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Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
Formed in 1988
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The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra is a large German jazz ensemble led by Alexander von Schlippenbach. The orchestra performs orchestral jazz and experimental big band music and has included in its ranks such leading musicians as Misha Mengelberg and Kenny Wheeler. The orchestra, which performs rather infrequently, was founded in 1988 by Schlippenbach and has commissioned works by Carla Bley, Manfred Schoof, and Willem Breuker, among others.
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Le Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra est un grand ensemble de jazz allemand, fondé et dirigé par Alexander von Schlippenbach. Cet orchestre a joué du jazz symphonique et de la musique expérimentale pour big band, à la fin des années 1980 et dans les années 1990.
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