muzycy:
EMJO (European Movement Jazz Orchestra):
Izidor Leitinger: conductor
Alexander Hartman: trumpet
Benny Brown: trumpet
Igor Matković: trumpet
Matthias Schrief: trumpet
Alexander Hartman: trumpet
Susana Santos Silva: trumpet
Elmano Coelho: saxophones
Jaka Kopač: saxophones
Philippe Gropper: saxophones
Jure Pukl: saxophones
Uwe Steinmetz: saxophones
Jörn Marcussen-Wulff: trombone
Paulo Perfeito: trombone
Rui Bandeira: trombone
Lars Arens: trombone
Kaja Draksler: piano
Jani Moder: guitar
André Carvalho: double bass
Robert Jukic: double bass
Tobias Backhaus: drums

Editor's info:
Prepare yourself for a big surprise. The European Movement Jazz Orchestra may be formed by young musicians still in the beginning of their very promissing careers, but what they offer here is a fantastically performed, fresh, enthusiastic and very pertinent vision of the big band model. With German, Slovenian and Portuguese participants, this project founded in the context of the European Union was started in 2007 and uses only original compositions writen by the people involved. Among the top soloists are trumpeters Matthias Schriefl and Susana Santos Silva, alto saxophonist Uwe Steinmetz, tenor saxophonists Phillipp Gropper and Jure Pukl, trombonists Lars Arens and Joern Marcussen-Wulff, pianist Kaja Draksler and drummer Tobias Backhaus. The pieces are signed by Jurgen Friedrich, Jure Pukl, Paulo Perfeito, Robert Jukic, Kaja Draksler and Matthias Schriefl. The conductor in this live recording (in the Portuguese festival Jazz ao Centro) is Izidor Leitinger and the music heard corresponds entirely to the EMJO program of intentions: it's what is being called "European jazz". Jazz with an European spirit, diverse but globally identified, either because of its "classical" feeling, or because it incorporates popular or folk motifs, like the "blasmusik" of the German fanfares. Curious enough?

"Przygotujcie się na dużą niespodziankę. The European Movement Jazz Orchestra utworzona została z młodych muzyków, którzy rozpoczynają dopiero swoje zawodowe - i mamy nadzieję, że obiecujące - kariery. Tutaj prezentują się z jak najlepszej strony, grając ze świeżością, inwencją, entuzjazmem i znakomitą znajomością tradycji dużych jazzowych big bandów. Złożony przede wszystkim z muzyków z Niemiec, Słowenii i Portugalii projekt wystartował w 2007 roku i bazuje na własnych kompozycjach, napisanych przez członków zespołu. Czasami wykorzystują oni folkowe tematy z krajów własnego pochodzenia, czasami odwołują się do tradycji jazzowych orkiestr - i to zarówno tych spod znaku swingu, jak i jazzu latynoskiego. Znakomicie zagrane, pełne polotu kompozycje wsparte zwartymi solówkami młodych instrumentalistów. Czego chcieć więcej?"



Editor's info:
Prepare yourself for a big surprise. The European Movement Jazz Orchestra may be formed by young musicians still in the beginning of their very promissing careers, but what they offer here is a fantastically performed, fresh, enthusiastic and very pertinent vision of the big band model. With German, Slovenian and Portuguese participants, this project founded in the context of the European Union was started in 2007 and uses only original compositions writen by the people involved. Among the top soloists are trumpeters Matthias Schriefl and Susana Santos Silva, alto saxophonist Uwe Steinmetz, tenor saxophonists Phillipp Gropper and Jure Pukl, trombonists Lars Arens and Joern Marcussen-Wulff, pianist Kaja Draksler and drummer Tobias Backhaus. The pieces are signed by Jurgen Friedrich, Jure Pukl, Paulo Perfeito, Robert Jukic, Kaja Draksler and Matthias Schriefl. The conductor in this live recording (in the Portuguese festival Jazz ao Centro) is Izidor Leitinger and the music heard corresponds entirely to the EMJO program of intentions: it's what is being called "European jazz". Jazz with an European sp.......
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