Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra

German jazz ensemble

The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra is a large German jazz ensemble led by Alexander von Schlippenbach. The orchestra performs orchestral jazz and experimental big band music and has included in its ranks such leading musicians as Misha Mengelberg and Kenny Wheeler. The orchestra, which performs rather infrequently, was founded in 1988 by Schlippenbach and has commissioned works by Carla Bley, Manfred Schoof, and Willem Breuker, among others.^[1]^[2]

Founding members

Marc Stutz Boukouya
Axel Dörner
Gerd Dudek
Bruno Leicht
Walter Gauchel
Dan Gottshall
Thomas Heberer
Jörg Huke
Nobuyuki Ino
Paul Lovens
Henry Lowther
Rudi Mahall
Evan Parker
Aki Takase
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Felix Wahnschaffe
Utz Zimmermann

Discography

Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (ECM, 1990)^[3]
The Morlocks and Other Pieces (FMP, 1994)^[4]
Live in Japan '96 (DIW, 1998)^[5] with Aki Takase

References

^ Layne, Joslyn. "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra Biography". Allmusic.
^ "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra". European Free Improvisation @ University of Sheffield.
^ Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra at AllMusic
^ The Morlocks and Other Pieces at AllMusic
^ Live in Japan '96 at AllMusic