Melissa Aldana | Frankfurt Radio Big Band | Saxophone | full concert | 4k

We had the great saxophonist Melissa Aldana with us. Jim McNeely arranged her music for Big Band. With the best sound possible in our new series "Live + Mastered". Like it? Then please subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LDP8Ee097zy6WOMuxI6Ag

"Live + Mastered" what does that mean?
Our Sound engineers do the best job on earth to work on the sound of our live shows to make it even more "fresh", "brilliant", "differentiated" - what ever you may call it. We invite you to take the opportunity and make a direct comparison between the live sound of our Livestream (already very good) and the newly mastered version (with all the details in the arrangements made more "stand out").

Want to hear the difference to the livestream version?
Here you go: hr-Bigband invites Melissa Aldana | Frankfurt Radio Big Band | FULL CONCERT, Thursday 18 November 2021: https://youtu.be/8cCdG7-0jqI

We would love to hear your comments! Do you hear the difference? What do you like most?

General Information:

Melissa Aldana, saxophone
Jim McNeely, conductor
hr-Bigband / Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Timescodes:
0:00​​​ Intro
0:07 ACCEPTANCE - Comp.: Melissa Aldana; Arr: Jim McNeely
(Soli: Melissa Aldana, ts; Sebastian Scobel, ; Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, sop)
09:38 SU TRAGEDIA - Comp.: Melissa Aldana; Arr: Jim McNeely
(Soli: Melissa Aldana, ts; Oliver Leicht, cl)
16:56 LOS OJOS DE CHILE - Comp.: Melissa Aldana; Arr: Jim McNeely
(Soli: Sebastian Scobel, p; Melissa Aldana, ts; Jean Paul Höchstädter, dr)
27:29 EMILIA - Comp.: Melissa Aldana; Arr: Jim McNeely
(Soli: Melissa Aldana, ts; Steffen Weber, ts)
38:11 LA MADRINA - Comp.: Melissa Aldana; Arr: Jim McNeely
(Soli: Melissa Aldana, ts; Günter Bollmann, tb; Hans Glawischnig, b; Jean Paul Höchstädter, dr)
49:20 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU - Comp.: Billy Eckstine; Arr: Jim McNeely
(Soli: Melissa Aldana, ts; Hans Glawischnig, b; Christian Jaksjö, tb)
59:21 VISIONS - Comp.: Melissa Aldana; Arr: Jim McNeely
(Soli: Axel Schlosser, tp; Melissa Aldana, ts)
1:10:04 EN OTRO LUGAR - Comp.: Pablo Menares; Arr: Jim McNeely
(Soli: Melissa Aldana, ts; Martin Auer, flh)

saxes:
Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, Oliver Leicht, Steffen Weber, Lennart Allkemper, Rainer Heute
trumpets:
Frank Wellert, Thomas Vogel, Martin Auer, Axel Schlosser
trombones:
Günter Bollmann, Felix Fromm, Christian Jaksjö, Robert Hedemann
rhythm:
Sebastian Scobel, p; Hans Glawischnig, b; Jean Paul Höchstädter, dr

hr-Sendesaal, Thursday 18 November 2021

She is from Santiago de Chile and plays saxophone since she was six years old: Melissa Aldana. She first learns to play the alto sax until she hears Sonny Rollins for the first time. From there on there is only the tenor left to be the right one for her. The instrument that she plays today is still the one that her grandfather gave her at that time. Melissa Aldana is discovered in one of Santiago's jazz clubs by pianist Danilo Pérez. He takes her on stage and to the USA, where she finally starts studying at the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston. Even after the successful graduation Aldana remains in the USA. She moves to New York and becomes part of the local jazz scene. She is still an important member of it and is head of the award-winning Crash Trio.

She comes to the Frankfurt Radio Big Band to work with another great New Yorker: the chief conductor of the band: Jim McNeely.
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Das Instrument, das ihr Großvater ihr zu diesem Zeitpunkt schenkt, spielt sie bis heute. Entdeckt wird Melissa Aldana in einem der Jazzclubs von Santiago von dem Pianisten Danilo Pérez. Der nimmt sie mit auf die Bühne und bis in die USA, wo sie schließlich ein Studium am berühmten Berklee College of Music in Boston beginnt. Auch nach dem erfolgreichen Abschluss bleibt Aldana in den USA. Sie zieht nach New York und wird Teil der dortigen Jazzszene. Bis heute gehört sie diesem erlesenen Kreis an und ist Leiterin des mehrfach ausgezeichneten Crash Trios.

Zur hr-Bigband kommt sie, um mit einem anderen großen New Yorker zusammenzuarbeiten: mit dem Chefdirigenten der hr-Bigband, Jim McNeely.

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