Andi Maile‘s Ellington Projekt

SOULFUL JAZZ FOR THE PEOPLE The Stuttgart saxophonist Andi Maile carries on the legacy of the recently deceased trumpeter Tom Banholzer. Hard bop could not and cannot sound more swinging.

The Stuttgart saxophonist Andi Maile carries on the legacy of the recently deceased trumpeter Tom Banholzer. The man from Constance killed
two musical birds with one stone: he dedicated his own arrangements of selected compositions by the
jazz titan Duke Ellington, ennobled by the grand master Al Jarreau
himself (!), to the ingenious Miles Davis Quintet
of the 1950s. Hard bop could not and cannot sound any swingier.
Since 1999, the band has played countless concerts, mainly in
southern Germany and Switzerland, and has released two live CDs. Karoline Höfler from Stuttgart is still on board, along with Tobias Rädle from Friedrichshafen and Patrick Manzecchi from Constance. Tom Banholzer has been replaced by Thomas Siffling from Mannheim on trumpet and flugelhorn.

Line-up:
ANDREAS MAILE tenor sax, soprano sax
THOMAS SIFFLING trumpet, fluegelhorn
TOBIAS RÄDLE piano
HEINER MERK bass
PATRICK MANZECCHI drums
TOM BANHOLZER arrangements

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LIVE! at the KUltur-BUnker (Kulturbunker, Kultur im Bunker) under the Diakonissenplatz Stuttgart