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Chris Walden Big Band

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Years active
  
1999–present

Website
  
www.chriswalden.com

Genres
  
Jazz, Big band

Labels
  
Origin

Record label
  
Origin Records

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Associated acts
  
Chris Walden, Tierney Sutton, Carol Welsman, Courtney Fortune, Till Brönner

Albums
  
Home of My Heart, No Bounds, Kurt Marti Suite, Full-On

Members
  
Chris Walden, Wayne Bergeron, Bob McChesney, Brandon Fields, Kim Richmond

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The Chris Walden Big Band is a Grammy-nominated 18-piece jazz big band based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 1999 by German composer and arranger Chris Walden. The band consists of Los Angeles based studio musicians who suggested to Walden he should for his own band, after having played his music for various projects in studios.

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The band exclusively plays Walden's own material, which consists of his own compositions or his contemporary arrangements of jazz tunes or film themes. Vocalists who have appeared frequently with the Chris Walden Big Band are Tierney Sutton, Carol Welsman, and Courtney Fortune. The band frequently plays in and around Los Angeles.

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Discography

  • Chris Walden Big Band - Home Of My Heart (2005)
  • Chris Walden Big Band - No Bounds (2006)
  • Chris Walden Big Band & St. John's Choir - Kurt Marti Suite (2007)
  • Chris Walden Big Band - "Full-On!" (2014)
  • Awards and nominations

    2005 Grammy Award nominations:

  • Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Home Of My Heart
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement - Cherokee from Home Of My Heart
  • Songs

    KatechismusfragenKurt Marti Suite · 2007
    When You Wish Upon A StarNo Bounds · 2006
    It's A Small World After AllNo Bounds · 2006

    References

    Chris Walden Big Band Wikipedia