Jazzaar Festival Big Band Grammy-nominated
The Jazzaar Festival Big Band recorded the album "Remembering Bob Freedman" with bassist Ron Carter at the Jazzaar Festival in Aarau in 2019. It has now been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category.
The four other nominees are the SWR Big Band (with John Beasley and Magnus Lindgren), the WDR Big Band (with Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez and Ronnie Cuber) as well as the Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra (with Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson) and Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows. This means that ensembles from Switzerland and Germany are in the majority among the nominees.
The Jazzaar Festival was founded by Fritz Renold and Helen Savari in the 1990s. It offers musically talented young people from Aargau the opportunity to play alongside international jazz luminaries, particularly from the USA.
