Jörg Achim Keller King Georg 12

In the organizer's words:

Drums & Arrangements: Jörg Achim Keller, Alto Sax 1: Heinz Dieter Sauerborn, Tenor Sax 2: Paul Heller, Tenor Sax 3: Andi Maile, Trp 1: Wim Both, Trp 2: Ruud Breuls, Trb 1: Günter Bollmann, Trb 2: Uli Plettendorff, Tenor Horn: Jürgen Neudert, Tuba: Richard Hellenthal, Bass: Ingo Senst, Piano: Billy Test

DREAMBAND!" - this is how he described the hand-picked line-up of his KING GEORG 12 two years ago before the premiere - before the pandemic brought this exciting project to an abrupt end after just one performance. Now the concert series is finally being resumed, starting on Wednesday, 21.9.2022. The arranger and long-time chief conductor of the hr and NDR big bands will regularly write new music for the band's monthly concerts, which will always be premiered on the third Wednesday of the month by this all-star ensemble of German big band jazz. 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 whose ensemble sound combines the energy of a big band with the flexibility of a combo, the sharpness of the hottest bands with the velvety smoothness of the coolest. "A new sound is born!