Moka Efti Orchestra
| Moka Efti Orchestra | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Germany |
| Genre (s) | swing |
| founding | 2018 |
| Website | https://gastspielreisen.com/moka-efti-orchestra |
| Founding members | |
Composer, piano |
Nikko Weidemann |
Composer, banjo |
Mario Kamien |
Arrangements, band leaders, saxophone |
Sebastian Borkowski |
The Moka Efti Orchestra is a 14-piece jazz band that was formed around Nikko Weidemann , Mario Kamien and Sebastian Borkowski .
The group was initially created for the German television series Babylon Berlin in 2018, for which Weidemann and Kamien composed and arranged part of the music. Severija Janušauskaitė is also part of the formation . a. sings the title track of the series Zu Asche, zu Staub . They had their first concert appearance at the Xjazz Festival in Berlin in May 2018; and they performed at the Reeperbahn Festival, the Komische Oper and the Ballhaus in Berlin. In 2019 concerts took place across Germany, including in the Kulturarena Jena and the Philharmonie in Munich.
The name comes from the legendary Berlin café and dance house of the 1920s and 1930s, Moka Efti .
The repertoire of the "small big band" refers to the 1920s, initially mainly comprised swing , hot jazz and ragtime pieces, most of which come from the series' soundtrack.
In February 2020 the first album with the title First Edition was released . It reached number 23 in the German album charts.
The group should not be confused with the band project of the same name from the 1990s, which released two records.
Discography
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Studio albums
- 2020: first edition
Web links
- Moka Efti Orchestra at Allmusic (English)
- Moka Efti Orchestra at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Moka Efti Orchestra: Music from the Roaring 20s. In: arte . July 18, 2019, accessed January 31, 2020 .
- ↑ a b mdr.de: Portrait: The Moka Efti Orchestra makes them all dance | MDR.DE. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
- ↑ The orchestra from “Babylon Berlin” comes to Hanover. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Erstaufgabe: Moka Efti Orchestra. t-online, accessed on February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Germany