Hildegard Lernt Fliegen
»The Big Wig«
Andreas Schaerer is one of the most exciting figures in today’s Swiss jazz scene: together with his sextet Hildegard Lernt Fliegen, the vocal acrobat romps anarchically from one style to another. »The Big Wig« is Schaerer’s one-of-a-kind excursion into the orchestral realm.
Schaerer’s vocal adventures makes terms like scat and beatboxing pale into insignificance: his wealth of ideas surpasses even that of his teacher Bobby McFerrin. At breakneck speed he tells weird stories about murderers and drinkers, plays the diseur à la Kurt Weill, speaks a language of his own invention, blows the human trumpet or sings with the voice of a boy soprano.
His band Hildegard Lernt Fliegen accompanies him with an energy that sometimes swings and sometimes roars; like in the New Orleans carnival, the wind instruments groove along, while the rhythm section literally boils over.
For the first time, the off-the-wall musical world of this exceptional Swiss artist is expanded by his partners from Lucerne to create an exciting orchestral canvas.
Performers
Hildegard Lernt Fliegen
Andreas Schaerer voice, human beats
Christoph Steiner drums, percussion, marimba
Matthias Wenger saxophone
Marco Müller double bass
Andreas Tschopp trombone, tuba
Benedikt Reising saxophone, bassclarinet
Orchester der Lucerne Festival Alumni
conductor Mariano Chiacchiarini
Programme
Andreas Schaerer
The Big Wig
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