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Frank Chastenier

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Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass, Chris Walden Big Band, WDR Big Band Köln, JugendJazzOrchester Nordrhein-Westfalen

Pianist/keyboardist and arranger, born 24 December 1966 in Aachen, Germany.

Worked with Peter Herbolzheimer in the late 1980s, joined the WDR Big Band Köln in 1990.

ALBUMS

Frank Chastenier

Songs I've Always Loved

2010, CD, Album, EmArcy, Universal

Erik Satie ; Christian Brückner, WDR Big Band Köln, Bill Dobbins, Frank Chastenier, Peter Erskine

Ich Bin Sehr Jung Auf Eine Sehr Alte Welt Gekommen

2006, 2xCD, CMO Music

Roger Willemsen, Frank Chastenier

2005, 2xCD, Kein & Aber Records,

Frank Chastenier

Paquito D'Rivera Featuring Niels-Henning Őrsted-Pedersen* / Wolfgang Haffner / Frank Chastenier / Pernel Saturino* / Triángulo / European Art Orchestra

The Clarinetist Volume One

2001, CD, Album, Peregrina Music,

Frank Chastenier

WDR Big Band Köln

The World Of Duke Ellington Box

2008, 3xCD, Album, Comp, BHM Productions

WDR Big Band Köln

Very Personal 01

WDR Big Band Köln

Tango Y Postango

JugendJazzOrchester Nordrhein-Westfalen

1985, LP, Album, WK-Schallplatten, WK-Schallplatten,

Jazz-Funk/Swing

WDR Big Band Köln

Caribbean Night

APPEARANCES +

...Bei Nacht...

2024, 2xLP, Album, Roof Records

...Bei Nacht...

2024, CD, Album, Dig, Roof Records

Bernard Purdie's Soul To Jazz

2023, 3xLP, Album, Comp, ACT (4),

Hereinspaziert!

2023, CD, Album, Silver Spot Records,

Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Holiday

Lisa Rebecca Wulff

Beneath The Surface

2020, CD, Laika Records,

Contemporary Jazz

Billy Hart & The WDR Big Band* Arranged And Conducted By Christophe Schweizer

The Broader Picture

Roger Willemsen & Die WDR Big Band*

Unterwegs (Vom Reisen)

2019, CD-ROM, MP3, Tacheles!,

Audiobook/Big Band

Sylvia Vrethammar

2019, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, VEAC,

Bill Evans (3) featuring Etienne Mbappe, Wolfgang Haffner, WDR Big Band Köln

Maceo Parker, Michael Abene & WDR Big Band Cologne*

It's All About Love

Thomas Quasthoff, NDR Bigband*

Das War Nur Ein Moment (Die Original Amiga-Aufnahmen)

2017, 10xCD + Box, Comp, RE, AMIGA, Sony Music,

Alternative Rock/Big Band/Easy Listening

Vince Mendoza & The WDR Big Band*

Roger Willemsen

Willemsen Legt Auf

Marshall Gilkes, WDR Big Band*

2015, CD, Album, Alternate Side Records,

Best Of The Verve Years

2015, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Music Group,

Magic Moments 8 - Sing Hallelujah

2015, CD, Comp, ACT (4),

Contemporary Jazz

Götz Alsmann Und Die WDR Big Band*

Winterwunderwelt Vol. 2

Wolfgang Haffner

Cool Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Fusion Jazz In America

2014, LP, Comp, Ghost Note Records,

Thomas Quasthoff

Mein Weihnachten - Gedichte & Songs

2014, CD, Album, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Ron Carter And The WDR Big Band*

My Personal Songbook

The Movie Album

Schlager/Cool Jazz/Ballad/Smooth Jazz

WDR Big Band* & Hiram Bullock

Christmas Revisited

Big Band/Holiday

Tomi Ungerer, Ulla Illerhaus, Jochen Malmsheimer, WDR Big Band Köln, David Horler

New York Voices With The WDR Big Band Cologne*

2012, CD, Album, Palmetto Records,

Arturo Sandoval And WDR Big Band* Conducted By Michael Philipp Mossman*

Big Band/Latin Jazz

Now And Forever (Secara Meets Kaempfert)

2011, CD, Album, Dig, Silver Spot Records

Paquito D'Rivera, Christopher Dell, WDR Big Band* Arranged And Conducted By Michael Abene

Homenaje A Benny Goodman

Pe Werner & WDR Big Band*

Mit Großem Besteck!

Chanson/Schlager

Thomas Quasthoff

Tell It Like It Is

2010, CD, Album, Deutsche Grammophon

2009, CD, Album, Warner Music International,

2009, CD, Album, Warner Music Entertainment,

Chanson/Soundtrack

2009, 2xCD, Random House Audio,

Joyce With WDR Big Band*

Celebrating Jobim

2009, CD, Album, Omagatoki,

Nur Ein Halber Mond

2009, CD, Maxi, Promo, Warner Music International,

WDR Big Band Köln Featuring Cécile Verny Arranged And Conducted By Michael Abene

Celebrating Billie Holiday

2008, CD, Album, CMO Jazz,

Big Band/Cool Jazz

Klaus Doldinger's Passport*

2008, 2xCD, Album, Warner Music Group Central Europe,

Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz/Theme

Аркадий Шилклопер*

2008, CD, Album, Not On Label (Arkady Shilkloper Self-released),

Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary

Bill Evans (3) w/ Dave Weckl, Mark Egan & WDR Big Band Cologne* Arranged & Conducted By Michael Abene

Contemporary Jazz/Big Band

Joe Lovano Featuring The WDR Big Band*

Post Bop/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

WDR Big Band Köln Featuring Phil Woods & John Riley

The World Of Duke Ellington Vol.3

WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By John Clayton Featuring Dianne Reeves, Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Benny Green

The World Of Duke Ellington Vol.2

WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By Jerry Van Rooyen Featuring Freda Payne, Milt Grayson, Jimmy Woode, Grady Tate

The World Of Duke Ellington Vol.1

Love Is What Stays

2007, 12", Verve Records,

Soul-Jazz/House

Stolen Moments (Nicola Conte "Midnight Mood" Rework)

2007, 12", Verve Records,

2007, 10xCD + Box, TCB Records (2),

Contemporary Jazz

2007, 3xCD, Comp, Verve Records,

Ragtime/Dixieland/Swing/Bop/Latin Jazz/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop/Modal/Free Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Bossa Nova/Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Spoken Word/Technical/Interview/Big Band/Chicago Blues

Rootsy Grooves & Groovy Roots By Maceo

2007, CD, Single, Promo, Car, CREAM Records (3),

Contemporary Jazz/Funk

Love Is What Stays

Lyrically, Alan Bergman

WDR Big Band Köln Feat. Joe Williams / Milt Jackson W/ Cedar Walton, John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton

The Christmas Album

Easy Listening/Holiday

Thomas Quasthoff

The Jazz Album (Watch What Happens)

Roots & Grooves

Biréli Lagrène & WDR Big Band Köln

Djangology (A Tribute To Django Reinhardt)

2006, CD, Album, Dreyfus Jazz

The Chris Walden Big Band*

2006, CD, Album, Origin Records,

Michael Brecker

Jazz Academy (Pure Essentials For Jazzaholics)

2006, CD, Album, C&B Productions, ZYX Music,

2006, CD, Album, Sonoton Creative Sound Solutions, Sonoton

Götz Alsmann Und Die WDR Big Band*

Winterwunderwelt

Big Band/Holiday

Verve Today 2005

2005, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal,

Contemporary Jazz

Once To Every Heart

Verve Today 2004

2004, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal,

Contemporary Jazz

Laid Back Tunes With A Groovy Twist

2004, CD, Comp, Benz Street,

Contemporary Jazz/Fusion

Voices Of Concord Jazz - Live At Montreux

Wolfgang Niedecken Und Die WDR Big Band Köln

A Woman And A Half

2003, CD, Album, Warner Strategic Marketing,

Chanson/Swing/Spoken Word

2003, CD, Album, Ayia Napa

Gianluigi Trovesi

2002, CD, Album, Enja Records,

Contemporary Jazz

Renaissance Man

2002, CD, Album, TCB Records (2),

Contemporary Jazz

Thorsten Wollmann, WDR Big Band Cologne* Featuring Hayden Chisholm

Colours Of Siam

2002, CD, Album, In+Out Records,

Big Band/Vocal/Swing

Jazz 4 Lovers - Mellow Tunes For Private Hours

Verve Today 2001 (Volume 5)

2001, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Jazz Germany,

Contemporary Jazz

Intersections (Jazz Meets The Symphony #5)

2001, CD, Album, Aleph Records

2001, CD, Album, Nagel Heyer Records,

Original Music From The Film Jazz Seen

Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Soundtrack

The World Of Intuition 1 (Music Of All Colours)

Tribal/Fusion/Ambient/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz

Jan Klare / Eckard Koltermann, WDR Big Band Köln

WDR Big Band Köln

2000, CD, Album, NRW Jazz,

2000, CD, Album, ESC Records,

Drum n Bass/Contemporary Jazz

Lalo Schifrin, WDR Big Band Cologne*, Trilok Gurtu, James Morrison, Don Byron, Greg Hutchinson*, Sydney Thiam, Nestor Marconi*, Simon Stockhausen, Jean-Luc Ponty

2000, CD, Album, Aleph Records,

Greetje Kauffeld

2000, CD, Mons Records

S'Heuis - The Schönbächler Sisters*, The Alpine Experience, Hans Kennel

A Call From The Alps

2000, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)

2000, CD, Album, Aleph Records,

Soundtrack/Score/Theme/Big Band

Kevin Mahogany, Charles McPherson, Jimmy Knepper, Dennis Mackrel And The WDR Big Band Köln

Pussy Cat Dues "The Music Of Charles Mingus"

Vocal/Post Bop/Big Band

Chattin With Chet

Contemporary Jazz

Soundtrack/Score/Theme/Big Band

1999, CD, Album, Intuition Records,

1999, CD, Intuition Records

1999, CD, Album, Red Moon,

Geschwister Hofmann

Frieden In Allen Herzen

1999, CD, Ariola,

Latin Jazz Suite

Big Band/Latin Jazz

Wolfgang Haffner

Smooth Jazz/Fusion

Jazz Goes To Hollywood

Jazz Mass In Concert

1998, CD, Album, Aleph Records,

Behind Closed Doors Volume One

1998, CD, Album, Fuzzy Music,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion

WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By Vince Mendoza

Caribbean Night

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

The Last Concert

Frank Reinshagen Big Band

1996, CD, Album, Valve-Hearts,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Bernard Purdie's Soul To Jazz

1995, CD, Album, Button Records (2),

BuJazzO, Peter Herbolzheimer

1995, CD, Album, Ars Musici

Helen Schneider

Right As The Rain

Back To Basics!

1994, CD, Minor Music, Jazz Thing,

Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk/Soul-Jazz

Till Brönner, Gregoire Peters*

Generations Of Jazz

1994, CD, Album, Minor Music

Till Brönner, Gregoire Peters*

Generations Of Jazz

1994, CD, Album, Minor Music,

Fusion/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz

The Mendoza / Mardin Project*

Fusion/Flamenco/Big Band

Bundesjazzorchester*, Peter Herbolzheimer

1992, CD, Album, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi,

Traces Of Trane

Contemporary Jazz

Charlie's Oldtimers

Crazy Days Are Back Again

Landesjugendchor Nordrhein-Westfalen, JugendJazzOrchester Nordrhein-Westfalen, Landes-Jugendzupforchester Nordrhein-Westfalen, Landesjugendorchester Nordrhein-Westfalen

1984, 4xLP + Box, WK-Schallplatten, WK-Schallplatten, WK-Schallplatten, WK-Schallplatten,

Jazz-Funk/Swing

Jugendjazzorchester NW*

Back To The Roots

Fahrt Ins Blaue II - Groovin' In The Spirit Of Jazz

Verve Today 2011

2011, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Music Group,

Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Future Jazz

2011, CD, Comp, Dig, ZAP Music,

Downtempo/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz/House/Folk Rock

Campari Lounge II

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Double Power, Comfort Sounds,

House/Future Jazz/Downtempo/Latin/Easy Listening

Moreorless Jazz Five

Hot Pots (The Hottest Jazz Trip In Pop) (Volume 3)

2006, CD, Album, Comp, Universal

Blaue Stunde (Popjazz Made In Germany)

2006, CD, Comp, Edel,

Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Holiday

It's All About Love

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