Jack Million Band
The Jack Million Band is a Dutch big band .
Band history
The Jack Million Band was founded in 1995 by the Dutch trombonist, arranger and band leader Jack Coenen in Maastricht.
This continued his past as a trombonist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra . The Jack Million Band's repertoire ranges from swing of the 1930s and 40s to standard dances and current pop hits.
The international ensemble consists of jazz musicians from the Maastricht / Aachen region, especially alumni of the Maastricht Conservatory. Jack Conen works there as a lecturer for jazz trombone , harmony and big band .
After many successful concert appearances, especially at the Glenn Miller Birthplace Festival in Clarinda (Iowa), the Jack Million Band is considered one of the most authentic big bands in the style of Glenn Miller . The Jack Million Band is regularly committed to this festival.
In early 2011 the ensemble was inducted into the Sally Bennett Big Band Hall of Fame.
The Jack Million Band also performs as a dance orchestra at galas in Germany.
occupation
The Jack Million Band works in a classic big band line-up:
- 5 saxophones (2 alto saxophone , 2 tenor saxophone , 1 baritone saxophone )
- 4 trumpets
- 4 trombones (3 tenor trombones and 1 bass trombone )
- Rhythm section ( guitar , piano , double bass or electric bass , drums )
- Singer
The saxophonists also alternately play other woodwind instruments : clarinet , bass clarinet , flute , piccolo flute .
The line-up may be expanded to include an accordion , strings ( violins , violas and cellos ) and horn .
Musician
- Jack Coenen (trombone, vocals, accordion, direction), Lanaken, Belgium
- Daniel Daemen (alto saxophone, clarinet, flute), Belgium
- Jorre Reynders (alto saxophone), Belgium,
- Tim Paters (saxophone, flute), Netherlands
- Jean-Pierre Mouton (tenor saxophone, flute), Belgium
- Rudi Colin (baritone saxophone), Belgium
- Richard Didden (trumpet), Netherlands
- Dave Vreuls (trumpet), Netherlands
- Hinderik Leeuwwe (trumpet), Netherlands
- Nando van Westrienen (trumpet), Netherlands
- Markus Pohlen (trombone), Germany
- Tim Daemen (trombone), Belgium
- Rob Cober (bass trombone), Netherlands
- Romain van Beek (guitar), Netherlands
- Bart Rademakers (piano), Netherlands
- Rob Zeguers (double bass), Netherlands
- Patrick Eijdems (drums), Netherlands
- Ellen Bliek (vocals), Netherlands
- Imke Heitzer (vocals), Netherlands
- Vivienne Meens (vocals), Netherlands
- Geralt van Gemert (vocals), Netherlands
Guest musician
- Jan Eberle (vocals), USA, daughter of the singer Ray Eberle
- Laura Fygi (vocals)
- Brooks Tegler (drums)
- Bernard Berkhout (clarinet)
- Friso Kuperus (vocals)
- The Jacquelines (vocals)
Repertoire (excerpt)
- early big band swing from the repertoire of Fletcher Henderson , Jimmy Lunceford etc.
- Big band swing by Glenn Miller , Tommy Dorsey , Benny Goodman , Billy May , Artie Shaw , Si Zentner etc.
- Standard dances : slow waltz , tango , Viennese waltz , slowfox and quickstep
- Latin American dances : Samba , Cha-Cha-Cha , Rumba , Paso Doble , and Jive
- Hits from the Great American Songbook in the versions of the crooners Frank Sinatra , Bing Crosby , Tony Bennett , Barry Manilow , Nat King Cole
- current pop hits in big band versions: Michael Bublé , Harry Connick, Jr. , Roger Cicero etc.
- Show program The Best Is Yet to Come with Laura Fygi
- Show program New Swing - Night & Day with Friso Kuperus
Events
Extract from the Jack Million Band references list
- UNICEF Millennium Gala in front of the Reichstag, Berlin, 1999
- Glenn Miller Birthplace Festival, Clarinda, IA, 2003, 2006 and 2008
- Financial center gala Frankfurt 2010, 2012
- Business Ball Bielefeld 2010, 2011
- Juristenball Wiesbaden 2009, 2011
- Theaterball Freiburg, 2002, 2012 and 2016
- Residenzfestspiele Darmstadt 2012: German premiere of the program The Best Is Yet To Come
- WDC German Open Championships Mannheim 2014, 2015, 2016
- New Year's Eve Dinner Ball 2014, Kurhaus Baden-Baden
Awards
- 1996: CD production Dance Date for the Dutch Dance Association
- 2004: Hits of the CD New Swing, Night & Day with Friso Kuperus reached the top ten charts in South Africa
- 2010: Heerlen Jazz Award for Jack Coenen
- 2011: Inducted into the Big Band Hall of Fame , West Palm Beach, Florida with the distinction of Ambassador of Big Band Music
Discographic notes
- Jump, Jijve & More, 2002
- In the Mood for Glenn Miller, Vol. 1 , 2006
- In the Mood for Glenn Miller, Vol. 2 , 2008
- New Swing - Night and Day , 2004
- "Quick Quick Slow", 2014
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.conservatoriummaastricht.nl/nl/jazz-pop/docententeam/docenten-instrumentale-en-vocale-vakken/jack-coenen.aspx
- ↑ http://www.jack-million.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=30
- ^ Robert Fidler: Best Glenn Miller ghost band ever, in: Big Band Buddies Magazine
- ↑ David Miller: a thrill to listen to, in: Swinging Down the Lane Radio Programm http://www.bigband-era.com
- ^ Don Martin, in: Glenn Miller Birthplace Festival Newspaper, July 2003
- ↑ Marving Negley, Chairman of the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society, Clarinda, Iowa
- ↑ News release of the Big Band Hall enlisting
- ↑ Video by Jan Eberle with the title "White Cliffs Of Dover" with the Jack Million Band ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Concert review of the German premiere of "Show The Best Is Yet To Come" at the Darmstadt Residence Festival 2012 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ References list of the Jack Million Band
- ↑ "The most festive moments in the night of the nights, where do you sing, dance and dine on New Year's Eve in Berlin? Where can you get tickets? An overview of the galas, shows and festivals", Welt Online, December 15, 1999
- ^ Article on the website of the Maastricht Conservatory
- ^ Website of the Maastricht Conservatory
- ↑ Certificate of Appointment
