Composer and pianist Billy Childs performs the concert "Do You Know My Name" together with the WDR BIG BAND under the direction of Ansgar Striepens and Florian Ross. With her lyrical vocals, the young Cologne singer Sabeth Pérez adds new accents of color to this major musical project, for which Florian Ross and Ansgar Striepens arranged all of Billy Childs' compositions. The concert "Do You Know My Name" was produced in February 2018 at the Kölner Philharmonie.
00:00:00 Mount Olympus (A: Florian Ross - Soli: Paul Heller(ts), Billy Childs (p))
00:06:35 Rebirth (A: Florian Ross - Soli: Johan Hörlén (ss), Billy Childs (p), Tim Hepburn (tb))
00:15:40 Stay (A: Ansgar Striepens - Solo: Billy Childs (p))
00:24:26 The Mountains (A: Billy Childs - Soli: billy Childs (p), Johan Hörlén (as))
00:34:20 The Cities (A: Billy Childs - Soli: Andy Hunter (tb), Ruud Breuls (flh))
00:43:35 Dance of Shiva (A: Ansgar Striepens - Soli: Billy Childs (p), Johan Hörlén (as), Hans Dekker (dr))
00:55:32 Twilight is upon us (A: Florian Ross - Soli: Johan Hörlén (as), Billy Childs (p))
01:04:52 Peace (K: Horace Silver - Trio: Billy Childs, John Goldsby, Hans Dekker)
01:16:22 Do You Know my Name (A: Florian Ross - Soli: Billy Childs (p), Karolina Strassmayer(as), Ludwig Nuss (tb), Paul Shigihara (g))
Four-time GRAMMY winner Billy Childs has long collaborated with many jazz greats throughout his career, including jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, the Lincoln Jazz Orchestra and the Kronos Quartet. His compositions, compiled for the WDR BIG BAND, are about human trafficking and unrequited love, as well as American landscapes and the Hindu god Shiva.
Billy Childs, piano, composition
Sabeth Pérez, vocals
WDR BIG BAND
Florian Ross, direction and arrangements
Ansgar Striepens, direction and arrangements
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30 июл 2024
