Am Weihnachtsabend Jazzrausch Bigband

• 1 Großstadt-Weihnachten  03:30
• 2 Christmas Time Is Here  04:01
• 3 Sankt Niklas' Auszug  05:44
• 4 Advent  04:28
• 5 Am Weihnachtsabend  05:23
• 6 O Du Gnadenreiche Zeit  05:22
• 7 Vom Honigkuchenmann  03:36
• 8 Das Weihnachtsbäumlein  05:20
• 9 Vom Christkind  03:59
• 10 Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her 03:36
• Total Runtime 44:59

Info for Am Weihnachtsabend

Ever since the ensemble was founded, its own Christmas programme has been a firm fixture in its repertoire – lovingly refined and reimagined.

The common musical thread is a selection of familiar German-language Christmas carols, arranged with humour and skill by chief composer Leonhard Kuhn: a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Count Basie, Woody Herman, Quincy Jones and the Comedian Harmonists – entirely without electronic sounds, yet with no less drive.

Who still composes new Christmas carols these days? The Jazzrausch Big Band has never been content to simply carry on with old traditions – a thirst for the new is the driving force behind this energetic band.

The starting point for Leonhard Kuhn’s new compositions is the grand big-band sound of traditional Christmas albums. Kuhn draws on Christmas poems by Christian Morgenstern, Joseph von Eichendorff, Kurt Tucholsky and Theodor Fontane, combining them with new, swing-inspired melodies. What is fascinating is the transformation the texts undergo in the process. This interplay between text and music, these nuances, is what gives the album its unique appeal.

The other lies in the sonic culture of the Jazzrausch Big Band: the driving power, the rich brass sections, the finely nuanced shades in the woodwinds, the delicately sparkling garlands of piano improvisation. The timeless power of swing immediately grabs you and sweeps you away. An album that perfectly bridges the gap between the old and the new – just like Christmas itself.

Jazzrausch Big Band

The Jazzrausch Bigband
is the world's first resident big band of a world-renowned techno club. Founded 2014 in Munich, this big band has been quietly revolutionizing the German club scene with endlessly inventive performances. Their schedule includes more than 100 annual concerts and has already taken them to the Lincoln Center NYC, the JZ Festival in Shanghai, the Munich Philharmonic Hall and the Festival Da Jazz in St. Moritz. At their live big band techno shows, it comes to a musical meltdown, where the creativity and sound diversity of a jazz big band meets the impressive clarity of a techno club – always surprising, always danceable! Composer and arranger of the music is Leonhard Kuhn. Bandleader and manager of the Jazzrausch Bigband is Roman Sladek. With German fans already won over, the band has now begun to attract an international audience.

„They validated their reputation as one of the world’s most distinctive and adrenalizing dance outfits. What was shocking, and gloriously refreshing right from the first hammerhead beats of the kickdrum, was that this band swings. Which completely sets them apart from the machines and the would-be cyborgs who man them. If this is the future of EDM, it’s this band’s ODM that’s going to replace it – that’s a big O for Organic.“ – The New York Music Daily about US debut of the Jazzrausch Bigband at the Lincoln Center in NYC.

Booklet for Am Weihnachtsabend