Tribute to Quincy Jones: Birth of a Band - Metropole Orkest Big Band - 2014

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Birth of a Band - Metyropole Orkest Big Band conducted by Vellu Halkosalmi (2014), live at the Oosterpoort theatre in Groningen (NL)
Soloists: Sjoerd Dijkhuizen-ts, Leo Janssen-ts, Martijn Vink-drs; composer: Quincy Jones, arr. Quincy Jones (transc. Vellu Halkosalmi)

The concert was a tribute to the jazz music of trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger and record, film and television producer Quincy Jones. The tunes selected for this tribute come primarily from his 1959 album "Birth of a Band" cut for the Mercury label. Quincy came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor, before moving on to work in pop music and film and TV scores. His career spans over 60 years in the entertainment industry with a record 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award.
Personnel Metropole Orkest Big Band for this performance::
trombones: Jan Oosting, Loek Boudesteijn, Jan Bastiani, Bart van Gorp-bass trb
reeds: Marc Scholten, Paul van der Feen, Leo Janssen, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, Max Boeree
rhythm: Hans Vroomans-p, Peter Tiehuis-gtr, Aram Kersbergen-b, Martijn Vink-drs

Metropole Orkest: 75 Years in Perspective - Its Past, its Present, its Future
7th Decade (2006 - 2015)

Credits & Acknowledgements
Music selection: Fred Dekker, Robert Soomer
Design, Production & Final Editing: Jolien Plat
Audio supervision: Dirk Overeem; Video supervision & registration: Max Boeree (Big Ears Productions)
Text and Narrative: Fred Dekker
Concept: Fred Dekker

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