Young And Foolish Florian Raepke, Florian Raepke Big Band & Charlotte Illinger

• 1 The Way You Look Tonight 04:59
• 2 It's Only A Paper Moon 02:07
• 3 The Good Life 04:54
• 4 My Ship 05:41
• 5 Ode To Billie Joe 05:41
• 6 Love Me Or Leave Me 04:38
• 7 Easy Living 03:07
• 8 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 02:54
• 9 They Say It's Wonderful 04:20
• 10 You Do Something To Me 04:09
• 11 Young And Foolish 04:53
• Total Runtime 47:23

Info for Young And Foolish

Bandleader, arranger and trumpeter Florian Raepke and his big band meet singer Charlotte Illinger on “Young And Foolish”. Having already appeared as a guest on Florian Raepke's first big band album “The Very Thought Of You” (2021), Charlotte Illinger now leads through this gala of eleven well-known and often interpreted melodies from the great American songbook, which shine fresher than ever between swinging elegance and refined groove. Almost 30 musicians are involved: in addition to Raepke and Illinger and the perfect rhythm section of Niklas Walter (drums), Caris Hermes (bass) and Jerry Lu (piano), there are 14 woodwind and brass players, a four-piece string quartet and other instruments such as percussion, clarinet, oboe and harp.

Charlotte Illinger finds the right tone for every mood and moves effortlessly between singing, tone poem and scat, always impressing with the sophistication of the large ensemble in providing variance and nuances. Numerous soloistic highlights can be discovered here, which only really shine thanks to the pointed, breathtakingly precise wind sections. Nevertheless, there are passages where only the rhythm trio shines. “Young And Foolish” is a great listening pleasure, playful, full of details and twists and yet breathtakingly ‘on point’.

Charlotte Illinger, vocals
Florian Raepke Big Band:
Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea, flute
Julius van Rhee, clarinet
Adrian Gallet, clarinet
Lorenz Hirsch, clarinet
Ole Sinell, bass clarinet, flugelhorns
Max Seibert, trombone
Marvin Frey, trombone
Cay Schmitz, trombone
Marie Tjong-Ayong, trombone
Jonathan Böbel, trombone
Linus Berg, trombone
Philipp Hayduk, trombone
Friedrich Falkenhagen, bass trombone
Tom Boller, guitar
Jerry Lu, piano
Caris Hermes, bass
Niklas Walter, drums

Charlotte Illinger
is a German jazz singer. At the age of 15 she started playing classical piano, saxophone and singing. After finishing school she began studying jazz singing in Enschede (Netherlands). After a year she moved to Groningen (Netherlands), where she graduated in February 2016. There she had the opportunity to take lessons and work with great American musicians such as JD Walter, Matt Wilson, Deborah Brown, Lewis Nash and Michael Mossman. Since 2013 Charlotte has been singing in the "Jugend Jazzorchester Nordrhein-Westfalen". She has already toured Ireland and Iceland with them and played several concerts throughout Germany. In February 2015 they released the CD "Triangle". She also has her own quartet, the "Charlotte Illinger Quartet", with which she plays her own compositions and arrangements of jazz standards. But her interest is not only in jazz music. Charlotte also has a project with pop musicians called “Lazou” (http://www.lazou.de) who play at local festivals and other occasions.

Florian Raepke
works as a trumpeter and arranger in Cologne. Until 2023 he studied at the Folkwang University of the Arts with Professor Ryan Carniaux. From 2020 to 2022 Florian Raepke played as lead trumpeter in the Federal Jazz Orchestra (BuJazzO). He is still active as an arranger for big band and orchestra. ​​

In the past, Florian Raepke has worked with the following artists and ensembles, among others: ​

as trumpeter: ​

Big Band Convention, Bill Watrous, Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzO), Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (CCJO), Essen Jazz Orchestra, Folkwang Jazz Orchestra, Fuchsthone Orchestra, Grand Central Orchestra, Herbert Grönemeyer, Die Höhner, JugendJazzOrchester NRW, JugendJazzOrchester Sachsen-Anhalt, Jeff Cascaro, Jürgen Grimm, Kathrine Windfeld, Ludwig Nuss, Bonn Opera, Paul Heller, Rhine Phillis Jazz Orchestra, Rundfunk Tanzorchester Ehrenfeld (RTO), Silent Explosion Orchestra, Sunday Night Orchestra, Theater Solingen

as arranger/composer:

Ansgar Striepens, BuJazzO, Charlotte Illinger, Curuba Jazz Orchestra, Folkwang Jazz Orchestra, Grand Central Orchestra, Helge Schneider, Gil Mehmert, Youth Jazz Orchestra NRW, Jürgen Grimm, Vienna Volksoper, Graz Opera, Leipzig Philharmonic, Dortmund Opera, Tom Gaebel.

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