The Charivari Jazz
Band's Sound
The style of the oldest, but young-at-heart band in Landkreis Starnberg has gradually evolved over the course of its 20-year existence.
Nowadays, in addition to straight Dixieland, a fair share of the band’s repertoire comprises titles from the Swing era – predominantly from the pens of Duke Ellington and Count Basie – as well as German folk songs and jazzed-up pop music.
The band always welcomes contact with other musical genres: guest musicians are always welcomed by the Charivari Jazz Band in Unterbrunn.
But enough words, this website is about music, so lend us your ears. The samples below were taken live at the Böck. Still not enough of it? The Charivari Jazz Band has a CD for you.
| In Stevedore Stomp the band stomps in the footsteps of Duke Ellington: a tight head-arrangement sets the scene for the soloists, here Müso on the clarinet. | 
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| Struttin' with some Barbecue, written by Louis Armstrong as a cornet solo, lures the banjo player, Gerhard, into a chorus before the rest of the band joins in for a rousing finale. |
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| Schon in der ersten Runde ging bei Manfreds Posaunensolo zu Victor Youngs Sweet Sue der berühmte "Ruck" durch die Band. |
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| In 1932, Hoagy Carmichael wrote New Orleans. The trumpeter, Christian, catches the style perfectly with a peaceful jazz ballad. |
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| With Lester Youngs Lester leaps in we have reached 1940 and Swing, where Müso and his tenor sax are clearly at home. |
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| Thelonius Monk doubtless never dreamt of Blue Monk with a Dixie orchestration. But it definitely works. |
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| In Count 'em, written by Quincy Jones for Count Basie, the bassist Poldi sets the band up perfectly with a consummately played intro. |
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| The drummer, Rolf, is a not-so-quiet fan of rocky latin dance rhythms. So in Ellington’s Shout 'em, Aunt Tillie the band puts the shoe on the other foot by playing a piece from 1930 with today’s rhythms. |
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... by the way
The samples were recorded behind our backs without warning or rehearsals on the 4th April 1998 at the Böck using a Jecklin disc. Sound engineer was Rainer Berauer.