Chanson-Nette - Voll uff Swing (2020)

Swing with a difference: Swinging chansons and hits in Benny Goodman style of the 20s and 30s with German texts - from Claire Waldoff to Hildegard Knef, by Friedrich Hollaender, Werner Richard Heymann & Co. interpreted by the Berlin actress and singer “Chanson-Nette “Jeannette Urzendowsky. Musically accompanied by Andreas Hofschneider, one of the stars among the swing clarinetists, as well as by three instrumentalists from his AHQ quartet: Roland Neffe on vibraphone, Stan Juraschewski on piano, Michael Wirth on drums. Chanson-Nette and Andreas Hofschneider have rearranged evergreens and rare German chansons in the style of the heartbeat music of the King of Swing. The sound of the twenties and thirties comes with timeless compositions and texts, intelligent, funny, lifelike. With Chanson-Nettes Berliner Kodderschnauze and their irresistible music, the five deliver a performance as if they had tumbled from Babylon Berlin into the present. Jump up to dance! Chanson-Nette Jeannette Urzendowsky loves "her" chansons and poems. She wants to save these treasures of cabaret and their creators from being forgotten. She has been touring Germany and Europe for many years, telling the stories of composers, poets and actors between song and play. The Tagesspiegel writes: "Anyone who experiences the bundle of temperament with heart and feeling can be sure that they will encounter something special." Chanson-Nette is an honorary ambassador for the German Cabaret Archive. Andreas Hofschneider fell in love with the clarinet at the age of 16. At 19 he discovered Benny Goodman's legendary swing. Today his quartet is one of the most sought-after swing bands. “It will be very nice when Andreas Hofschneider, Benny Goodman from Berlin, gets going,” writes the Tagesspiegel. The hearts of his bandmates and the guests on the CD, Johannes Ballestrem (piano) & Michael Waterstradt (bass), beat with passion and perfection for the swing.