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MPS Pt.4 Two month of big bands and large ensembles / Orchester Erwin Lehn, Foreign Exchange (Dec. 16th, 2016)

The last two month of the year 2016 will be full of records by big bands and large ensembles. Multiple styles will be represented: From Dixieland and New Orleans sounds to soul and fusion. Check out the fourth bunch of re-issues:

Orchester Erwin Lehn - Color In Jazz
From 1951-92 Erwin Lehn conducted one of Germany's leading swing big bands, the Radio Stuttgart Dance Orchestra. The band included top names from the international jazz scene, including American trombonists Bob Burgess (Stan Kenton and Woody Herman bands) and Donald Beightol (Oliver Nelson), Swedish trumpeter Rolf Ericson (Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich Sextet), German Saxophonist Joki Freund (Albert Mangelsdorff, Hans Koller), and Dutch trumpet great Ack Van Rooyen. Composed by either band saxophonist Bernd Rabe or Lehn, the vibrant pieces cover a wide range of contemporary jazz.

Foreign Exchange - The First Album
Known as Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante Present "2 + 2" in the States, this special album earned keyboardist/composer/arranger Clare Fischer his first Emmy. It combines the American's lauded Latin group Salsa Picante with another of Fischer's musical loves, vocal jazz. Before he migrated into Latin and bossa, Fischer arranged and played piano for one of the most popular vocal jazz groups of the late 1950's the Hi-Lo's. A major influence on the next generation of musicians, Fischer's place in the jazz Pantheon is secure – several of his compositions have become jazz and Latin standards; Herbie Hancock commented "I wouldn't be me without Clare Fischer". The group includes conga star Poncho Sánchez, Weather Report percussionist Alex Acuña, Fischer's son, Brent (Prince, Michael Jackson, Usher, Al Jarreau), and Grammy award-winning singer Darlene Koldenhoven.

MPS Records
Distribution: Edel:Kultur/ Kontor New Media MPS Records Homepage

Release Date: December 16th, 2016
(2 months exclusively on iTunes. Subsequently available on all common download services.)

Mastered for iTunes // 24-bit-Transfer from original master tapes // produced by Dirk Sommer



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