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Funky Friday: Barbara Bruckmueller, "Missing Your Kissing"

Straight outta Vienna, Barbara Bruckmueller and her big band. Barbara's one of my favorite composers and bandleaders. Some people (that is, some Americans) think that European jazz is always cold and calculated. I don't believe it for a minute, and this song proves the point. Barbara's got soul. And a... Read more →

Funky Friday with Barbara Bruckmueller: Big Band Album of the Year, 2013

And the Big Band Album of the Year for 2013 is... The debut recording of the Barbara Bruckmueller Big Band. Yes, 2013, and I'm only half joking. I've been a fan of Barbara and her band for a couple of years. I love her sensibility as a composer. She's deeply... Read more →

Soulful Sunday: Duke Ellington, "Come Sunday," Barbara Bruckmueller Big Band

One of the happiest things that happened to me in 2011 was being introduced to the music of Barbara Bruckmüller. Barbara is a young Austrian composer, arranger, and conductor who's been leading a big band in Vienna for the last several years. She's been following two related paths -- reimaging... Read more →

Funky Friday: "Tigger's Bounce," Barbara Bruckmueller Big Band

Funky Friday from Vienna, Austria? You bet. For the last few years, the young Austrian composer, arranger, and conductor Barbara Bruckmueller and her band have been cooking up a tasty musical gumbo in the wilds of central Europe. All sorts of good things go into their pot -- ballads, New... Read more →