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Paula Morelenbaum & SWR Big Band, Bossarenova, feat. Joo Kraus

 

Paula Morelenbaum, vocal

Ralf Schmid, musical director, piano, keys

Joo Kraus, trumpet

Karl Farrent, trumpet

Felice Civitareale, trumpet

Frank Wellert, trumpet

Rudi Reindl, trumpet

Ernst Hutter, trombone

Marc Godfroid, trombone

Ian Cumming, trombone

Georg Maus, trombone

Andi Maile, woodwinds

Alex Kühn, woodwinds

Klaus Graf, woodwinds

Steffen Weber, woodwinds

Pierre Paquette, woodwinds

Decebal Badila, bass

Klaus-Peter Schöpfer, guitar

Guido Jöris, drums

Jorge Brazil, percussion

 

Style: Bossa nova

From: BRA/ D

FIRST TIME IN ASCONA!

SPECIAL EVENT

 

La cantante brasiliana Paula Morelenbaum e la SWR Big Band con il trombettista Joo Kraus nelle vesti di ospite speciale, saranno i protagonisti della serata inaugurale del festival con un SPECIAL EVENTS (e da non perdere) dedicato ai più celebri standard brasiliani.

Paula Morelenbaum è una cantante di successo nata a Rio de Janeiro. La sua carriera ha avuto un primo acuto con la partecipazione nella live band del cantante e compositore di bossanova Antonio Carlos Jobim, e in seguito nel Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum. Assieme al marito Jaques Morelenbaum e in collaborazione con il noto musicista e produttore discografico giapponese Ryuichi Sakamoto, ha dato vita al trio Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto. Data del 2009 la registrazione dell’album Bossarenova con la Big Band della Südwest Rundfunk, formazione tedesca di gran classe che ha appena ricevuto la sua quarta nomination ai Grammy Awards nella categoria “Best Large Jazz Ensemble” per l’album Fun Time. Ospite speciale della serata asconese, il trombettista e compositore Joo Kraus, uno degli esponenti di maggiore successo del nuovo e più innovativo jazz tedesco, balzato agli onori delle cronache con Tab Two, album a cavallo fra hip-hop e jazz. Il suo più recente lavoro, Sueño, si ispira alla musica di Cuba.

 

Brazilian singer Paula Morelenbaum and the German Grammy-nominated SWR Big Band featuring trumpeter Joo Kraus come together for a one-time SPECIAL EVENTS evening on the festival's opening night, during which they will play Brazilian standards. Born in Rio de Janeiro, for ten years Paula Morelenbaum was in the band that toured with bossa nova singer and songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim and was also part of the Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum. Together with her husband Jaques Morelenbaum and with renowned Japanese musician, composer, and record producer Ryuichi Sakamoto they made up the trio Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto. In 2009 she recorded Bossarenova with the German Südwest Rundfunk Big Band, who just received its fourth Grammy nomination in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble category, this time for its album Fun Time, and with whom Morelenbaum will be performing in Ascona. The evening will feature as special guest trumpeter and composer Joo Kraus, one of the most successful exponents of innovative jazz in Germany, who gained special recognition with his hip-hop & jazz project Tab Two. His most recent album, Sueño, draws its inspiration from the music of Cuba.

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