German bandleader Kurt Edelhagen (1920-1982) had to do all kinds of music 'with discipline and precision', but as you'll hear on these 40 unreleased tracks from the Cologne broadcast studio archive, he and his superb orchestra loved to play big-band jazz. For much of the 1957-74 period the lineup included British jazz stars Jimmy Deuchar on trumpet and Derek Humble on alto sax, as well as the great Jamaican-born tenor player Wilton Gaynair, while a galaxy of visiting soloists appear here too. And it's fascinating to hear the orchestra responding to the changing scene from be-bop to jazz funk, even a wah-wah guitar creeping in by the end. A treasure trove. SH
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