WDR Big Band Köln
Big band of large public German radio / TV broadcasting station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), based in Köln (Cologne).
Since 2016 Bob Mintzer is the chief conductor and Vince Mendoza is composer in residence and conductor.
Bluegrass
WDR Big Band Köln Featuring Darol Anger and Mike Marshall (2)
2025
MCG Jazz
CD, Album
Life Songs
Marshall Gilkes And The WDR Big Band*
2024
Alternate Side Records
CD, Album
Ariabesques - WDR Big Band Plays Bach - The Goldberg Variations
WDR Big Band Köln
2023
Jazzline
2xCD, Album
Renderings
Chuck Owen And The WDR Big Band* With Special Guest Sara Caswell
2023
Mama Records (2)
CD, Album
Samba Jazz Odyssey
Hendrik Meurkens, WDR Big Band Köln
2022
ZOHO
CD, Album
Birth Of A Bird (Celebrating The Music Of Charlie Parker)
WDR Big Band* Featuring Luigi Grasso & Johan Hörlén
2022
Center Stage
Steve Gadd / Eddie Gomez / Ronnie Cuber / WDR Big Band*
2022
The Art Of The Big Band
WDR Big Band Köln
2021
Musica Jazz
CD, Album, Comp
And Still We Sing
Fay Claassen & David Linx & WDR Big Band Cologne*
2021
Soundscapes
Bob Mintzer & WDR Big Band*
2021
Colors & Shadows
Andrea Motis, WDR Big Band Cologne*, Mike Mossman*
2021
Spurensuche
Christian Elsässer, WDR Big Band Köln
2020
Tangible Music (3)
CD, Album
Front & Center
Florian Ross, WDR Big Band Köln
2020
Toy Piano Records
CD, Album
Balkan Jazz
WDR Big Band* Plays The Music Of Nicolas Simion Arranger & Conductor Bill Dobbins
2020
7 Dreams Records
CD, Album
Blue Soul
Dave Stryker With Bob Mintzer And The WDR Big Band*
2020
Strikezone Records
CD, Album
Jackets XL
Yellowjackets, WDR Big Band Köln
2020
Crossing Borders
Richie Beirach-Gregor Hübner Duo*, The WDR Big Band*
2019
Zoho
CD, Album
Big Band Voodoo
Dr. John & WDR Big Band Köln
2019
Orange Music Records
CD, Album
Unterwegs (Vom Reisen)
Roger Willemsen & Die WDR Big Band*
2019
Tacheles!
CD-ROM, MP3
An Argentinian In New York
Pedro Giraudo & The WDR Big Band*
2019
Zoho
CD
The East End
Bill Evans (3) Featuring Etienne Mbappe, Wolfgang Haffner, WDR Big Band Köln
2019
Live At The Philharmonie Cologne
Bill Laurance, WDR Big Band*
2019
Begin Again
Fred Hersch & WDR Big Band Köln
2019
Always Forward
Marshall Gilkes, WDR Big Band*
2018
Alternate Side Records
CD
Dutch Songbook
Fay Claassen & WDR Big Band*
2018
Challenge Records (3)
CD
It's All About Love
Maceo Parker, Michael Abene & WDR Big Band Cologne*
2018
Channels Of Energy
Antonio Sanchez (2), WDR Big Band*, Vince Mendoza
2018
Drop Shot
Ricky Peterson w/ Bob Mintzer & WDR Big Band Cologne*
2018
Rediscovered Ellington
WDR Big Band Köln
2017
Zoho
CD, Album
Homecoming
Vince Mendoza & The WDR Big Band*
2017
Winterwunderwelten - Die Sammlung
Götz Alsmann Und Die WDR Big Band Köln
2016
Roof Records
3xCD, Album
On The Way To The Sky
Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Mel Lewis, WDR Big Band Cologne*
2016
A Taste Of Billy Cobham • Mezzoforte • WDR Bigband • Fred Wesley • Tok Tok Tok • U.V.M.
Billy Cobham • Mezzoforte • WDR Bigband* • Fred Wesley • Tok Tok Tok
2016
Steppin' Out
Steps Ahead − Mike Mainieri, Bill Evans (3), Chuck Loeb, Tom Kennedy (2), Steve Smith (5), WDR Big Band Cologne* Arranged & Conducted By Michael Abene
2016
The Broader Picture
Billy Hart & The WDR Big Band* Arranged And Conducted By Christophe Schweizer
2016
Köln
Marshall Gilkes, WDR Big Band*
2015
Alternate Side Records
CD, Album
Unsung Heroes
Ansgar Striepens, WDR Big Band Köln
2015
Jazz Haus Musik
CD, Album
African Songs
Richard Bona, WDR Big Band Köln
2015
Not On Label
DVDr
Winterwunderwelt Vol. 2
Götz Alsmann Und Die WDR Big Band*
2015
Big Band Boom
Metro (12) − Chuck Loeb, Wolfgang Haffner, Mitchel Forman, WDR Big Band Cologne* Arr. & Cond. By Michael Abene
2015
Soleando
Chano Domínguez & WDR Big Band Cologne* Arranged & Conducted By Vince Mendoza
2015
My Personal Songbook
Ron Carter And The WDR Big Band*
2014
Reineke Fuchs
Johann W. Von Goethe*, Ilse Van Heyst ; Ulrich Noethen, Theo Bleckmann, WDR Big Band Köln, Ansgar Striepens
2013
CMO Hörbuch
CD
Christmas Revisited
WDR Big Band* & Hiram Bullock
2013
Tremolo
Tomi Ungerer, Ulla Illerhaus, Jochen Malmsheimer, WDR Big Band Köln, David Horler
2013
Live
New York Voices With The WDR Big Band Cologne*
2012
Palmetto Records
CD, Album
Mit Großem Besteck!
Pe Werner & WDR Big Band*
2011
Christmas Oratorio
J.S. Bach* -- King's Singers* / WDR Big Band* Arranged and Conducted by Bill Dobbins
2010
Signum Classics
2xCD
Balkan Jazz
WDR Bigband*
2010
Bigband Records
CD, Album
A Tribute To Ray Charles (Live In Leverkusen)
Maceo Parker & WDR Big Band Cologne*
2010
BHM Productions
DVD-V, PAL, DTS
Celebrating Jobim
Joyce With WDR Big Band*
2009
Omagatoki
CD, Album
Mambo Nights
Arturo Sandoval And WDR Big Band* Conducted By Michael Philipp Mossman*
2009
Bombella (Gold Train - South Africa)
Abdullah Ibrahim & WDR Big Band Cologne*
2009
Homenaje A Benny Goodman
Paquito D'Rivera, Christopher Dell, WDR Big Band* Arranged And Conducted By Michael Abene
2009
The World Of Duke Ellington Box
WDR Big Band Köln
2008
BHM Productions
3xCD, Album, Comp
Celebrating Billie Holiday
WDR Big Band Köln Featuring Cécile Verny Arranged And Conducted By Michael Abene
2008
CMO Jazz
CD, Album
Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix
Hiram Bullock / WDR Big Band Köln
2008
Harlem Story
WDR Big Band* • Leitung Peter Herbolzheimer
2008
Symphonica
Joe Lovano Featuring The WDR Big Band*
2008
The World Of Duke Ellington Vol.2
WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By John Clayton Featuring Dianne Reeves, Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Benny Green
2008
The World Of Duke Ellington Vol.1
WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By Jerry Van Rooyen Featuring Freda Payne, Milt Grayson, Jimmy Woode, Grady Tate
2008
Vans Joint
Bill Evans (3) w/ Dave Weckl, Mark Egan & WDR Big Band Cologne* Arranged & Conducted By Michael Abene
2008
The World Of Duke Ellington Vol. 3
WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By Bill Dobbins Featuring Phil Woods & John Riley (2)
2008
Evergreens
Kurt Edelhagen & Das WDR Tanzorchester*
2007
CPO
2xCD, Comp
Improvise - One
Paquito D'Rivera, WDR Big Band* & WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln Feat. Fay Claassen
2007
Connector Records
CD, Album
Misa Afro Cubana
Michael Philip Mossman & WDR Big Band Cologne*
2007
Connector Records
CD, Album
Blues & Beyond
WDR Big Band Köln Feat. Joe Williams / Milt Jackson W/ Cedar Walton, John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton
2007
Jazz Al'Arab
Karim Ziad, Aziz Sahmaoui, Mehdi Askeur, Rhani Krija, WDR Big Band Cologne*
2006
NRW Records
CD, Album
Djangology (A Tribute To Django Reinhardt)
Biréli Lagrène & WDR Big Band Köln
2006
Dreyfus Jazz
CD, Album
Ich Bin Sehr Jung Auf Eine Sehr Alte Welt Gekommen (Eine Liaison Von Musik & Literatur)
Erik Satie Gelesen Von Christian Brückner, WDR Big Band Köln, Bill Dobbins, Frank Chastenier, Peter Erskine
2006
CMO Music, made by WDR, Jokers Edition
2xCD
Brown Street
Joe Zawinul, WDR Big Band*, Alex Acuña, Nathaniel Townsley*, Victor Bailey
2006
Very Personal 01
WDR Big Band Köln
2006
Some Skunk Funk - Live At Leverkusener Jazztage
Randy Brecker W/ Michael Brecker, WDR Big Band Köln Conducted by Vince Mendoza
2006
Winterwunderwelt
Götz Alsmann Und Die WDR Big Band*
2006
Some Skunk Funk - Live At Leverkusener Jazztage
Randy Brecker w/ Michael Brecker − Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor + The WDR Big Band Köln* Arr. And Conducted By Vince Mendoza
2005
Tango Y Postango
WDR Big Band Köln
2004
NiedeckenKoeln
Wolfgang Niedecken Und Die WDR Big Band Köln
2004
Colours Of Siam
Thorsten Wollmann, WDR Big Band Cologne* Featuring Hayden Chisholm
2002
In+Out Records
CD, Album
Sketches Of Bangalore
WDR Big Band Köln, Charlie Mariano, Karnataka College Of Percussion, Mike Herting
2001
PMP (13)
CD, Album
WDR Big Band Köln
Jan Klare / Eckard Koltermann, WDR Big Band Köln
2000
NRW Jazz
CD, Album
Esperanto
Lalo Schifrin, WDR Big Band Cologne*, Trilok Gurtu, James Morrison, Don Byron, Greg Hutchinson*, Sydney Thiam, Nestor Marconi*, Simon Stockhausen, Jean-Luc Ponty
2000
Aleph Records
CD, Album
Get Hit In Your Soul
Jack Walrath - Miles Griffith With Bill Bickford, Dennis Mackrel, WDR Bigband*
2000
ACT (4)
CD, Album
Pussy Cat Dues "The Music Of Charles Mingus"
Kevin Mahogany, Charles McPherson, Jimmy Knepper, Dennis Mackrel And The WDR Big Band Köln
2000
Prism. (Plays Music Of Bill Dobbins & Peter Erskine)
The WDR Big Band Cologne*
1999
Advance Music (3)
CD, Album
The Escape
Jens Winther & WDR Big Band*
1998
Dacapo (4)
CD, Album
Your Song - Romantic Pop Classics
Jerry* & Die WDR Big Band*
1997
Aris, BMG
CD, Comp
Caribbean Night
WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By Vince Mendoza
1997
Summer Olympics Atlanta 1996 - Flame
WDR Big Band Köln
1996
Carlton
CD, Album
Swing Und Balladen
Jerry Van Rooyen Und Die WDR Big Band*
1996
BMG Ariola München GmbH
CD, Album, met
Carambolage
Joachim Kühn, Daniel Humair, J.-F. Jenny-Clark* & WDR Big Band*
1992
East Coast Blow Out
Jim McNeely Feat.: Marc Johnson (2), John Scofield, Adam Nussbaum & WDR Big Band*
1991
Last Recordings
Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band*
1990
Jazzline
CD, Comp
Misa Espiritual – Airto's Brazilian Mass
Airto Moreira, Gil Evans, WDR Big Band*
1983
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
LP, Album
Tanzparty International
Werner Müller Und Die WDR Big Band*
1979
Marifon
LP
Bernard Purdie's Soul To Jazz
Bernard Purdie & WDR Big Band*
Mix Tape (Volume I)
Exposure (30)
2025
Ballistic Music (2)
CD, Comp, Mixtape
Bernard Purdie's Soul To Jazz
Bernard Purdie
2023
ACT (4)
3xLP, Album, Comp
Finding The Right Notes
Ron Carter
2022
14 Meisterwerke Der Beer Bitches
Beer Bitches, The Loose Ladyboys, WDR Funkhausorchester, Carolin Kebekus
2021
Pavement Records
CD
Jump for Joy
WDR Big Band Köln
Take the A-train
WDR Big Band Köln
Everday I Have the Blues
WDR Big Band Köln
It Don't Mean a Thing
WDR Big Band Köln
East St. Louis Toodle-oo
WDR Big Band Köln
Hallelujah I Love Her So
WDR Big Band Köln
Black and Tan Fantasy
WDR Big Band Köln
Creole Love Call
WDR Big Band Köln
Rockin' In Rhythm
WDR Big Band Köln
Ulla in Africa
WDR Big Band Köln
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
WDR Big Band Köln
Caravan
WDR Big Band Köln
Since I Fell For You
WDR Big Band Köln
Satin Doll
WDR Big Band Köln
You Are So Beautiful
WDR Big Band Köln
Reverence
WDR Big Band Köln
Funklaus
WDR Big Band Köln
I Like the Sunrise
WDR Big Band Köln
Taking a chance on love
WDR Big Band Köln
Dearly Beloved
WDR Big Band Köln
