Life Songs

マリア・シュナイダー、ニューヨーク・フィル、スライドモンスターズ...etc.NYC を中心に活躍する現代屈指のトロンボーン奏者マーシャル・ジルクス！ グラミー賞にノミネートされた『Koln』『Always Forward』に続く WDR との共演第3弾本年2023年はエドマール・カスタネーダ・トリオのメンバーとしても来日。超絶の演奏と、今を生きる音楽家としての視点をテーマとした屈指のアンサンブル・サウンド！

「絶えず、“信じられない”と、わたしの口をぽかんとさせ、目と耳を疑うほど、すごいプレイをみせるミュージシャン」 〜マリア・シュナイダー

Marshall Gilkes & The WDR Big Band

■メンバー：
Marshall Gilkes - composition, arrangement, trombone, conductor
Johan Horlen - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet
Pascal Bartoszak - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
Ben Fitzpatrick - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Paul Heller - tenor saxophone, clarinet6
Jens Neufang - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Andy Haderer - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn
Wim Both - trumpet, flugelhorn
Rob Bruynen - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ruud Breuls - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ludwig Nuss - trombone
Raphael Klemm - trombone
Peter Hedrich - trombone
Andy Hunter - trombone on #6
Mattis Cederberg - bass trombone, tuba
Billy Test - piano
John Goldsby - bass
Hans Dekker - drums
Sabeth Perez - vocals on #5

■曲目：
1. Fresh Start 7:06
Marshall Gikles - trombone
2. Back In The Groove 9:47
Johan Horlen - alto saxophone, Billy Tess - piano
3. Cora's Tune 9:37
Marshall Gilkes- trombone
4. My Unanswered Prayer 6:58
Billy Tess - piano
5. All The Pretty Little Horses 7:54
Sabeth Perez - vocals, Johan Horlen - soprano saxophone, Billy Tess - piano
6. Middle Ground 10:23
Ludwig Nuss, Raphael Klemm, Andy Hunter, Marshall Gilkes - trombone
7. Sin Filtro 9:26
Marshall Gilkes - trombone
8. This Nearly Was Mine 6:27
Andy Haderer - flugelhorn
9. Sugar Rush 6:45
Paul Heller - tenor saxophone, Marshall Gilkes - trombone

All selections composed and arranged by Marshall Gilkes except #5: traditional and #8 composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

■録音：Recorded on November 11, 14, 15 and 16 2022 in the WDR Funkhaus Studio 4, Cologne, Germany

■2023年作品

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