Icons of Jazz: Kurt Edelhagen Big Band, feat. Ken Wray (Remastered) Kurt Edelhagen Big Band featuring Ken Wray

• 1 Tippin' In 03:23
• 2 Qien será 03:05
• 3 Gone With The Wind 02:40
• 4 Good Wood 02:54
• 5 Ekudent 04:04
• 6 Quieremé y verás 02:32
• 7 Top Brass 03:12
• 8 Tortilla 04:03
• 9 She's Just my Size 04:02
• 10 Cha Cha Cha Cubana 02:47
• 11 You're Driving Me Crazy 03:19
• 12 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 03:33
• 13 The Cutest 03:10
• 14 Asia Minor 02:43
• 15 It's The Natural Thing To Do 03:05
• 16 Godchild 03:09
• Total Runtime 51:41

Info for Icons of Jazz: Kurt Edelhagen Big Band, feat. Ken Wray (Remastered)

Even if his name isn't so well known today, Kurt Edelhagen helped write German music history in the 20th century. Born in Herne in 1920, the musician was considered a prominent orchestra leader in the fields of dance music, pop music, and jazz since the 1950s. With his entertainment orchestras, he contributed sound to major television shows and helped stars like Caterina Valente achieve international fame. After stints at Bayerischer Rundfunk and Südwestfunk, he finally landed at WDR in Cologne in 1957. For many years, he led the Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra, considered a forerunner of today's WDR Big Band.

Finally, Kurt Edelhagen also performed pioneering work at the Cologne University of Music: in 1957, he established the first jazz degree program in Europe – and was thus named Germany's first "jazz professor." The WDR Big Band, along with former musical companions Gerd Dudek, Jiggs Whigham, and Heiner Wiberny, commemorates one of the greatest bandleaders of the 20th century.

Kurt Edelhagen Big Band
Ken Wray, trombone
Kurt Edelhagen, bandmaster

Digitally remastered

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