THE MUSIC OF BERT KAEMPFERT – TODAY & YESTERDAY

Laeiszhalle (Main Hall)
21 and 22 October 2023
Tickets: elbphilharmonie.de

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Bert Kaempfert a concert is to be held highlighting the music of this inspired composer and sound creator.

Prominent special guests as well as a hand-picked orchestra present his international hits and some hidden treasures from his songbook, sometimes in exciting and unusual new versions.

The popular entertainer and musician Götz Alsmann is to moderate this special evening and will be entertaining the audience with anecdotes from the extraordinary success story of Hamburg’s very own Bert Kaempfert.

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The Austrian music label Horch House specializes in original 1:1 analogue copies of master tapes. In the EASY LISTENING section, albums by Bert Kaempfert are currently available.

• A SWINGIN’ SAFARI
• BLUE MIDNIGHT
• BYE BYE BLUES
• A MAN COULD GET KILLED

Available as RTM SM468 Tape on STANDARD 10.5″ Metal Reel

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

Silver Spot Records
Katalog-Nr.: 1036008SSR
EAN: 426026036008 5
Available for download from June 4th, 2021

In the early 1960s Bert Kaempfert produced some well-known film melodies. One legendary example of this is his 1961 recording of “Wonderland By Night”. This was the first time a German musician made it to No.1 in the American charts.

In 1966 Bert Kaempfert was commissioned to compose the music for the American comedy thriller “A Man Could Get Killed” – in Germany shown as “Willkommen, Mister B…”.

This great musical film is now available for all Kaempfert fans and sound track aficionados in a digital version for downloading and streaming.

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The Berlin Jazz Orchestra & Special Guests

Silver Spot Records
Catalog no.: 1036007SSR
EAN: 426026036007 8
Available for download from June 4th, 2021

The Concert Event of 2008
The Berlin Jazz Orchestra, Frankfurt Strings and Berlin Voices, conducted by Jiggs Whigham, revived the world-famous songs in this live performance.
Against the backdrop of a series of concerts from the years 2006 and 2008 the recording on 12 February 2008 in Frankfurt a. M. in the main concert hall of the “Alte Oper” is now available in a digital version for downloading and streaming.

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With her album “Turn Up The Quiet” Diana Krall has stormed into the international jazz charts. Now there are two further albums with compositions by Bert Kaempfert in the best-seller list: a new release by Gregory Porter and an album with Frank Sinatra classics.

Gregory Porter – Nat “King” Cole & Me

Blue Note (Universal Music)
# 7776174
Release: October 27, 2017

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For the music world Nat “King” Cole is the greatest musician and singer ever to dominate both jazz and pop. But for the young Gregory Porter he was more than that: he was a father figure. Porter has now thanked him with a musical tribute that really strikes a nerve: he sings Nat “King” Cole’s hits and finest songs with so much soul and feeling that you almost believe you are hearing these evergreens for the first time in your life. Just two weeks after its release the album has entered the charts, heading upwards. Already No. 1 on iTunes!

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Ideal weather ensured that some 3,000 people came to the now traditional Hoffest on Bert-Kaempfert-Platz in Hamburg-Barmbek.

The programme of live music was opened by the director of the “Museum der Arbeit”. Then, on behalf of the Bert Kaempfert Foundation board, Doris Kaempfert presented the annual sponsorship prize to Edgar Herzog and Paul Muntean from “Big Band Port Hamburg e.V.” in recognition of its exemplary promotion of young talent. The “Early Birds” youngsters big band gave a display of their skills on the large stage.

The high point was the performance by the Swedish jazz singer Sylvia Vrethammar with her all-star band and special guest Ack van Rooyen. Samba rhythms, American Songbook and top-quality jazz soon had the audience in Barmbek swinging.

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