I'm a mother who sings and dances in the snow

Thomas Biasotto and his 17 professional musicians make up one of the most skillful group you’ve ever seen. Whether traditional Swing, modern Pop or Crossover – the arrangements are perfectly tailored to the capabilities of the Big Band by first class arrangers. The outcome are various albums which have been recorded in the recent past from House to Folklore and from Classic to Soundtrack. The Thomas Biasotto Big Band stands for versatile and noble sound with a very high fun factor!
From the past until today, the Thomas Biasotto Big Band was honoured to work with the following star guests: Dimitri Ashkenazy, Carlo Brunner, Maja Brunner, Jan Oliver Bühlmann, Phil Dankner, Thomas Gansch, Juliette Greco, Francine Jordi, Gabriela Krapf, DJ Tanja La Croix, Fabienne Louves, Nicole Bernegger, Nubya, Marie-Thérèse Porchet, Ritschi, Nicolas Senn, Sina, Walter Scholz, Lisa Stoll, Eveline Suter, Sepp Trütsch, Sina, Ritschi, IQuattro, Pee Wee Ellis, Tiziana Gulino, Shem Thomas, Gabriela Krapf, Enrico Orlandi, and many more.

The young conductor and arranger Thomas Biasotto studied the Trumpet at the School of Art in Zurich. He also plays the Piano, Xylophone, Alphorn and Buechel. He played in the Swiss Army Concert Band, The Daniel Felber Big Band, the Orchestra of the School of Art in Zurich and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera in Sofia. Since 2010, Thomas Biasotto leads his own Big Band, since 2012 the Rocco Mani Mood Orchestra and in 2014 he successfully started to host the Monday Night Orchestra in Zurich.

ANDY MIDDLETON is one of the very top-tier saxophonists living in Europe today. Imaginative and adventurous virtuosity spans an incredibly wide breadth of expression -- from fierce power to tender warmth, lyrical yet rhythmically driving, masterful and inspired. His compositions, harmonically modern and melodic yet clearly rooted in the jazz tradition, provide the perfect setting. This unique voice as a player, arranger and composer has led jazz icons such as Ralph Towner, Kenny Wheeler and David Holland to collaborate with him.  He has also performed and recorded with a long list of artists including Billy Hart, Maria Schneider, Richie Beirach, Renee Rosnes, Randy Brecker, Bill Evans, Lionel Hampton, Bob Mintzer, Joey Calderazzo, John Abercrombie, Scott Colley and Adam Nussbaum.

Born in Harrisburg, PA, Andy received his masters degree in composition at the University of Miami.  After nearly 20 years in the New York jazz scene, he relocated to Vienna, Austria in 2006, where he is Professor of Jazz Composition, Jazz Theory and Jazz Saxophone at the Conservatory of the City of Vienna.


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