Welcome to the MySpace site of the DR Big Band!
DR Big Band (former Danish Radio Big Band) has played itself into the international musical heavyweight class in its more than forty years of existence.
The band was formed in 1964 and has acted as an ensemble for the international jazz elite ever since, working with prominent artists such as Ray Pitts, Palle Mikkelborg, Thad Jones, Ole Kock Hansen, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim McNeely, Miles Davis, Van Morrison, David Sanborn, Stan Kenton, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, George Russell, Kurt Elling, Manhattan Transfer, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Toots Thielemans, McCoy Tyner, Maria Schneider, Bob Mintzer, Martial Solal, Tom Harrell and Benny Golson.
The nineteen members of DR Big Band include some of the leading jazz musicians in the Øresundregion (i.e. Denmark and Skåne, the southernmost part of Sweden), among them Lars Møller, Henrik Bolberg, Vincent Nilsson, Anders and Christer Gustavsson and last but not least pianist and composer Nikolaj Bentzon, who has been chief conductor and artistic leader of the band since summer 2006.
Former members of DR Big Band include stars such as Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Jesper Thilo, Allan Botschinsky and Bent Jædig.
The DR Big Band gives concerts at home and abroad, and every year it tours Denmark with different soloists. DR Big Band retains its place at the centre of the Danish jazz scene and its important role as a busy ambassador for Denmark and DR abroad.
Photos on this site by Carsten Weide ©
Click here and visit our web page for more info. English and danish versions available.
Please feel free to podcast DR Big Band. All you have to do is copy this link into your podcast program.
http://podcast.dr.dk/p2/rssfeed/DRbigband.xml
or click here to visit our podcast site.
The DR Big Band CDs are available from iTunes. Click the pictures below:
Jomi Massage meets DR Big band & Lars Møller. 2006
DR Big Band & Eivør Pálsdóttir - Trøllabundin. 2005
DR Big Band - Dansk Stereo. 2005
DR Big Band - Cuban Flavour. 2004
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