The established trumpeter Torsten Maaß has been active for many years as a composer, arranger and guest conductor for numerous big bands. He arranged for productions with Max Mutzke, Clueso, Ack van Rooyen and many others. Under his direction, the SWR Big Band plays a selection of his lifeinspired works stylistically between Modern Mainstream and Bob Brookmeyer, in whose New Art Orchestra he was a founding member as a trumpeter. Now the first joint album called "Music Written By Real Life Part 1" will be released on August 11th. On it we present a selection of Maaß' works inspired by life, including many pieces of this production like “Sir Charles´tea time” and “Basie Day. Production from January 25, 2021 in the studio of the SWR in Stuttgart.

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Musical Director: Torsten Maaß
Sax: Klaus Graf
Matthias Erlewein
Axel Kühn
Andreas Maile
Michael Lutzeier

Trp.: Nemanja Jovanovic
Felice Civitareale
Bastian Stein
Rudi Reindl
Martin Auer

Pos.: Marc Godfroid
Ernst Hutter
Jürgen Neudert
Georg Maus

Piano: Klaus Wagenleiter
Git.: Frank Kuruc
Bass: Decebal Badila
Drums: Guido Jöris

Chapters:
Sir Charles´ tea time 00:00
Basie Day 04:20
It´s only live 11:42
Lester left town 16:51
The fluffer 22:28
Return of the saints 30:14
How insensitive 35:59
Funky T 41:00
Blues and other outdoor truth 46:18
Can´t stop my neck 50:37