It doesn't get much more "classic Be-Bop" than "Donna Lee"! This version, the latest installment of our "Studio 4 Sessions" series, is another arrangement by the late, great Bill Holman. It features Ben Fitzpatrick on tenor sax and Hans Dekker on drums. Recorded live in Studio 4, directed by Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea (also sitting in on tenor sax). Bops away! ------------- Es gibt kaum etwas, das mehr „klassischer Be-Bop” ist als „Donna Lee”! Diese Version, die neueste Folge unserer Reihe „Studio 4

9.7K views · 468 reactions | Here's a beautiful tune to start off the week! "Darwinism" is a composition and arrangement by our piano player Billy Test, featuring Raphael Klemm on trombone and Billy on piano. It was recorded live in the WDR Funkhaus, as a part of our "Personal Sound" stream with Billy and Raphael. Conducted by Ansgar Striepens. | WDR Big Band | Facebook

11K views · 889 reactions | The 1950 Brodszky/Cahn tune "Be My Love"...

17K views · 392 reactions | Our guitar player Paul Shigihara, introducing the new app "Auf Deutsch". ©Jennifer Jasmin Kessler (BSK Digital Media) | WDR Big Band | Facebook

20K views · 845 reactions | We are very proud and happy to be able to present our new app, "WDR Big Band Play Along", giving you the opportunity to play along with us, featuring 5 (to begin with) original charts of various difficulty levels! Mix the individual tracks, play along or mute "your" instrument, read the music from the screen, or download it to print out. Have fun, and PLAY ALONG WITH US! Available today in the German App Store and Play Store. | WDR Big Band | Facebook

32K views · 701 reactions | In 1960, Frederico Fellini's masterpiece "La Dolce Vita" hit the big screen, with music by the great Nino Rota, of course. This arrangement of the main theme is an arrangement by Jörg Achim Keller(also conducting) and features Paul Heller on tenor sax, and Billy Test on organ. Recorded live in the WDR Funkhaus as a part of our "Big Band at the Movies" live stream. | WDR Big Band | Facebook

37K views · 894 reactions | [WDR BIG BAND WITH DON MENZA - GROOVIN' HARD] Today's "Sunday Swinger" takes us back to the project "Jazz Vegas" with tenor player Don Menza. The hard-swinging "Groovin' Hard" features Don and Olivier Peters on tenor sax, Frank Chastenier on piano, with a very nice soli by the sax sextion to boot! Swing on! | WDR Big Band | Facebook

600K views · 17K reactions | Remembering Quincy Jones: We had the...

Practicing for my upcoming performance with the WDR Big Band in Cologne – so excited for this! ✨ Jazz mal anders: BIG BAND MEETS THEREMIN Carolina Eyck WDR Big Band Christian Elsässer 3.4.2025 Kölner Philharmonie | Carolina Eyck