NDR BIGBAND WITH LENINE & MARTIN FONDSE: THE BRIDGE

It's easy to build an artistic bridge when the NDR Bigband, Amsterdam arranger Martin Fondse and singer/songwriter Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel from Recife, Brazil, who has won seven Latin Grammys, come together: the Hamburg big band under the direction of Steffen Schorn meets "Música Popular Brasileira", held together by Fondse's arrangements, who is known for his genre-busting blend of classical music, pop and jazz. "The Bridge" program combines old and new (musical) worlds by giving Lenine's iconic Brazilian groove hits a new sound, where bebop dances with batuque and soul with samba.