to Cincinatti for a few years, where she started managing her own
beauty shop. In 1980 writer, singer and dancer Vernell Bagneris called for
Lillian to return to her home town to perform in the musical "One mo´ time"
a Vaudeville show written by Bagneris featuring the music of Bessie Smith, Ma
Rainey and the great classic blues singers. This musical was a tremendous world
wide success touring the USA, Europe and South America. Apart from making
friends and winning fans all over the world, Lillian´s years with "One mo´
time" also helped her to develop a broader understanding of the music that
had been around her all life: New Orleans traditional jazz.
In 1983 Lillian left New Orleans to tour Europe for a longer period. She founded
the "Music Friends". She and the band were an immediate success on the
European scene. Lillian decided to move to Europe.
Because of Lillian´s international popularity and her merits for New Orleans
Music, the City of New Orleans gave her the title of an "Ambassador of New
Orleans Music" in 1986 which prior to her had only been bestowed on the
great Louis Armstrong.
DON VAPPIE
Banjo, guitar, bass & vocal
USA, New Orleans
www.vappielle.com
Født og opvokset i New Orleans, USA.
Don Vappie anses for at være den førende og mest originale banjospiller i New
Orleans i dag.
Udover banjo, spiller han også guitar og bas og er en fremragende sanger. Han
behersker flere stilarter, bla. R&B og moderne jazz.
Medlem af Preservation Hall Jazz Band siden 1988.
Don Vappie har spillet med musikere som Willie og Percy Humphrey, Chester Zardis
og Louis Nelson.
Don Vappie har sit eget band i New Orleans, og arbejder både freelance og som
studiemusiker.
CD-aktuel i 1999 med Wynton Marsalis.
Intro til dokumentarfilmen "The Banjo Project" -
YouTube - The Banjo Project
YouTube - Eddie Bo & Don Vappie Sound Café New Orleans
2008
Anmeldercitater:
"... en formidabel musiker af den type, der vist kun udklækkes i New
Orleans. Her var vi lysår fra den bastante og udpinte skolelærer-banjo, her
var en instrumentalist, som ubesværet kunne veksle mellem et elegant fingerspil
og et tremolerende akkordspil og uophørligt skabe overraskende tonerækker af
sjælden - både underholdende og kompositorisk - art" -
"... Don Vappies måde at behandle en banjo på, skaber
en sand fryd i hele kroppen - lige fra en salig prikken og stikken i hovedbunden, glippen med øjnene og blafren med ørerne
til en gysende rislen ned ad ryggen
og helt ud i tæerne" -
"... Don Vappie har en flot stemme, der minder
om en ung Nat King Cole"
***
Don Vappie, born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1956, is presently one of New
Orleans's premier musicians. Often called the best and most original banjoist in New Orleans
today, Don also plays R&B, modern jazz and popular music and is quite comfortable on acoustic
guitar, electric guitar, acoustic bass, electric bass and lead and background
vocals.
In the past three
years, he has become
known for his transcriptions and arrangements of classic early jazz compositionsas performed by
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Joe "King" Oliver and others.
Since their inception, Don Vappie and
the Creole Jazz Serenaders have delighted audiences with stellar performances of
these early jazz classics. The groups has been featured on NPR (National Public Radio). A 3-part
two hour series,
"In Search Of King Oliver", featuring the band's newest CD of the same
title, was recently made
available through PRI (Public Radio International).
During the 1998 New Orleans
Jazz and Heritage
Festival, Don was honored by being chosen as music director for a world premier
concert of newly
discovered music composed by Jelly Roll Morton.
Don continues to grow musically
and can always
be guaranteed to touch the emotions of his audience through his music. Whether
in live performance
or on a recording, his presence will be felt.
THOMAS L´ETIENNE
Clarinet, tenorsax & vocal
Tyskland
www.creoleclarinets.com
Thomas l´Etienne er født i Hamborg, Tyskland i 1956. Familien er af tysk/fransk og russisk oprindelse. Efter at have modtaget undervisning i guitar og balalaika, fik han
sin første klarinet som 15 årig.
I slutningen af 70´erne var han flere gange i New Orleans, hvor han spillede
sammen med Kid Thomas, Louis Nelson, Jeanett Kimball, Emanuel Sayles m.fl.
I 1982 bad Lillian Boutté ham om at turnere sammen med hende på en turné i
Europa.
Navnet på orkestret var "Lillian Bouttés New Orleans Band". Turnéen blev
en stor succes både musikalsk og privat, da den resulterede i, at de blev
gift to år senere i New Orleans.
Thomas l´Etienne er nok mest kendt i Danmark som musikalsk leder af
"Lillian Boutté And Her Music Friends" og "Gospel United"-turneerne.
***
Thomas l´Etienne was born in Hamburg in 1956. Followingt the call of his Russian
origins he started playing the balalaika at the age of 12 and one year later the
guitar. His dream of playing the clarinet became true, when on Christmas 1970
Santa Claus followed Thomas´ wishing list.
It did not take him long to make up his mind, which style og music he wnted to
pursue: Having listened to his parents´ Louis Armstrong records from an infant
age on, he now started to fall in love with the sound of New Orleans clarinetist
George Lewis. He co-founded his first band, "Papa Tom´s Lamentation Jazzband",
which in a few years developed from a pupil´s band to one of the leading bands
on the European New Orleans jazz scene.
In 1980 he made his first trip to New Orleans, which he visited every year from
then on. Here he had a chance to play with the most New Orleans veterans and to
broaden his horizon of New Orleans music.
In 1983, while Thomas was writing a thesis for a Ph.d. in German literature, he
was asked to join New Orleans singer Lillian Boutté on a 6 month tour. Thomas
agreed. He soon became the musical director of the band. It was not only musical
reason that made him stay with the band and to give up a Ph.d.: He fell in love
with Lillian and married her in 1984.
Lillian Boutté´s and Thomas l´Etienne´s Music Friends have become one of the
most important and influential bands on the scene. They have travelled the world
and played with the "Who is who" of jazz (among them Clark Terry, Milt Hinton, "Sweets"
Edison, Doctor John and New Orleans piano great Edward Frank).
TORBEN BØTKER BJØRNSKOV
Bas
DK
www.torbenbjoernskov.dk
Torben Bøtker Bjørnskov er født i Skanderborg i 1966.
Han er uddannet bassist fra Det Rytmiske Musikkonservatorium i København.
Har gennem de sidste 10 år turneret med Lillian Boutté over det meste af verden,
og vandt international Jazzpris som bedste solist i Spanien i 1994.
TBB har spillet med en lang række nationale og internationale navne, heriblandt:
Benjamin Koppel, Christina Von Bülow, Jesper Riis, Thomas Fryland, Ann
Farholt, Erling Kroner, Marie Bergman, Tivoli Bigband, Pinetop Perkins, James
Moody, Tom Harrel, Billy Hart, Leroy Jones og mange andre...
***
Torben Bøtker Bjørnskov: Contrabass, (1966), started his career on a
plastic-guitar playbacking to his parents popular records. Later he graduated
from The Rhytmic Music Conservatoty in Copenhagen in 1993.
For about ten years he´s been a member of "Lillian Boutté And Her
Music Friends" and toured around the world. In Copenhagen Torben has played
with who´s who on the jazzscene, been a member of "Tivoli Bigband" and
worked in various theatres and musicals, and today he is a teacher on the Royal
Academy Of Music.
In 1994 he was nominated "best soloist" at the international jazzcompetition in
Gexto, Spain.
He has toured and/or recorded with: James Moody, Tom Harrel, Pinetop Perkins/George
Kilby Jr., Billy Cobham, Billy Hart, Ed Neumeister, and Ensemble New, among
others...
HANS ESBJERG
Piano
DK
Hans Esbjerg er født i Tarm i 1967.
Efter at have modtaget undervisning i teenage-årene af jazzpianisten og
organisten Willy Egemose, uddannede han sig på Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium.
Underviser på Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium og Musikinstituttet ved Århus
Universitet.
Modtog i 1987 en pris ved den Danske Steinway Festival. I 2001 modtog han
"Boble-prisen", som uddeles hvert år til et ungt talent under Århus Festuge.
ESPEN LAUB VON LILLIENSKJOLD
Drums
DK
www.espenvon.dk
Espen Laub von Lillienskjold
er født i Hjørring i 1982.
Uddannet diplommusiker fra Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium i Århus (2000-2005).
Solistklasse (2006-2008).
I 2002 begyndte et samarbejde med Klüvers Big Band, som førte til en
fastansættelse i 2004.
I 2007 var han tre måneder i New York for at få undervisning af trommeslageren
Gerald Cleaver og bassisten Ben Street.
Medlem af Matthew Herbert Big Band (England) i 2008 og indspillede samme
år et album i det legendariske Abbey Road Studios i London med bandet.
Espen kan høres på flg. CD-indspilninger: Espen Laub Illumination Quintet, Khrat,
Phil Parnell3, Klüvers Big Band, Matthew Herbert Big Band, Blood Sweat
Drum’n’Bass Big Band, Willy Egmose Trio, JKA And The Band, Burich/l’Etienne NO
Ensemble, Lillian Boutté Music Friends.
PHIL PARNELL
Piano
USA, New Orleans
Phil Parnell er en enestående repræsentant for New Orleans pianostil. Hans
spil omfatter mange af New Orleans-musikkens facetter.
Phils interesse for musik startede allerede i 5-års alderen og som
teenager kom den største påvirkning fra jazzmusikken.
For at dygtiggøre sig, beskæftigede han sig med pianisten Ellis Marsalis´
pianostil. Dette førte til en uddannelse på Berklee College of Music i Boston.
Da han vendte tilbage til New Orleans, begyndte han at spille med nogle af de
gamle jazzkoryfæer. Snart akkompagnerede han mange af de kendte New
Orleans-musikere ved koncerter i byens talrige dansehaller, barer, festivaler,
på hjuldamperne, og ikke mindst i udlandet - stilmæssigt spændende over jazz,
funk, latin, rock og rhythm&blues.
Gennem "Musicians for Music", New Orleans, La., har han modtaget en
pris i komposition fra "National Endowment of the arts".
Phil har spillet og indspillet med navne som Johnny Vidacovich, Gatemouth Brown,
Thomas Jefferson, Danny Barker, Leroy Jones, Bo Diddly, Astrud Gilberto, George
Porter, Red Tyler, Thelma Houston, Lillian Boutté, Freddy Kohlman, Dave
Bartholemew.
***
Phil started showing
serious interest in music at age five and was heavily influenced by jazz as a
teenager. He sought out Ellis Marsalis to further his musical education
which led to studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After returning to
New Orleans he began working with some of the older trad masters and soon
he found himself accompanying many of New Orleans´ extrordinary musicians,
playing jazz, funk, R&B, latin, rock, and trad, working in the countless
dance halls, bars, steamboats, playing concerts, festivals and gigs in the
Crescent City and around the world.
Over the years Phil has shared the stage as a sideman with a variety of notable
musicians including; Gatemouth Brown, Thomas Jefferson, Danny Barker,
Leroy Jones, Bo Diddly, Astrud Gilberto, George Porter, Red Tyler, Thelma
Houston, Freddy Kohlman and Dave Bartholemew.
Via Musicians for Music, New Orleans, La. he received a grant for composition
from the National Endowment of the arts.
Now residing in London, Phil has most recently been touring and recording with
Lillian Boutté and Matthew Herbert as well as composing and recording his own
music.
Highlights from 2002 include Montreaux Jazz Fest and the Rising Sun Festival In
Japan with the Matthew Herbert Big Band as well as a CD recorded at Abbey
Road due out in March. Lillian Boutté´s new Gospel CD and Danish tour as well as
Eduard Kellers New Orleans Parade tour Of Switzerland. Do Your Living In
The Night, a new CD now available on Mantis Records of Phil´s jazzy electronica
recorded at Villagestudio in London.
2003 promises a Royal Festival Hall Concert of MH Big Band and North Sea Fest in
Capetown and the Ascona Festival as well as the launch of Phil´s own live
show with gigs around Europe.
RIKKE MØLGAARD
Vocal
Danmark
I en tid hvor alle med mere eller mindre
X-faktor kan høres og ses på landsdækkende TV, er det dejligt at opleve den ægte
vare i levende live.
Rikke Mølgaard har talentet og en stor stemme, og leverer altid en super
performance, hvad utallige optrædener i ind- og udland vidner om. Det er
sjældent, at man oplever en sanger med så meget sjæl, indlevelse og power.
Rikke er en meget eftertragtet sanger, som ofte er med, når danske og
internationale solister går på scenen, og hun kan ofte opleves med de store
underholdningeorkestre og big bands.
Rikke Mølgaard har optrådt med bl.a. Chris De Bourgh, Stig Rossen, Michael
Carøe, Bobo Moreno, Johnny Madsen,Tivolis bigband, DR´s underholdningsorkester,
Finn Nørbygaard, Johnny Logan og Bob Ricketts.
Hun er endvidere kendt fra TV-programmerne ”Hit med sangen”, ”Stjerne for en
aften”, ”Finn & co.” og ”Charlie Varieté”.
PETER "BANJO" MEYER
Banjo & guitar
Tyskland
Peter Meyer er født og opvokset i Hamborg, Tyskland.
Fik sin første musikundervisning som 9-årig på harmonika, men skiftede snart
til banjo og guitar.
Optrådte første gang til en offentlig koncert i 1959 og dannede i 1963
sammen med trompetisten Abbi Hübner orkestret "Abbi Hübners Low Down Wizards".
Efter en periode som semi-professionel racerkører, dannede han i 1970 det
populære "Jazz Lips". Orkestret har nyligt fejret 35 års jubilæum og er "still
going strong".
Efter optrædender i New Orleans og Chicago, turnerede Peter Meyer i Tyskland
med jazzveteraner som Ikey Robinson, Thomas Jefferson og Paul Barnes.
I løbet af karrieren har Peter Meyer indspillet mere end 65 vinylplader, CD´er
og DVD´er. Han har arbejdet som arrangør, producent, studiemusiker og komponist
for div. pladeproducenter og kunstnere, heriblandt TV-serien "Sesam Strasse" og
NDR børne-TV.
I 1994 dannede Peter Meyer orkestret "European Jazz Giants", som har præsenteret
mange udenlandske topnavne i Tyskland.
***
Der Banjoist, Gitarrist und Sänger Peter “Banjo” Meyer wurde am 28. März 1944 in
Hamburg geboren. Seinen ersten Musikunterricht erhielt er im Alter von 9 Jahren
auf dem Akkordeon. Alsbald wechselte er jedoch zum Banjo und zur Gitarre, wo er
als Autodidakt sehr schnell erstaunliche Fortschritte erzielte.
Bereits 1959 hatte Peter seinen ersten öffentlichen Auftritt mit einer Jazzband!
1963 gründete er zusammen mit dem Hamburger Trompeter Abbi Hübner die “Abbi
Hübners Low Down Wizards” und spielte dazu in verschiedenen Hamburger Jazz- und
Rhythm & Blues-Bands.
Nach einem Abstecher in die semi-professionelle Automobil-Rennszene wurde Peter
1970 einer der “Gründerväter” der bis heute so populären Hamburger Kultjazzband
“Jazz Lips”. 1974 stellte er “Meyers Dampfkapelle” zusammen und landete mit dem
sozialkritischen Song “Ich mag so gern am Fließband steh’n” einen viel
beachteten Hit.
Nach Auftritten in New Orleans und Chikago tourte er durch Deutschland mit
Jazz-Veteranen wie Ikey Robinson, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Barnes und der New
Yorker “Clyde Bernhardt’s Harlem Blues & Jazzband” und nahm mit ihnen diverse
Schallplatten auf.
Weitere Stationen seiner langen Karriere waren Auftritte, TV- und
Plattenaufnahmen mit den “Jazz Lips” (denen er bis heute treu geblieben ist),
dem Hamburger Klarinettisten und Saxofonisten Reiner Regel, mit Gottfried
Böttger, der “Old Merry Tale Jazzband”, dem Bremer Sinfonie-Orchester in der
Produktion “Porgy & Bess”, den “Hamburg Jazz All Stars”, Konzertreisen mit
“Meyer’s Dampfkapelle” in den USA und Mexiko und Solo-Engagements zu
Banjo-Festivals in Amerika.
Im Laufe seiner Karriere nahm Peter bisher mehr als 65 LPs, CDs und DVDs auf,
darunter zahlreiche Solo-Alben. Peter arbeitete als freier Arrangeur, Produzent,
Studiomusiker und Komponist für diverse Plattenfirmen und Künstler, u.a. für die
Fernsehserie “Sesam Straße” und den NDR-Kinderfunk.
Die Hansestadt Hamburg schickte ihn als musikalischen Botschafter zu Festivals
in Marseille und Prag.
Auf vielen internationalen Jazz-Festivals war er zu Gast: Breda, s’Hertogenbosch
(NL), Jazz Ascona, AVO-Session Basel, Biel, Lenk, Solothurn, Meilen,
Dixie-Festival Zürich (CH), Silda-Jazz Haugesund (N), Tønder, Lillebelt-Festival,
Rømø, Femø (DK), Upton (GB), Baden-Baden, Rust, Hot Jazz Meeting, Jazz-Marathon,
Balingen (D), San Jose, Kansas City (USA) und viele mehr.
1994 gründete Peter Meyer die “European Jazz Giants”, in denen er seither
zusammen mit vielen internationalen Jazzgrößen spielt. Von 1996 bis 2006 spielte
in einer weiteren europäischen All Star-Formation, “Andy Cooper’s Euro Top 8”.
Mit der Sängerin Lillian Boutté aus New Orleans verbinden ihn eine langjährige
Freundschaft und viele gemeinsame Auftritte, so z.B. Tourneen durch Dänemark und
England sowie eine Konzertreise und TV-Produktion in der Schweiz mit der “New
Orleans Parade”. Peters virtuoses Spiel, seine humorvolle Moderation und die
natürliche Präsentation seiner Bands sind Garantien für außergewöhnliche und
hochklassige Musikerlebnisse.
FINN ODDERSKOV
Clarinet, sopransax, tenorsax & vocal
DK
Finn Odderskov er født i 1947.
Gennem årene har han spillet i mange forskellige bands, stilmæssigt spændende
fra traditionel jazz over swing og blues til moderne jazz.
Som freelance musiker har han haft en del arbejde for Danmarks Radio og TV,
ligesom han i perioder har arbejdet som musiker på teatrene rundt om i landet.
Som sideman har han spillet med musikere som Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Roffe
Erickson, Thad Jones, Bud Freeman, Ben Webster.
Modtog "Jazzpris Silkeborg" i 2007.
THOMAS ALTMANN
Drums
Tyskland
Thomas Altmann
er født i Hamborg,
Tyskland, i 1954.
Han har arbejdet som professionel musiker siden 1979 og har besøgt Cuba flere
gange for at studere de cubanske rytmer.
Han behersker den traditionelle jazzstil, ragtime, New Orleans, dixieland, swing
og bop. Han arbejder som trommeslager i bla. Altonaer Theater og i
Deutshen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.
Han er også en meget benyttet percussionist indenfor genrerne salsa, cubansk,
brasiliansk og ghanesisk musik – såvel live som studiemusiker. Han arbejder som
percussionist med bla. NDR-Big Band.
LEROY JONES
Trompet & vocal
USA, New Orleans
www.satchmo.com/leroyjones
Leroy Jones er født i New Orleans, USA i 1958.
Begyndte at spille trompet som 10-årig i skoleorkester. Som 13-årig var han
leder af Danny Barkers ungdoms-brassband "Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band",
som optrådte ved forskellige kirkelige arrangementer, begravelser, parader og
velgørenhedskoncerter i New Orleans. Orkestret blev senere til "The Hurricane
Brass Band" som igen blev spiren til "The Dirty Dozen Brass Band".
Leroy har sin egen quintet. Desuden medlem af Harry Connick Jr. Orchestra og
leder af Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Leroy har turneret i USA, Canada, Europa, Sydamerika, Asien og Australien.
Diskografi: "Mo´ Cream From The Crop", "Props for Pops",
"Back To My Roots" - Sony/Columbia.
***
Born in New Orleans on February 20th, 1958, Leroy began studying the trumpet at
the age 10, in school band. By the time he was 13 years old, he was already
playing gigs and leading Danny Barker´s Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band. The
Fairview Band performed at church events, Social & Pleasure Club events,
Funerals, and Second Line Parades all over the city of New Orleans. The band has
performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Smithsonian
Institute Festival of Culture & Folklore. The Fairview band later evolved into
the Hurricane Brass Band, which became the seed of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Leroy Jones was a significant figure amongst the new breed of aspiring young
musicians participating in Barker´s renaissance of New Orleans brass bands.
After a very brief stint in the Jazz Studies Program at Loyola University´s
Conservatory of Music, Jones joined the musicians union and went on to pursue
his career as a professional musician. He has played with nearly all the famous
jazz bands in town, and has performed at festivals and clubs throughout the U.S.,
Canada, Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, Japan and Australia.
The past decade Jones has been a member of the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra,
performed on numerous recordings with various artists, leads one of the
Preservation Hall Jazz Bands and has two critically acclaimed solo releases, "Mo´ Cream From The Crop"
and "Props for Pops" on the Sony/Columbia label. Jones
continues to travel and record the world over.
KARSTEN BAGGE
Drums
DK
www.karstenbagge.dk
Karsten Bagge er født i
København i 1971.
Han er uddannet fra Det Rytmiske Musikkonservatorium i København og har bla.
studeret hos Herlin Riley og Ed Thigpen.
Prisvinder ved Gexto Jazzfestivals konkurrencedel og European Jazz Contest i
Bruxelles i 1998 med orkestret Out To Lunch.
Karsten er fast medlem af flg. bands: Jan Lippert Kvartet, Out To Lunch,
Pernille Bevort Group, Villaume/Rockwell Kvartet, Peter Poulsen Sekstet,
BaggeSchack. Endvidere samarbejde med Danmarks Radios Bigband.
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Karsten Bagge was born i Copenhagen in 1971.
Graduated
from The Rhytmic Music Conservatoty in Copenhagen and took lessons from Herlin
Riley and Ed Thigpen.
In 1998 he was nominated at the international jazzcompetition in
Gexto, Spain and at the European Jazz Contest in Brussels with the band Out
To Lunch.
Karsten is a member of following bands: Jan Lippert Kvartet, Out To Lunch,
Pernille Bevort Group, Villaume/Rockwell Kvartet, Peter Poulsen Sekstet,
BaggeSchack. Furthermore he co-operates with the Danish Radio Bigband.
NORMAN EMBERSON
Drums
England
Norman Emberson har arbejdet med bla. Sammy Rimington og Lillian Boutté gennem
en lang årrække.
Var trommeslager i Chris Barbers Band i perioden 1979-1989.
Norman var nær ven med den kendte New Orleans-trommeslager Freddie Kohlman, som
også var hans lærer.
Free-lance og eget
band.
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Starting off on guitar, Norman
became interested in New Orleans Style Jazz and started playing drums in 1966.
Just three years later he was asked to travel to Italy, where he played and recorded with New Orleans Preservation Hall musicians Emmanuel Sayles
(banjo)
and the legendary New Orleans
pianist Alton Purnell.
On returning to England he joined Mike Casimir´s New Orleans Stompers and then
Sammy Rimington Quintet. It was with Sammy that he was seen by England´s
leading musical entre- preneur and bandleader Chris Barber, and was invited to
join his band, following Pete York.
Then followed ten years of playing around
the world with Barber, where up to date he can be heard on 40 records with the
band. During this time he met and recorded with the great
Dr. John from New Orleans, who gave him a grounding in the New Orleans R&B drumming
styles.
Since leaving the band in 1989, Norman has embarked on a free-lance career
playing all over Europe with a wide variety of groups. He became member of
Lillian Boutte´s Music Friends and is the regular drummer for the Neville
Dickie Band in England, in addition to running his own jazz band and brass band,
for all occasions.
A regular visitor to the Ascona Jazz Festival, he has also participated in
workshops in Ascona teaching the art and style of New Orleans drumming, and
together with Lillian and her band he participates regularly with her school
workshops throughout Europe.
Norman
is well known and respected on the European jazz scene and has proven his
ability to perform not only New Orleans jazz, but also ragtime to early bop,
R&B to gospel.
SAMMY RIMINGTON
Clarinet, alto-, & tenorsax
England
Sammy Rimington har viet sit liv til New Orleans-musikken. Han begyndte at
spille professionelt i en alder af kun 18 år, da han blev medlem af Ken Colyer Jazzmen, som på det
tidspunkt var ét af Europas førende orkestre.
Sammy Rimington kan høres på ikke mindre end 140 LP´er og mere end 50 CD´er.
Han har optrådt med utallige af jazzens store navne: George Lewis, som var
personlig ven og lærer, Kid Thomas, Jabbo Smith, Doc Cheatham, Red Allen, Muddy
Waters, the Chris Barber
Band og mange flere.
I 1965 turnerede og indspillede Sammy med det legendariske "December
Band", som bla. bestod af Kid Thomas, Jim Robinson, Captain John Handy og Sammy
Penn.
Sammy Rimington var medlem af "Louis Nelsons New Orleans All
Stars". Med dette orkester turnerede han i Japan i 1987, 1988 og 1989.
Sammy Rimington var med på den første New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
i 1969.
Siden var han igen med på denne festival i 1989 som medlem af Louis Nelsons All
Stars.
I 1990 var han der med sit eget band og endelig i 1994, som medlem af Doc Cheathams All
Stars og Danny Barkers Band.
Sammy Rimington har sit eget band i Europa, og han optræder en del som solist i
forskellige sammenhænge. Således rejser han hvert år til Australien, U.S.A. og
Japan for at optræde som solist.
Sammy Rimington har ydet en stor indsats for New Orleans-musikken og dens
udbredelse.
Ikke blot grundet hans helt personlige, følsomme fortolkning af musikken, men også fordi
han sammen med sin kone, Louise, gennem adskillige år har arrangeret turneer med New
Orleans-musikere i Europa.
Amerikanske musikere, som har været solister i Sammy Rimingtons Band på
turneer i Europa:
Kid Thomas Valentine, Louis Nelson, Jabbo Smith, Doc Cheatham, Danny Barker, Kid
Sheik, Thomas Jefferson, Sing Miller, Louis Barbarin, Sam Lee, Jeanet Kimbal, Chester Zardis, Dave Williams,
Frank Fields, Alvin Alcorn, Emanuel Paul, Emanuel Sayles, John Brunious, Wendell Brunious, Stanley Williams,
Topsy
Chapman, Juanita Brooks og Sylvia "Kuumba" Williams.
