Jens Wendelboe - With A Nordic Sound - An American Jazz Orchestra: Against All Odds (CD)

Release Date: 11/05/21Jens Wendelboe is known for touring and playing trombone with Blood, Sweat & Tears for many years, but also doing his own big band and qrt projectsThis is the longest and hardest CD production that I have ever ventured into.Composing music can be a very solitary endeavor but writing and arranging the 12 compositions for this band and CD production was an interesting. As we worked and recorded, re-writing and revisions were a constant part of the process.Covid 19 played a large role in the naming of the album 'Against All Odds.' We were only able to have one full band rehearsal at a private home, and fatefully managed to get all the rhythm section tracks recorded in just two days in March 2020 right before Covid 19 quarantine measures set in.In late spring 2020 several new attempts were made to hold the horn section rehearsals, but to no avail. We even started a trumpet section rehearsal but called it off after a few minutes because it did not feel safe. In the