Zurich Jazz Orchestra - Tribute To Bill Holman at Moods

Big Band musicians world-wide were saddened by death of master composer and arranger Bill Holman on May 6th, 2024, at the age of 97. His long and productive career spanned seven decades and produced hundreds of compositions and arrangements that have become well-loved core repertoire of big bands and their audiences world-wide.

The last time Bill Holman was in Switzerland (2014) he conducted a concert of his music with the Zurich Jazz Orchestra, which still ranks as one of the most memorable performances in the long history of the ZJO. In another related story, our musical directors Daniel Schenker and Ed Partyka first met in 1996 as members of the Generations Festival Big Band in Frauenfeld, which was conducted by (you guessed it) Bill Holman...

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Big Band musicians world-wide were saddened by death of master composer and arranger Bill Holman on May 6th, 2024, at the age of 97. His long and productive career spanned seven decades and produced hundreds of compositions and arrangements that have become well-loved core repertoire of big bands and their audiences world-wide.

The last time Bill Holman was in Switzerland (2014) he conducted a concert of his music with the Zurich Jazz Orchestra, which still ranks as one of the most memorable performances in the long history of the ZJO. In another related story, our musical directors Daniel Schenker and Ed Partyka first met in 1996 as members of the Generations Festival Big Band in Frauenfeld, which was conducted by (you guessed it) Bill Holman. The Zurich Jazz Orchestra will celebrate the wonderful music and long life of Bill Holman on March 27th, performing some of his most popular works as well as some rarely heard gems that will feature the orchestra and its outstanding soloists.

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