Bill Evans & WDR Big Band Köln: New Stuff live at Stadtgarten Köln 2011

Bill Evans – ts, ss
Etienne Mbappe – b
Wolfgang Haffner – dr
Michael Abene - ld, arr
WDR Big Band Köln
recorded live February 16 and 17, 2011, Stadtgarten Köln

1. Bop Stop
Soloists: Bill Evans, ts; Andy Haderer, tp
2. Island Green
Soloists: Marshall Gilkes, tb; Wolfgang Haffner, dr; Bill Evans, ss
3. Cascade Waterfalls
Soloists: Bill Evans, ss
4. Workin’ The Line
Soloists: Frank Chastenier, p; Bill Evans, ts
5. The Silk Road
Soloists: Etienne Mbappe, b
6. The East End
Soloists: Bill Evans, ts; Johan Hörlen, as; Etienne Mbappe, b
7. Big Little Man
Soloists: Bill Evans, ss; Ludwig Nuss, tb
8. On The Fly
Soloists: Bill Evans, ss; John Marshall, tp; Frank Chastenier, fender rhodes
9. Introduction of the Band
10. TJ Follies
Soloists: Bill Evans, ts; Karolina Strassmayer, fl; Wolfgang Haffner, dr
11. Whalebone Stamp
Soloists: Bill Evans, Paul Heller, ts; Frank Chastenier, org

After the success of their first collaboration "Van´s Joint", saxophonist Bill Evans,  arranger Michael Abene and the WDR Big Band rejoined for another project, consequently called "New Stuff". Again a great combination of catchy Evans originals with complex but very much listenable Abene arrangemnts, played by a very tight and creative Big Band propelled by the great rhythm section of Etienne M´Bappe and Wolfgang Haffner.

Steps Ahead live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2008

Mike Mainieri - Vibraphone

Till Brönner - Trumpet
Donny McCaslin - Saxophone
Bryan Baker - Guitar
Etienne M´Bappe - Bass
Rodney Holmes - Drums

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage, November 2, 2008

Tracklist
1. auzz
2. Los Dos Lorettas
3. All In a Row
4. Distant Episode
5. Send Me a Postcard
6. Nothing Personal
7. Beirut

The latest record featuring Steps Ahead is released on NYC records, called Holding Together:

The Zawinul Syndicate live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2002

The Zawinul Syndicate:

Joe Zawinul, keyboards, vocals

Amit Chatterjee, guitar
Etienne M´Bappe, bass, vocals
Paco Sery, drums, kalimba, vocals
Manolo Badrena, percussion, vocals
Sabine Kabongo, vocals
Maria João, vocals

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2002, Germany, November, 2002

Tracklist:
1. East 12th Street Band
2. Zansa
3. Café Andalusia
4. Borges Buenos Aires

This edition of the Syndicate plays its own repertoire known from the albums "Faces & Places" and "Vienna Nights". BHM/ Bird Jam just released a new CD by Zawinul:

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The Zawinul Syndicate live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2001

The Zawinul Syndicate:

Joe Zawinul, keyboards, vocals

Amit Chatterjee, guitar
Etienne M´Bappe, bass, vocals
Paco Sery, drums, vocals
Lelo Nika, accordion
Otto Lechner, accordion

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2001, Germany, October 19, 2001

Tracklist:
1. Indescretions
2. Lelo Nika
3. Otto Lechner
4. Zansa II
5. Bimoya

This is a very special concert: Joe Zawinul revisiting his first instrument, the accordion he used to play - and prepare- during his childhood in Austria. In this concert he meets two true masters of the accordion: Lelo Nika from Serbia and his fellow Asutrian Otto Lechner.
The Zawinul Syndicate visited the North Sea Jazz Festival earlier the same year. I´ve got only one track of this concert, so I post it as a "bonus track". It´s "Borges Buenos Aires", feat. Joe Zawinul, keyboards, Maria João, vocals, Amit Chatterjee, guitar, Etienne M´Bappe, bass, vocals, Nathaniel Townsley, drums & Manolo Badrena, percussion.