Missa Jazz B-Side Band, Brno Chamber Orchestra, ARS Brunensis Chamber Choir & Dan Kalousek

• 1 Missa Jazz: Preludium 03:48
• 2 Missa Jazz: Introitus 05:36
• 3 Missa Jazz: Kyrie 10:21
• 4 Missa Jazz: Gloria 04:53
• 5 Missa Jazz: Graduale 05:59
• 6 Missa Jazz: Omnes gentes jubilate Deo 03:03
• 7 Missa Jazz: Credo 03:20
• 8 Missa Jazz: Sanctus 00:57
• 9 Missa Jazz: Pater noster 01:27
• 10 Missa Jazz: Interludium 02:43
• 11 Missa Jazz: Agnus Dei 01:19
• 12 Missa Jazz: Communio 03:02
• 13 Missa Jazz: Postludium 03:57
• Total Runtime 50:25

Info for Missa Jazz

Since its inception in 2006, the B-Side Band has become the premiere professional big band in the city of Brno in the Czech Republic. Now, under the direction of bandleader Josef Buchta, the band presents its newest album: MISSA JAZZ. In this latest work, the B-Side Band is joined by Chamber Orchestra Brno and the Ars Brunensis chamber choir; together, they perform Jaromír Hnilička’s Missa Jazz. As its name suggests, the work is a complete Mass, and the score for its first iteration is held at the Vatican Library. Now, the original composition has been expanded to include a chamber orchestra and several new choral parts, resulting in a total reimagining of the work. First debuted in the fall of 2008, this album is the first-ever studio recording of the final expanded version of the Missa Jazz.

B-Side Band
Brno Chamber Orchestra
ARS Brunensis Chamber Choir
Dan Kalousek, choir master

B-Side Band
The beginnings of the B-Side Band, a professional Brno big band led by the bandleader Josef Buchta, date back to 2006. Since its inception, the band has performed at prestigious social events, large festival stages (such as Smetana's Litomyšl, Český Krumlov, Colors of Ostrava, Karlovy Vary), and in European musical centers (Vienna, Leipzig, Prague, Bratislava). It is a residential ensemble of the Groove Brno International Music Festival.

Their success has been accompanied by collaborations with leading foreign performers – the world-famous New York Voices vocal ensemble, the charming British vocal trio The Puppini Sisters, and a tour with the multiple Grammy-winning American singer Kurt Elling. The B-Side Band was a core ensemble in the internationally acclaimed staging of Leonard Bernstein's MASS (2016 and 2018).

Brno Chamber Orchestra
The chamber instrumental ensemble tailored to the needs of the projects organized by the Groove Brno music festival is composed of leading players from the renowned Brno ensembles – the Brno Philharmonic, the Brno National Theater Opera Orchestra, and the Brno Municipal Theater Orchestra. They first performed in this line-up as part of the renewed premiere of the expanded version of the Jazz Mass in 2008. Since then, they have collaborated with the B-Side Band on almost all projects that require a larger orchestral sound, such as the stage performance of Leonard Bernstein's MASS.

ARS Brunensis
is a mixed choir with more than 40 years of tradition. The choir is highly valued for its exquisite artistic qualities, especially in the field of interpretation of musical works of the Baroque period. The choir also participates in projects of other musical genres, such as jazz, folklore, musicals, or alternative music. They get invited to music festivals, collaborate with renowned ensembles and artists, theaters, and cultural institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad. The choir has participated in over two dozen CD recordings. The ensemble records stage music for leading theaters and collaborates with a number of contemporary authors, especially with Vladimír Franz.

Dan Kalousek
is the chief conductor of the Brno City Theater, choirmaster of Ars Brunensis, and tutor at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. He collaborates with Czech and foreign ensembles, philharmonic and chamber orchestras (e.g., Czech Virtuosi), choirs (e.g., Jenaer Madrigalkreis, Bohemiachor), and theaters (e.g., Slovakia narodno gledališče Maribor, Walensse-Buhne). As a conductor and music director he conducts film and incidental music for leading Czech theaters, radio, television, and foreign productions. He has made a number of recordings, especially compositions by contemporary authors and for publishing houses including Naxos, Vienna Modern Masters, Supraphon, Capstone Records, Querstand and others.

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