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Jakob Helling
He presents himself as composer and conductor with his Jakob Helling Concert Big Band, that won the „Förderpreis“ of Career Servise Center at University of Arts Graz (KUG) as well as an honor price for outstanding alumni shortly after their first apperances. In 2022 the band featured the singer Fay Claassen for a few concerts and a studio recording. The Album of this collaboration will be released in 2023.
Some highlights of his career so far were: Working with Maria Schneider, playing as substitute in WDR Big Band Cologne, being two year member of Germany National Youth Jazz Orchestra („BuJazzO“). Composition comissions for symphony orchestras such as Kammerphilharmonie Bremen or Jazz Orchestras such as Subway Jazz Orchestra in Cologne, Graz Composers Orchestra, KUG Jazz Orchestra with featured Soloist Bobby Shew and Concept Art Orchestra in Prag. As trumpeter he was one of three finalists for the chair of the 2nd trumpet in Danish Radio Big Band and won several awards with his Jazz Compositions.
In 2021 he led recordings with Jim Rotondi's music, that he arranged for Big Band and symphonic orchestra (Notes & Tones Jazz Orchestra – plus Vienna-based freelance strings and winds). This album will still be released in early 2023.
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Emiliano Sampaio: Music for Large Ensembles Vol II
by Jerome Wilson
Emiliano Sampaio is a guitarist from Brazil who is currently headquartered in Graz, Austria. His basic band is a three-piece unit called Meretrio which also serves as the foundation of a nonet he calls Mereneu Project. The tracks on this CD are music he has composed for different expanded versions of this large group, one with strings, one adding French horn, oboe and harp and one, a full blown big band with seventeen musicians. In all these groups, ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
Balada para Brumadinho
From: Music for Large Ensembles Vol IIBy Jakob Helling
Afrika
From: Music for Large Ensembles Vol IIBy Jakob Helling
Mr. Tappler
From: Music for Large Ensembles Vol IIBy Jakob Helling
Music for Large Ensembles Vol II
From: Music for Large Ensembles Vol IIBy Jakob Helling