Jörg Achim Keller »King Georg 12«

The King Georg Bigband

Heinz Dieter Sauerborn, Paul Heller, Andi Maile (saxophones), Wim Both, Ruud Breuels (trumpets), Günter Bollmann, Uli Plettendorff (trombones), Jürgen Neudert (tenor horn), Richie Hellenthal (tuba), Ingo Senst (bass), Jörg Achim Keller (drums and arrangements), Billy Test (piano)

DREAMBAND! - with this word he described the handpicked cast 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 will finally resume, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. 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 develop 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!