Jörg Achim Keller: King Georg 12

The King Georg Bigband

Jörg Achim Keller (drums & arrangements), Heinz Dieter Sauerborn (Alto Sax 1), Paul Heller (Tenor Sax 2), Stefan Weber (Tenor Sax 3), Wim Both (Trumpet 1), Ruud Breuls (Trumpet 2), Günter Bollmann (Trombone 1), Uli Plettendorff (Trombone 2), Jürgen Neudert (Tenor Horn), Richard Hellenthal (Tuba), Henning Gailing (Bass), Billy Test (Piano)

"DREAMBAND!" - this was the word he used to describe the hand-picked line-up of his KING GEORG 12 before the premiere 2 years ago - before the pandemic then brought this exciting project to an abrupt end after only one performance. Now the concert series is finally being resumed. The arranger and long-time chief conductor of the big bands of the hr and NDR will regularly write new music for the band's monthly concerts, which will always be premiered by this all-star ensemble of German big band jazz on the third Wednesday of each month. Original compositions and arrangements of standards that leave room for the ensemble's outstanding soloists, in which the swinging rhythm section can unfold freely and in whose ensemble sound the energy of a big band is combined with the flexibility of a combo, the sharpness of the hottest bands with the velvety smoothness of the coolest. "A new sound is born!"