Bill Holman Jazz in Concert
jazz CD · categorised by title
RRP £19.55 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Performers
- Holman, Bill
- Label
- Hanssler Classic Records/Naxo
- Barcode
- 9786309581730
samples SWR Big Band Bill Holman Jazz in Concert My Instrument is the Orchestra" At last, an arranger who exploits the full sound opportunities offered by a big band" the SWR Big Band was enthusiastic about Bill Holmans scores. At last, here was someone who brought all of the musicians into play with varying themes, even during solo parts. No slacking, but total concentration on what is coming next; these are arrangements of the very highest order, arrangements which pose constant challanges to the musicians. Bill Holman demands that good arrangement should tell a story: Something organic, an inner logic," an idea which runs consistently from A to Z. The former saxophonist and clarinettist started arranging as a result of nerve demage to his lower lip he was simply unable to play his instrument any more. In the 1950s, Bill Holman worked his way up to become one of the elite of jazz-arrangers. His motto: my instrument is the orchestra."
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