The Musicians behind Big Band Spectrum
Fav. guitar: Gibson Les Paul Custom Fav CD/LP: High Tension Wires-Steve Morse Plays with: Fav.CD: ToP - Live and in living colors Fav music : Everything really from rock over pop to funk and big band jazz. Fav CD: Too many to mention but some all-time favourites are: Pink Floyd - The Wall Maynard Ferguson, Al Jarreau, Diana Krall, Robbie Williams, Marillion...and many more Plays with: Fav cd: brussels jazz 'warp', Grp all star bigband, phil Collins big band, Brian setzer big band 'live in japan', Birdland Plays with : Fav CDs : Plays an SML Rev. D Plays with: Fav CD: and of course stuff from James Carter, Joshua Redman, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. Highlight: Plays/has played with : Harmonie Municipale De Dudelange Hobbies: Travelling Favorite music : With BBS since 1997 With BBS since 2009 With BBS since 1997 With BBS since 1978 With BBS since 2007 With BBS since 2000 Plays with : Plays with: Highlight: on stage with Luss Feinen since many many years! Plays an old, rusty Tb. Plays with : Plays with: Luxkrainers Since 1965 - 1974 : Solo-Clarinette in Harmonie Municipale de Dudelange play's: M.Rath R9 with Giddings&Webster Adriano mp. highligth: playing Bass-trombone ALL day :) Plays on SHIRES B-bone with David Monette BT1-S or BT-2 Prana mouthpiece. Fav music: I like to listen to all kind of good played music. The most I enjoy is everyday i can play music myself. EME Big Band plays a Dave Monette B-993 trumpet with Monette Prana mouthpieces B4LS S1 STC-2 and B4 Slap STC-3 Plays with : Fanfare Municipale Luxembourg - Bonnevoie Highlight : Plays a SPADA Trumpet Model BJ-468 with an Mouthpiece Monette STC2 - BL , STC3 - BL Plays with: Harmonie Municipale de Mondercange Brass Band du Conservatoire d'Esch-sur-Alzette Mundachinga Brass Started his career as sound-technician and later moved on to the trumpet-stand. Plays with :
Musical Direction
Christian KLINKENBERG
Bandleader since January 2011
Worked with :
Fav CD :
John Coltrane – A love supreme
Györgi Ligeti - Works
Duke Ellington – Ellington at Newport 1956
Count Basie – Atomic BasieRythm Section
SÉBASTIEN GUILLAUME
MADY WEILAND
JEAN-PAUL GOERENS
TANJA SILCHER
ERIC LARREA
Drums & Percussion
Keyboard & Piano
Guitar
Bass
Drums & Percussion
With BBS since 2007
With BBS since 1979
With BBS since 1997
With BBS since 2011
With BBS since 2011
Play with :
Harmonie Municipale Rodange
Luxembourg Marching Band
Highlight :
Stage en suisse en 2001 je crois ??? avec le Big Band de Pétange et de Echternach
Workshop with Bob Mintzer
Military Tatoo with Luxembourg Marching Band en 2010
CD Préférés :
Funky P ;-)
Michel Camilo - one more once
Sting
Maynard Fergusson
Cuba Percussion/Klazz Brothers
Heavytones - Stefan Raab sain Big BandPlayed with :
Fanfare Bonnevoie
Chorale Mondercange
Children's Choir Belvaux
Highlight :
Recording of a videoclip for disabled children called 'I wanna be a clown'
Fav. amp: Polytone Minibrute
Parallel Realities-Jack de Johnette
6 string theorie-Lee Ritenour
Saxophones
Valy LOMMEL
Peter VERVLOESSEM
Claude HECK
Pierre LEITZ
Philippe GENOT
Sonny EIFFES-SCHMIT
Split-Lead Alto
Split-Lead Alto
2nd Alto
1st Tenor
2nd Tenor
Bari
With BBS since 1995
With BBS since 2010
With BBS since ???
With BBS since 2011
With BBS since
With BBS since 1995
Wynton and Ellis Marsalis- Joe Cool's Blues
Ellis and Branford Marsalis - Loved ones
Tower of Power - Monster on a Leash
virtually anything by Freddie Mercury and Queen
Variety jazz
Stengeforter musek
Stuff from Maceo Parker, Gerald Albright, and all swing and funk music.
Highlight: flanders expohall ghent 1989, and several workshops e.g Slide Hammer, Frank Vaganée
Plays on a Selmer Super balanced action (1948) alt sax with a Brancher mouthpiece.
Big Band of the Echternach Music School
EME Jazz 5
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
Sonny Rollins - A Night at the Village Vanguard
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Joshua Redman - Elastic
Wayne Shorter - Juju
Stuff from Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine...
Luxembourg Marching Band, LUMABand
Phil Collins BigBand, Live in Paris
New Cool Collective Big Band, Live
every funky groovy gig!
Big Band Opus 78
Eating and cooking
Latinjazz and SalsaTrombones
Jacques REUTER
Marc THIEL
Remo BRUZZESE
Romain GRIMAZ
Luss FEINEN
Vic KRIPPLER
Lead & Solo Trombone
Split-Lead
2nd Trombone
3rd Trombone
Bass-Trombone
Bass-Trombone
Founding member
Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra
Funky P
Harmonie Municipale de Dudelange
Fav CD :
Nils Landgren & Funk Unit - Funky Abba
Michel Camilo - One more once
GRP All Star Big Band - Live !
Stuff from Blood, Sweat& Tears, Chicago, Chase, ToP, Ferguson ....
Highlight : On stage with Maynard Ferguson in 2001
Plays a Inderbinen Piccola trombone with a customized Dave Monette TS11 Prana mouthpiece
Bigband EME, Smoking Pete
Harmonie Rodange
Harmonie Municipale de Differdange
Tempory help:
Deifferdenger Big Band
puerkess-Bankers in Concert
hmbascharage.lu
harmonie-bettembourg.org
schefflengermusek.lu
Fav CD:
Stuff from Toto, Chicago, Ferguson, Sting, Cocker…
Arturo Sandoval & The Latin Train
FES The Armstrong Mutations
Highlight:
On stage with Jiggs Whigham, Nils Landgren, Andrea Toffanelli, Ernie Hammes and Dani Felber.
Participation on World-Folkloriades in Egypte, Sweden, Italy, Japan and Greece.
Since 1997 trombone in the Big Band of the Echternach Music School
Always available when a Trombone is needed
Fav CD's: All good Jazz tracks
Inspiration : Nils Henning Oersted Pederson
Likes : e gudden Maufel an duerno eng Cigar (good food an cigars)
Trumpets
Nico TOUSSING
Serge SCHMIT
Mandy DEFAY
Marco REICHERT
Romain EIFFES
Lead/2nd Trumpet
Lead/2nd Trumpet
3rd Trumpet
4th Trumpet
Sub on all positions
With BBS since 1994
With BBS since 1997
With BBS since 2010
With BBS since 1978
With BBS since 1998
Also Member of
Favorite CD : Poncho Sanchez : Freedom Sound (Concord Records CCD-4778-2)
WMC Kerkerade with Fanfare Bonnevoie (Gold Medal)
Harmonie Municipale de Dudelange
Harmonie Echo de l'Alzette Stesel
5tet Alles Blech
Favorite Music: Salsa, Latin Jazz and Big Band Music
Hobbys: Music and a good cigarSpecial Guests