Strangers in the Night - The Music of Bert Kaempfert

Strangers in the Night - The Music of Bert Kaempfert
Strangers in the Night - The Music of Bert Kaempfert
	Pop Music
Length	65 Minutes
Label	Polydor/Universal
Berlin Jazz Orchestra chronology

Strangers in the Night - The Music of Bert Kaempfert is the

Frankfurt, Germany

.

History

Strangers in the Night - The Music of Bert Kaempfert is the

Frankfurt, Germany at the Alte Oper on February 12, 2008.^[2]

On DVD the recording includes Kaempfert’s well known songs such as

Strangers In The Night. Soloists included Ack van Rooyen (flugelhorn, trumpet), Herb Geller (saxophone, flute), Jiggs Whigham (trombone) and Ladi Geisler (bass) together with several of Bert Kaempfert’s past musicians from his orchestras. This concert and DVD includes jazz singers Sylvia Vrethammar, Marc Secara

as well as pianist and entertainer Joja Wendt.

Promotion

The live recording for

Hamburg.^[3]

Follow up to this CD is Now and Forever - Secara meets Kaempfert released by Silver Spot Records in 2011.

Reception/Professional ratings

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Jazzthetic	Highly favorable^[4]

A whirring sound carpet is laid down by the Berlin Jazz Orchestra (sic)...
made impressive for provoking a renewable generation of Jazz.

Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten

The young singer Marc Secara would actually stand where Roger Cicero is today, because he has it (to make it short).

Jazzthetic

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro: Strangers In The Night"	04:22
15.	"You Turned My World Around"	02:51
16.	"(You Are) My Way Of Life"	03:00
17.	"The Times Will Change"	02:54
18.	"Danke Schoen"	04:50

Personnel

Conductor – Jiggs Whigham
Arranged By – Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Jörg Achim Keller
Contractor – Maraike Niemz
Trombone (solo) - Jiggs Whigham
Trumpet and flugelhorn (solo) – Ack van Rooyen
Guitar and bass (solo) - Ladi Geisler
Featured vocalists – Marc Secara, Sylvia Vrethammar
Alto Saxophone and flute– Herb Geller, Nico Lohmann
Tenor Saxophone and flute – Patrick Braun, Thomas Walter
Baritone Saxophone and flute – Grégoire Peters
Trumpet – Daniel Collette, Jürgen Hahn, Martin Gerwig, Nikolaus Neuser
Trombone – Arne Fischer, Christoph Hermann, Ralph Zickerick, Simon Harrer
Guitar – Jeanfrançois Prins
Piano – Claus-Dieter Bandorf, Joja Wendt
Bass – Ralph Graessler
Drums – Jean Paul Hochstädter
Strings – Frankfurt Strings
Backing Vocalists – Esther Kaiser, Kristofer Benn, Sarah Kaiser

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Europe	September 21, 2012	Universal Polydor	DVD
Canada	September 21, 2012	Universal Polydor	DVD

References

^ Strangers In Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert on Amazon
^ Strangers In Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert produced by Polydor Records and Universal Entertainment
^ Concerts to promote Strangers in the Night: the Music of Bert Kaempfert
^ reviews and press page for Marc Secara

External links

Sound carrier of Strangers in the Night - The Music of Bert Kaempfert in the German National Library catalogue
Berlin Jazz Orchestra – Strangers In The Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert at Discogs
OCLC 865108122

Berlin Jazz Orchestra – Marc Secara - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert on
YouTube

[1] Strangers In Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert on Amazon

[2] Strangers In Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert produced by Polydor Records and Universal Entertainment

[3] Concerts to promote Strangers in the Night: the Music of Bert Kaempfert

[4] reviews and press page for Marc Secara

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