SWINGING MALLETS
P & C 1994
Total playing time: 53´59 Min.
Arrangements for vibraphone, marimba, xylophone and jazz trio.
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Content
- Claude Bolling: from the suite for vibraphone and jazz trio
1. Baroque and Blues
2. Sentimentale
3. Javanaise
4. Fugace
5. Irlandaise
6. Veloce - Dave Brubeck
7. Take Five - Henry Mancini
8. Pink Panther - Earl Hatch
9. Jammin` the blues - Kurt Engel
10. Look out little Ruth - Georges Bizet
11. Carmen Suite - Johannes Brahms
12. Ungarischer Tanz Nr.5 - Scott Joplin
13. Maple Leaf Rag
Instrumentalists:
Roland Härdtner - marimba, vibraphone, xylophone
Information about Roland Härdtner's musical career can be found under "biographie".
Holger Engel - piano, arrangement, composition
Holger Engel is a musician with the major subject piano. He can be heard, besides his piano work, also on keyboards, synthesizers and as a singer. He also joined varios television productions as bass player and guitar player. His fields of activity are jazz, pop, rock, latin and classical music. A lot of engagements with own (Body&Soul, Angelvoice) and other bands alternate with theatre productions of renowned theatres, performances with world-famous artists in TVshows like "Wetten Dass...?" or "Verstehen Sie Spass?" etc. Composing and arranging add to the work of the allrounder on stage or in the studio.
For some time Holger Engel tours besides his own projects with the „Janis- Joplin Tribute Show“ and the „Robbie Williams Tribute Show“ through Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Klaus Dusek - bass
Klaus Dusek studied contrabass at the „Musikhochschule Münster“. He was first winner at the contest „Jugend jazzt“ (Young Jazz Musician) and played in a number of jazz formations, including the „New Jazz Festival“ in Moers. Since 1984 he is a member of the „Städtische Orchester Pforzheim“.
Georg Schmid - drums
Georg Schmid played at various musicals and is the drummer of the bands „Nightfly“ and „Funhouse“. He completed his apprenticeship at the „Frankfurter Musikwerkstatt“ and became teached by Peter Giger and Martin Stöck from the band „Pur“. He won the „Landes-Rock-Preis“ in 1987.
Info
The CD „Swinging Mallets“ was Roland Härdtner's debut album recorded in 1994, where his arrangement of Claude Bolling's „ Suite Nr. 1“ is in the centre of attention, which was written by the famous French orchestra master and composer in 1975 for the flute player Jean-Pierre Rampal.In the style of a baroque suite, this composition contains different movements, which vary in tempo and mood. Impressive to listen to is the continous dialog between jazz and classic elemets, which meet, imitate each other, move in different ways or amalgamate with each other.
Besides other works from the classical repertoire like George Bizet's „Carmen Suite“ and Johannes Brahms' „Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 5“, as well as jazz standards like Dave Brubeck's „Take Five“ or Scott Joplin's „Maple Leaf Rag“, Härdtner arranged also „Look out little Ruth“ for this recording. The song is a almost forgotten piece of music written by the xylophone composer and soloist Kurt Engel, who was famous in the 30s of the last century.
