Active from 1955 | Genre Jazz | |
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Albums Plays Zappa, Swallow Songs, Letter to Billie Record labels ACT Music, DISTROSONG, Imogena Records Nominations Grammis Award for Folk/Singer-songwriter of the Year Similar Nils Landgren, Lars Jansson, Rigmor Gustafsson, Claes Janson, Ale Möller | ||
The Bohuslän Big Band is a modern jazz ensemble from Sweden which started as a military orchestra in the 19th century. They play original music as well as compositions by Lars Jansson, Maria Schneider, Frank Zappa and others.
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The Bohuslän Big Band cooperate with several important arrangers around the world, like Bob Mintzer and George Gruntz. They have been touring in China and Japan as well as in Europe.
The band has released nine CDs and one DVD. The DVD contains the original scores Gil Evans wrote for Miles Davis 1958. Soloist on this DVD is trumpeter Lew Soloff.
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Songs
Sofa/rdnzlPlays Zappa · 2000
Don t Fence Me InDon't Fence Me in - The Music of Cole Porter (The Music of Cole Porter Arranged and Directed by Colin Towns) · 2011
More Trouble Every DayPlays Zappa · 2000