Joe Zawinul: "BIRDLAND" | Frankfurt Radio Big Band | Funk | Groove | Weather Report

The fifth edition of the hr big band series "Act Local" featured "funky grooves" by Herbie Hancock's "Headhunters" and classics from the fusion supergroup "Weather Report" - with bassist Franziska Aller, percusionist Angela Frontera and the keyboardist Ulf Kleiner.
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BIRDLAND a composition by Joe Zawinul
Arrangement by Jim McNeely

Soloists: Martin Scales, g; Ulf Kleiner, moog

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Lars Seniuk, cond
Ulf Kleiner, keys
Franziska Aller, b
Angela Frontera, perc

saxes: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, Oliver Leicht, Tony Lakatos, Steffen Weber, Rainer Heute
trombones: Günter Bollmann, Felix Fromm, Christian Jaksjö, Robert Hedemann
trumpets: Frank Wellert, Thomas Vogel, Martin Auer, Axel Schlosser
rhythm: Martin Scales, g; Jean Paul Höchstädter, dr

Performance of the Frankfurt Radio Big Band 30 january 2021
hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt, Germany

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