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  | TOBIAS HOFFMANN JAZZ ORCHESTRA ~ CONSPIRACY
MONS 874757 (Barcode: 4260054557578) ~ GERMANY ~ Big Band Jazz
Recorded: 2021 Released: 2022
This is the second album by German (resident in Austria) saxophonist / composer / bandleader Tobias HoffmannFind albums by this artist. Following the debut album “RetrospectiveFind albums with this title” from 2019, which was recorded with a nonet, this time Hoffmann conducts a full-fledged eighteen-piece strong Jazz Orchestra, which performs ten of his original compositions.
The music emphasizes the wealth of possibilities a Jazz Orchestra is able to generate, based on excellent compositions, and featuring the full power of instrumental collaboration by the orchestra members. As usual in such circumstances, most of the orchestral performances feature soli by selected members of the orchestra.
The album is mainly a testimony of Hoffmann’s development as a Jazz composer, which shows significant progress in comparison to his debut album. Although still within the mainstream milieu, the music is interesting, diverse and coherently constructed, superbly utilizing the potential of a Jazz Orchestra. Hoffmann continues the European approach to Jazz Orchestra, which cultivates an overall ensemble sound, rather than the American approach, where the band mostly accompanies soloists.
Overall, this is an excellent Orchestral Jazz effort, with first class compositions flawlessly executed by the instrumentalists, which continues the splendid European Orchestral Jazz tradition, keeping it alive despite the difficulties involved with working and sustaining big ensembles in today’s climate. It seems that Austria manages to be the best environment in Europe for Orchestral Jazz these days. Well done indeed!
| | Updated: 02/10/2022Posted: 02/10/2022 | CD 1 Digipak Recommend To A Friend |
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