{"id":10,"date":"2022-11-03T11:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T10:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:18:58","slug":"historie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/en\/historie\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Randers Big Band was founded in 1980, by Palle Hundborg, a local Randrusianer music visionary. The band has since been on a musical journey towards being a highly reputed Big Band among Danish Big Bands as well as a breeding ground for young aspiring Danish jazz musicians. The band's musical director and conductor was until 2011 Ole Koch S\u00f8rensen. He contributed with tenacious and motivating commitment to Randers Big Band becoming among Denmark\u00b4s best playing big bands, especially in the field of traditional swing music.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Randers Big Band in the year 1998. Palle Hundborg, the founder of the orchestra, can be seen in the top right corner. Three of the musicians in the picture are still playing in RBB today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Trumpeter and arranger Jesper Riis took over the management after Ole. From 2011 to 2012 he diversified the Randers Big Band\u00b4s repertoire to include more contemporary styles of jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012 Nikolai B\u00f8gelund became the conductor of Randers Big Band. Nikolai B\u00f8gelund, a master trombone player, has toured the world with famous popstar Lukas Graham with his \u201cRusty Trombones\u201d horn section. He serves as musical mind behind major musical TV productions and, among other things, as the conductor of Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra (DRJO) and Aarhus Jazz Orchestra.\n\nBeing an energetic force he has realized a myriad of different projects, including recording of Randers Big Band's latest album \"Live Live\" with prize winning Norwegian jazz singer Live Foyn Friis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ole Koch S\u00f8rensen, conductor 1988-2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    1980<\/strong> Founded by Palle Hundborg
    1988<\/strong> Directed by Ole Koch S\u00f8rensen
    2009<\/strong> Tour to Florida and Louisiana, US
    2010<\/strong> Swinging Saxonia \u2013 Battle of the Bands nr. 3
    2011<\/strong> Second place, Big Band Battle
    2011 <\/strong>Directed by Jesper Riis
    2012<\/strong> Tour to Br\u00fcgge, Belgium
    2012 <\/strong>Directed by Nikolai B\u00f8gelund
    2013<\/strong> Tour to Rio, Brazil
    2015<\/strong> Tour to Vancouver, Canada
    2017 <\/strong>Directed by Peter Brem
    2017 <\/strong>Tour to London, England
    2021<\/strong> Directed by Nikolai B\u00f8gelund
    2022<\/strong> Tour to Hameln and Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    In 2017, Peter Brem, composer and musician, took over the conductor\u2019s role. In the autumn of the same year, the orchestra went on tour to London and among other places played at London\u2019s most renowned Jazz venue \u201cRonnie Scotts\u201d. Peter contributed to challenging the orchestra with yet new styles, which resulted in, among other things, several latin jazz concerts with award winning Estonian singer and composer Karmen men R\u00f5ivassepp. These concerts include events at Aarhus Jazz Festival in the summer of 2018 and in the summer 2019, the latter featuring famous Kjeld Lauritsen on Hammond organ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In October 2020, Randers Big Band played its 40th anniversary concert with a multitude of solo musicians with connections to Randers Big Band over the years. Some of these musicians were \u201cfostered\u201d in the band, others attached through various musical encounters. The anniversary concert developed into both a big bang of a concert and a happy reunion with old friends and big names of the Danish and international jazz scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2021, Nikolai B\u00f8gelund again took over the conductor\u2019s role after Peter Brem, and most recently the band was on tour to Berlin, Germany. The tour culminated in a memorable concert at the jazz club B-flat in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Gennem \u00e5rene har Randers Big Band deltaget ved mange festivaler i b\u00e5de ind- og udland og rejst p\u00e5 koncertturn\u00e9er i blandt andet Sverige, Finland, Polen, Tjekkiet, Tyskland, Schweiz, USA, Brasilien,\u00a0Canada og London. Udover de mere almindelige big band-koncerter til f.eks. frokostjazz-arrangementer, f\u00f8dselsdage, festivaler, dans, receptioner, firmafester eller den traditionsrige nyt\u00e5rskoncert den 1. januar p\u00e5 V\u00e6rket i Randers, har bandet arrangeret en r\u00e6kke workshops og koncerter med mange kendte b\u00e5de danske og udenlandske solister. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Randers Big Band is supported by Randers Municipality.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Randers Big Band opstod i 1980, hvor Palle Hundborg stiftede orkestret. Bandet har siden gennemg\u00e5et en stor musikalsk udvikling. Ikke mindst har bandets musikalske leder Ole Koch S\u00f8rensen gennem mange […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randersbigband.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}