https://youtu.be/J3SZjFh43lk

https://youtu.be/J3SZjFh43lk
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Jazzrausch Bigband
directed and produced by Roman Sladek
Special guest: Nils Landgren / trombone on Sonata I - IV

Recording Information
Recorded by Umberto Echo at Dorian Gray Studios, Eichenau / Munich in August 2019
Mixed by Umberto Echo
Mastered by Klaus Scheuermann

The Beethoven 250th anniversary on 17 December 2020 is an event of national significance in Germany. It even finds its way into the text of the Federal Government's coalition agreement, where it is stated that the anniversary "offers outstanding opportunities for Germany as a cultural nation both at home and abroad. That is why the preparations for this important anniversary are task for the nation." Jazzrausch Bigband got the memo straight away. With their album "Beethoven's Breakdown" the band is honouring the pioneering composer in its own way. Not by being historically authentic or by preserving him in aspic, but in a manner that befits Beethoven the radical innovator. Just as he revolutionized the history of music, the equally forward-looking JRBB has pushed ahead with its bold concept of orchestral techno-jazz...