Rob McConnell, SWR Big Band

So very Rob

Boss Brass Revisited

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CD/ Track	Title	Duration
1.1	Autumn In New York	07:14
1.2	Confirmation	08:45
1.3	Street Of Dreams	08:43
1.4	Peace / Blue Silver	09:39
1.5	So Very Rob	05:58
1.6	What Am I Here For	04:59
1.7	Sixth Sense	06:23
1.8	Stella By Starlight	09:15
1.9	Crazy Rythm	05:00
1.10	A Child Is Born / Our Waltz	05:42
1.11	Things Ain't What They Used To Be	07:14

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16,95 EUR

: SCM Hänssler
Art.-No.:: 093.107.000
: Compact Disc
Duration:: 1:18 hrs.
: August 2003
: *recommended retail price

GRAMMY Nomination 2004!

The Canadian Rob McConnell is a composer, arranger, valve-trombonist and a band leader of world reknown. His sense of humour paired with his supreme musicality, are prominent among the reasons for his great success.

Rob McConnell was born in Ontario in 1935. As a child he was introduced to music and playing an instrument by his family. An older brother was an excellent trumpeter and Rob longed to follow in his footsteps. When he was fifteen, however, he joined the high school big band as a slide-trombonist. And although a career as a musician was not his ambition at that time in his life, his talent and skills as a trombonist soon made the decisions for him, and today he is, without a doubt, one of the great trombone players of all time – three Grammys and 13 Grammy nominations provide ample evidence for this.

With this album the SWR Big Band, emulating the original Boss Brass format of 5 trumpets, 4 trombones plus Rob as soloist, 2 french horns, 5 saxophones, 4 rhythm plus percussion, pays homage to one of the greatest exponents of more recent big band history and his orchestra. Thus with Rob McConnell as guest director and soloist the motto and title of this CD is: “So very Rob” (Boss Brass Revisited).