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Big Band Explosion

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Released
  
December 9, 2003

Producer
  
Nina Hagen

Genres
  
Big band, Jazz

Release date
  
9 December 2003

Label
  
the-berliner.com

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Studio
  
Transport Music Studio, Leipzig, Germany

Big Band Explosion feat. Leipzig Big Band (2003)
  
Irgendwo auf der Welt (2006)

Artists
  
Nina Hagen, Leipzig Big Band

Similar
  
Nina Hagen albums, Jazz albums

Big Band Explosion is the twelfth (ninth studio) album by Nina Hagen, released in 2003, featuring the Leipzig Big Band.

Contents

Critical reception

The Allmusic review by David Jeffries awarded the album 3 stars stating "The lady was born to entertain, and if you're warm to her in-your-face absurdity, Big Band Explosion is a heck of a lot of fun. You'll be on the edge of your seat as the singer delivers the tunes straight-faced, but you just know that any moment she's going to bust out the brash Nina of old.".

Track listing

  1. "Let Me Entertain You" (Jules Styne, Stephen Sondheim) - 2:47
  2. "Sugar Blues" (Clarence Williams, Lucy Fletcher) - 3:26
  3. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 2:35
  4. "The Lady Loves Me" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) - 4:14 duet with Lucas Alexander
  5. "Rhythm & Romance" (George Whiting, J.C. Johnson, Nat Schwartz) - 3:06
  6. "Rainbow" (E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen) - 4:28
  7. "If You Ever Should Leave" (Sammy Cohen, Saul Chaplin) - 2:38
  8. "Fever" (Eddy Cooley, John Davenport) - 4:52
  9. "Love & Kisses" (Paul Francis Webster, Rudolf Friml) - 3:11
  10. "All Over Nothing @ All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) - 3:34
  11. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 3:28 duet with Lucas Alexander
  12. "Starlit Hour" (Mitchell Parish, Peter De Rose) - 4:17

Personnel

Musicians

  • Nina Hagen – vocals, concept, cover photo, creative consultant
  • Frank Nowicky - alt sax (Bandleader)
  • Michael Arnold – tenor sax
  • Andrea Bauer – baritone sax
  • Wolfram Dix – percussion
  • Torsten Hell – trumpet
  • Matthias Büttner - trombone
  • Hans-Peter Fechner - bass trombone
  • Jack Roth – drums
  • Ralf Schrabbe – keyboards, piano

    • Production

  • Michael Schöbel – concept, creative consultant
  • Jim Steinfeldt – photography
  • Ansgar Striepens – arranger
  • Peter Herbolzheimer – arranger
  • Andy Jackson – mastering
  • Michael Wolff – mixing, producer, vocal engineer

    • Songs

    1Let Me Entertain You2:47
    2Sugar Blues3:26
    3I Want to Be Happy2:35

    References

    Big Band Explosion Wikipedia
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