Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra – 100 – The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957 – 1974 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:30:30 minutes | 2,38 GB | Genre: Jazz
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This 3-CD box set of unreleased recordings by the Kurt Edelhagen Jazz Orchestra made for the German Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) radio station in Cologne presents a fascinating snapshot of an important episode in the history of European jazz. The collection has been put together by Dr Bernd Hoffmann, a German broadcaster and musicologist, who has made the selection from more than 3000 tracks in WDR’s archives. The “100” in the title refers to the fact that the centenary of Edelhagen’s birth was in June last year and that this release celebrates the anniversary.
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