Michael Philip Mossman feat. by WDR BIG BAND - Lester Left Town 

Great Mossman! great WDR Koeln! Music TOP!

Of course ALL the musicians are INCREDIIBLE And I was SO SO thrilled at Ruud Breuls amazingingly POETIC solo in EVERY way Nigel Nash in Great Britain thank you all so much

Another smokin' Mossman chart! Damn nice solo, Shannon.

Hi to All”= What Class ! - Terrific session all round* , Trom solo “ FAB” + What a band ** = cheers .

Nice rhythmical music and your performance. I'm exciting.💗

A superb ensemble and the mastery of MP Mossman in his arrangements

SO DAMM GOOD

What a great chart by the late Wayne Shorter . Excellent ensemble playing , terrific solo trombone lines by Shannon Barnett , as usual amazing sight reading off a difficult chart .

Wow, that bone player is realllllly good!

Band No - ONE in the world!

wow shannon kicks butt!

my favorite big band arranger. sorry maria.

Mossman's arranging skills are out of this world

Again and again (altho' not every time!), these quite superb musicians produce wonderful listenable jazz, here with excellent interesting worthwhile harmonies through a clever arranger. Continue all of you with your great music,please.

Superb.

great chart !!!

Superb. What a Sound. Maestros 👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻

Great (and difficult) arrangement to play and direct (which Mr. Mossman did so well con alma!). Kudos to Mr. Mossman and the WDR BB. Special congrats to Ms. Barnett and Messrs. Breuls and Chatenier!!!

Beautiful as always!

Bone swings wow

If only Stan Kenton could hear us now ✨🎶✨👏🏻👏🏻

Great solo by Ms. Burnett! One of the best bone solos I ever heard/watched. Why she is no longer with the band? 2'10"

I Loved It !!!!

.... trotz vertrackter Rhythmik und was-geht-noch-spielbarer im Arrangement, ist qualitativ alles wie (immer) aus einem Guss. Vor allem auch, dass was Frau Barnett - locker-mal-so in einer Probe vorträgt ist erschreckend dermaßen gekonnt und innovativ, dass der staunenden Zuhörer - wie ich - sich fragt: WO ist da noch eine hörbare Steigerung möglich und wie viele hart erarbeitete Musikerleben (a la Zeitschleife: täglich grüßt das Murmeltier) braucht es, um nur annähernd hier an das grenzwertig spielbare eines WDR-Bassposaunisten - über das reine Können und Beherrschen des meisterlich in Form gebogenen Blech-Materials und Eignung am Spielgerät, bei verinnerlichter Spieltechnik hinaus - im entferntesten zu erlangen ...

Well rehearsed and very tight. Curtis F. would have been very proud of trombone player.

Mike, it is SO great to see you writing for and leading this band! I've been loving the arrangements of yours that have shown up on the WDR Big Band RU-vid feed. Were you already writing charts back at Oberlin? If you were, it didn't make my radar screen. Maybe we took Wendall Logan's Jazz arranging course at the same time? It's been too long, and I just don't remember anymore.

Are there recordings available for this or anything else from the Wayne Shorter Stories other than these RU-vid videos? I find myself coming back to these videos over and over again because I love these arrangements.

DIESER TONINGENIEUR HAT WIRKLICH DIE HABEN MIKROS WIRKLICH NICHT IM GRIFF. SCHADE FÜR MANCHEN SOLIST DIE MANCHMAL KAUM HÖREN KANN ! NUN EIN LOB FÜR THE CAMERAMANs = GEIL ARBEIT !

Totally destroys the concept of the song. It is a tribute to -Lester Young. To each their own. Just IMO