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First time ever bigbandproject of drummer Brian Blade and his amazing Fellowship Band if you like it, please subscribe to our channel. Thanks!

Timecodes for each song:
0:48 Evinrude Fifty (Soloists: Melvin Butler, ts; Myron Walden, as; Jon Cowherd, p)
12:34 Baltica (Soloists: Doug Weiss, b; Steffen Weber, ts)
22:51 Broken Leg Days (Soloists: Axel Schlosser, tp; Melvin Butler, ts)
32:30 Omni (Soloists: Myron Walden, as; SaxSection: Jon Cowherd, p; Martin Scales, g; Brian Blade, dr)
42:28 Ark.La.Tex. (Soloists: Myron Walden, as; Jon Cowherd, p)
56:35 Catalyst (Soloists: Myron Walden, as; HeinzDieter Sauerborn, as; Melvin Butler, ts)
1:06:41 Peoples Park (Soloists: Mlevin Butler, ts; Jon Cowherd, p; Myron Walden, bcl; Stefan Karl Schmid, Steffen Weber, tss)
1:15:23 Band Presentation
1:18:13 Kings Highway (Soloists: Melvin Butler, ts; Martin Scales, as; Doug Weiss, b; Myron Walden, as; Jon Cowherd, p)
1:35:00 Friends Call Her Dot

hrBIGBAND feat. BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND
Melvin Butler | saxophone
Myron Walden | saxophone
Jon Cowherd | piano
Doug Weiss | bass
Brian Blade | drums
Jim McNeely | conductor
Soloists: Melvin Butler, ts; Martin Scales, g; Doug Weiss, b; Myron Walden, as;
Jon Cowherd, p

compositions by Brian Blade & John Cowherd
arranged by Jim McNeely

LiveRecording at hrSendesaal, Frankfurt, mai 16th 2019

Whether in the bands of Wayne Shorter, Joshua Redman, Chick Corea, Joni Mitchell or Norah Jones: Brian Blade's drumming is always recognizable. Elegant, bouncy, breathing such adjectives come to mind when Blade colors and shapes music. Unusually for a drummer he prefers the soft, fine tones and thinks in large compositional arcs. This is also evident in the pieces he and his longtime friend Jon Cowherd composed over the years for his “Fellowship Band” since 1997. Lyrical jazz with a long breath and a sense for beautiful melodies.

deutsch:
Egal ob in den Bands von Wayne Shorter, Joshua Redman, Chick Corea, Joni Mitchell oder Norah Jones: Brian Blades Schlagzeugspiel ist stets erkennbar. Elegant, federnd, atmend – solche Adjektive kommen einem in den Sinn, wenn Blade das musikalische Geschehen geschmackvoll und reaktionsschnell auf Fellen und Becken koloriert und gestaltet. Ungewöhnlich für einen Schlagzeuger zieht er die leisen, feinen Töne vor und denkt in großen kompositorischen Bögen. Das merkt man auch den Stücken an, die er über die Jahre für seine 1997 gegründete Fellowship Band komponiert hat. Lyrischer Jazz mit langem Atem, der keine Scheu vor schönen Melodien hat.


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hrBigband:
trumpets: Frank Wellert, Thomas Vogel, Martin Auer, Axel Schlösser
saxophones: HeinzDieter Sauerborn, Oliver Leicht, Stefan Karl Schmid, Steffen Weber, Rainer Heute
trombones: Günter Bollmann, Robbie Harvey, Christian Jaksjö, Manfred Honetschläger
guitar: Martin Scales

Credits:
Olaf Stötzler, manager Frankfurt Radio Bigband
Lucia Rosu, executive producer
Axel Gutzler, soundengineer
Rainer Schwarz, soundengineer

cameras: Julien Wintermeier, Julia Gnann, Manuel Pater, Toni Müller
recording manager: Sabine Wiesner
techn. production: Eric Kirchheim
livestreaming: Jochen Hensel
project coordinator: Matthias Hohn
executive producer video: Nikolas Pieper
production manager: Hartmuth Niemczik
producer: Manuel Meyer

A production of Hessischer Rundfunk 2019