Dream Band Live in Concert Wolfgang Haffner SKU: ACTLP9949-1 Barcode: 0614427994912 25.00 £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT Released Date: 24th June 2022 Buying Format: 2LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Stars, drive, and heart: Brecker, Landgren, Evans and more – the ‘Dream Band’ of drummer Wolfgang Haffner on a live double album. One can hear it within the first few seconds: this music project has been done for the sheer love of it. Bandleader Wolfgang Haffner gets the programme under way on the drums by building intensity step by step. He plays with attitude and propulsive power, and never a trace of just showing off. This was how Haffner began the autumn 2021 concerts by his Dream Band, so it is also what we hear at the start of this double album of recordings from the tour. Known as the go-to rhythm anchor for all kinds of jazz, funk and pop units since the 1980s, he chose to indulge himself in some luxury casting, gathered together “my favourite musicians,” and toured, with shows in thirteen German towns and cities. Alongside Haffner’s trio with keyboardist Simon Oslender and bassist Thomas Stieger – a group freshly played-in from numerous summer concerts together – we find trumpeter Randy Brecker, saxophonist Bill Evans, trombonist Nils Landgren, plus the uniquely lively mind of vibraphonist / academic polymath Christopher Dell. At the end of the concerts the audiences would give standing ovations and cheer this septet back onto the stage, see them re-emerge drenched in sweat, and then watch them take their leave, arm in arm and with beaming smiles. Wolfgang Haffner reflects on the tour: “I could hardly believe my luck. We had so much fun, we could really feel people’s appreciation.” The band’s playing on this tour would instantly put audiences into a relaxed state of mind – and not just because they had been deprived of live performances through the previous year and a half of the pandemic. In these recordings, the different band members each take turns to occupy centre-stage, buoyed by Haffner’s artistry at the drums. Haffner has been meeting Randy Brecker on and off since the 1980s. Here, the trumpeter, now 76, is given a particularly strong lyrical solo feature on Haffner’s composition, ‘Q’. Saxophonist Bill Evans, he of the colourful headbands and the multifaceted shimmering and energetically effervescent sound, not only shines on saxophone in a duo ‘battle’ with Haffner on Nat Adderley’s classic ‘Walk Tall’, he also shows his mettle both as singer and pianist in ‘Bones from the Ground’. Haffner and Evans have been connecting for around 20 years through various projects, and since 2018 have co-led the band Spykillers. Haffner has known trombonist Nils Landgren for an equally long time; the drummer played in the Funk Unit for eight years. Here, in the Dream Band, Landgren gets to sing a touching version of the soulful ballad ‘Get Here’ by Brenda Russell, and plays a particularly tender trombone solo. Christopher Dell is a long-time companion and firm friend of Haffner’s. Keyboardist Simon Oslender was playing with Haffner at the age of 19 and is the youngest of the crew, while the highly accomplished bassist Thomas Stieger only recently teamed up with the drummer. All take their solo moments joyfully; each is a pleasure to hear. Haffner himself plays throughout with confidence, unflappability and a predilection for playing very quietly. There is versatility to be appreciated in his compositions, which range from funky numbers and the Spanish-inspired ‘Dando Vueltas’ to the slow gem ‘Silent Way’. It is as if the listener is given just a fleeting visit to each of these destinations, and after a good hundred minutes it comes as a surprise that we have already reached the last piece. The recordings, made at three different locations, form a complete concert evening on this album – and the musical euphoria of the drummer and his friends is contagious. Now available on double LP with digital download code. Artist Wolfgang Haffner Genre Jazz Label ACT Buying Options 2LP Includes Download Code Format 2LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings Drums Ahead (Wolfgang Haffner) Soulbop (Bill Evans) New Life (Wolfgang Haffner) Walk Tall (Nat Adderley) Bones from the Ground (Brooks Ritter) Dando Vueltas (Wolfgang Haffner) Tubes (Wolfgang Haffner) Star (Wolfgang Haffner) Sweet Emma (Nat Adderley) The Dipshit (Randy Brecker) You Dig (Landgren / Jansson / Price) Get Here (Brenda Russell) Tres Hermanos (Wolfgang Haffner) Q (Wolfgang Haffner) Leo (Wolfgang Haffner) Keep Going (Wolfgang Haffner) Simple Life (Wolfgang Haffner) The Real Thing (Wolfgang Haffner) Jean Pierre (Miles Davis) Silent Way (Wolfgang Haffner) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Wolfgang Haffner and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Wolfgang Haffner Silent World Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 27th January 2023 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wolfgang Haffner Silent World £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9963-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th January 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wolfgang Haffner Kind of Tango Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 28th February 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wolfgang Haffner Kind of Tango £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9899-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wolfgang Haffner Kind Of Spain Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 18th August 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wolfgang Haffner Kind Of Spain £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACT98481 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Herbie Hancock Sextant Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 18th June 2012 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Herbie Hancock Sextant £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP522 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 18th June 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Barney Kessel Ray Brown and Shelly Manne The Poll Winners Jazz | Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) | 180g, 1LP Released 24th June 2022 £33.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Barney Kessel Ray Brown and Shelly Manne The Poll Winners £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) SKU: ACONC 386 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th June 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Miles Davis Bags Groove (mono) Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 13th May 2014 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Bags Groove (mono) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: APRJ7109 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nils Wülker Go Jazz | Warner Jazz | 1LP Released 11th September 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nils Wülker Go £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Warner Jazz SKU: 0190295200077 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View e.s.t. 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