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2005

Happy Birthday - 20th anniversary of LJJO

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The anniversary year of the LJJO was highlighted with a gala concert at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden during the Rheingau Music Festival featuring good old friends of the LJJO from two decades.

A top jazz event with special guests such as star saxophone player Bob Mintzer, the legendary alto saxophone player Herb Geller, flugelhorn virtuoso Ack van Rooyen as well as the star vocalists Madeline Bell and Dee Daniels.

With Happy Birthday, LJJO is not only presenting a live recording with terrific interpretations of classics and compositions of the guest stars, but also new studio versions of exclusive titles of Bob Mintzer, Steve Grey and Jan Wessels. Intoxicating arrangements and frenetic joy on playing in technical perfection prove the skills in the different varieties of big band jazz of all participants.

 

Tracklist

Featuring Madeline Bell, Dee Daniels, Herb Geller, Bob Mintzer,
Ack van Rooyen
Leader Wolfgang Diefenbach

CD 1

1.	Can't stop my neck	8:41
	(comp & arr Thorsten Maaß) flh - Florian Sperzel, ts - Holger Fröhlich, tb - Daniel Follmann
2.	Pots and Pans	5:49
	(comp & arr Bob Mintzer) ts - Bob Mintzer
3.	Don't get around much anymore	2:14
	(comp Duke Ellington, arr John Clayton) voc - Dee Daniels
4.	Autumn bugle	5:21
	(comp & arr Ack van Rooyen) flh - Ack van Rooyen
5.	Que	5:08
	(comp & arr Gunter Rose) ts - Holger Fröhlich, dr - Tobias Backhaus, perc - Silvio Morger
6.	Maytime	3:33
	(comp & arr Herb Geller) as - Herb Geller
7.	Spinning wheel	4:57
	(comp David Clayton, arr Jan Wessels) ts - Holger Fröhlich
8.	For once in my life	2:27
	(comp Stevie Wonder, arr Martin Williams) voc - Madeline Bell, ts - Bob Mintzer
9.	Isfahan	4:22
	(comp Billy Strayhorn, arr Lex Jasper) as - Herb Geller
10.	Techno Pop	6:10
	(comp & arr Bob Mintzer) ts - Bob Mintzer
11.	I'll be seeing you	5:14
	(comp Sammy Fain, arr Kenny Nepper) t - Robbert Scherpenisse
12.	I got this bridge	5:48
	(comp Dee Daniels, arr John Clayton) voc - Dee Daniels, ts - Sabine Wenzl und Holger Fröhlich

CD 2

1.	Kicks and Sticks	2:42
	(comp & arr Frank Runhof) ts - Sabine Wenzl
2.	Walkin’ Tip Toe	5:43
	(comp & arr Bert Joris) flh - Ack van Rooyen
3.	Try a little tenderness	5:03
	(comp Otis Redding, arr Chris Hughes) voc - Madeline Bell
4.	Take the A-Train	7:18
	(comp Duke Ellington/ Billy Strayhorn, arr Rob McConnell) as - Philipp Gerschlauer, tb - Uli Lorenz, g - Gero Schwager, dr - Tobias Backhaus, perc - Silvio Morger
5.	Georgia on my mind	6:44
	(comp Hoagy Carmichael, arr Dave Barduhn) voc - Madeline Bell und Dee Daniels as - Herb Geller, ts - Bob Mintzer, flh - Ack van Rooyen
6.	Some Days	8:16
	(comp & arr Steve Gray) g - Gero Schwager
7.	Open the box	5:09
	(comp & arr Steve Gray) cl - Christian Seeger, as - Benjamin Steil, tp - Florian Sperzel
8.	Eye of the beholder	6:55
	(comp & arr Bob Mintzer) ts - Sabine Wenzel, keyb - Bernhard Kießig, tp - Jan Wessels
9.	The Weasel and the Wolf	8:00
	(comp & arr Jan Wessels) p - Bernhard Kießig, as - Benjamin Steil, b - David Hagen, dr - Tobias Backhaus