Anachronic Jazz Band

[BeBop]

I heard their version of Bird's Anthropology "in the style of the Hot Five/Seven" yesterday. Anyone familiar?

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/anachronic-jazz-band-mn0001201580/biography

[gmonahan]

I heard their version of Bird's Anthropology "in the style of the Hot Five/Seven" yesterday. Anyone familiar?

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/anachronic-jazz-band-mn0001201580/biography

The 2-disc Jazz in Paris set offers some very interesting music: http://www.amazon.com/Anthropology-Jazz-Paris-Anachronic-Band/dp/B001PU6SYG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415058736&sr=8-1&keywords=Anachronic+jazz+band

Certainly an unusual band!

gregmo

[Big Beat Steve]

Now THAT sounds like an original way of adapting tunes.

Why limit yourself to hearing "King Porter Stomp" played by Westcoast jazz musicians, for example, or Steve Lacy's first recordings for Jaguar?

Why not the other way round, for once, too?

Cannot recall having heard about them "at the time" (but probaby I just did not pay attention). Time to make up for that oversight.

[king ubu]

Definitely worth looking for.

http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B001PU6SYG/

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B001PU6SYG/

[Big Beat Steve]

Definitely worth looking for.

Done.

[flat5]

I found them about ten years ago or more.

I like them very much.

Clever bunch of musiciners. (sp?) (How would Bechet spell it?)

[Ted O'Reilly]

My good friend Arild Wideroe has been presenting jazz concerts in Baden Switzerland for 50 Years (!) and is shortly wrapping up that part of his life with a Jubilee Weekend, featuring the Anachronic Jazz Band.

Here's a Google translation to English of the webpage: http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://jazzinderaula.ch/&prev=search

And for those who can follow, here's the original : http://jazzinderaula.ch/page.php?13

Wideroe's done an amazing number of fine concerts with international stars, many of the events appearing on records: http://jazzinderaula.ch/page.php?13

[Ted O'Reilly]

That band has gone through a lot of changes over the years, breaking up and reforming. Here's a 2013 You Tube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbwhE7Lk6c It's all great fun....

[danasgoodstuff]

Haven't heard these guys, but I'm intregued, partly because there have been a number of similar things done with various styles/periods of rock/R&B - e.g., 'Godfrey Daniels' who did a version of "Proud Mary" which started "old" and ended "real old". Haven't there been several jazz projects More or less along these lines recently?

[johnblitweiler]

That band has gone through a lot of changes over the years, breaking up and reforming. Here's a 2013 You Tube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbwhE7Lk6c It's all great fun....

Thanks for the clip. I like their energy. The alto player is an interesting bunch of guys.

[JSngry]

They cover Chick Corea too!

[BeBop]

Thanks for all the information, thoughts, and tips. The Amazon.Fr site has samples up, for anyone who cares to explore.