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Jazzic (Jazz Meets Classical Music)

Jazzpark Bigband

Released
2011
Label
JP Company
Forces
Big band, Vocal, Harmonica
Personnel
Jazzpark Bigband, with Jeon Je-deok (전제덕) harmonica on track 3 and Yoo Yeol (유열) vocals on track 4

Jazzpark Bigband formed around saxophonist Lee In-kwan and sixteen young Korean jazz musicians, with the aim of bringing big-band music to a wider public. After an EP and a Christmas record, Jazzic became the group’s first full-length album.

It was presented as the first Korean big-band album devoted entirely to jazz arrangements of classical music. Themes usually associated with a soloist or symphony orchestra are opened out across brass, reeds and rhythm section, with individual players breaking through the ensemble.

Hear both

The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsPachelbel, Bizet, Rodrigo, di Capua, Chopin, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, J.S. Bach · classical source works

The listening queues above follow the same order. The classical player omits tracks that are not based on a classical original.

Jazzed upJazzpark Bigband · 2011
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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. Canon In D MajorPachelbel: Canon in D major, P. 37
  2. Habanera From Opera ‘Carmen’Bizet: Carmen, Act I: Habanera, ‘L’amour est un oiseau rebelle’
  3. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor (feat. 전제덕)Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio — the material behind the song ‘En Aranjuez con tu amor’
  4. O Sole Mio (feat. 유열)di Capua: ’O sole mio (1898)
  5. Nocturne In No.2 E Flat Major Op.9-2Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
  6. Concerto For Trumpet In E Flat Major - Final AllegroHaydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Hob. VIIe:1: III. Finale. Allegro
  7. Symphony No.5 In C Minor Op.67Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
  8. Piano Sonata No.8 ‘Pathetique’ - 2nd MovementBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’: II. Adagio cantabile
  9. Hungarian Dance No.5 In G MinorBrahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-sharp minor, WoO 1
  10. Symphony No.94 In G Major ‘Surprise’ - 2nd MovementHaydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 ‘Surprise’: II. Andante
  11. 6 Suite For Violin Cello Solo No.1 - PreludeJ.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude