A Fresh Taste of Thad Jones and Frank Foster

by Frank Foster & the SWR Big Band

Overview

Hanssler Classics is known more for its classical recordings than its occasional jazz releases, but when they feature a visiting American jazz all-star with the SWR Big Band, they make one wonder why they don't do more jazz. Frank Foster is their special guest, leading the band through a series of his charts and a few by another Count Basie alum, the late Thad Jones, though many of these compositions deserve to be more widely known. The band swings while sounding a bit more modern than Basie's recordings of these charts, which should come as no surprise as the original recordings were made decades earlier by a very different lineup. Foster remains a formidable soloist, particularly in Jones' "Mean What You Say," though there are a number of fine soloists with the band, including tenor saxophonists Andi Maile and Peter Weniger, trombonist Ian Cumming, trumpeter/fluegelhornist Don Rader, fluegelhornist Karl Farrent, and pianist Klaus Wagenleiter, to name a few. ~ Ken Dryden

Product Details

Release Date:	11/14/2006
Label:	H?Nssler Classic
UPC:	4010276018582
Rank:	213588

Tracks

1. Counter Block
2. Mean What You Say
3. Ode to Joe Newman
4. Winners
5. Love Handles
6. Basic-Ally Yours
7. Victorious Blues
8. Now That She's Away
9. The Biddle-De-Bop Samba
10. Lady in Lace
11. A Fresh Taste of the Blues

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frank Foster & the SWR Big Band   Primary Artist
Klaus Wagenleiter   Piano (Electric),Piano
Keith Copeland   Drums
Ernst Hutter   Trombone
Frank Foster   Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Don Rader   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Marc Godfroid   Trombone
Klaus Graf   Woodwind
Karl Farrent   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Thomas Vogel   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Henning Sieverts   Bass
Peter Weniger   Woodwind
Bernd Rabe   Woodwind
Joerg Gebhardt   Drums
Ludwig Nuss   Trombone
Rainer Heute   Woodwind
Andi Maile   Woodwind
Axel Kuhn   Woodwind

Technical Credits

Manfred Deppe   Artistic Director,Mixing,Mastering
Thad Jones   Arranger,Composer
Frank Foster   Leader,Mixing,Arranger,Composer
Karl Farrent   Editorial,Executive Producer
Johannes Steuer   Balance Engineer
Pat Wilcox   Liner Notes
Thomas Angelkorte   Mixing,Artistic Director
Ulrich De Veer   Executive Producer
Hans Thomas   Producer
Hans Harzheim   Cover Photo