The 2012 debut album by the genre- bending and boundary pushing Monika Roscher Bigband.

'At the very beginning this band wanted to be called 'Big Band' or 'Orchestra'. Sounded a bit too shiny and at the same time too clean - somehow not crazy enough. In my book the name of 'Band of Transfiguration' expresses a certain fool's license, it lives, it is wild! And that is exactly what is important to me: that each member of the band can fully live up to his emotions. It does not matter when sometimes a wrong note is slipped in, it does not matter 'when it really crashes', like in the piece 'Die Parade' when the whole funeral band falls off a cliff. It is not important that the band falls down, it is important how they do it! Fervently and with deep conviction - opposing life and death at the same time. It is a concept of freedom that I try to transpose into my music.

The 2012 debut album by the genre- bending and boundary pushing Monika Roscher Bigband. 'Failure in Wonderland' is a fascinating odyssey brimming with ideas and was the German 18-piece big band's first foray into the musical hinterland that links cinematic jazz, art rock, avant pop and experimental electronics. It made significant waves in their home territory, with magazine and newspaper critics praising its singular and seminal artistic vision. The album received the Echo Jazz 'Newcomer' award in Germany and also won the 'Rising Star' award from the writers at the US jazz magazine DownBeat. The band played a number of prestigious festivals as a result, including Jazzfest Berlin, Jazz&theCity Salzburg, Fusion Festival, Alto Adige and Elbphilharmonie.

Additional Details

Label: Enja Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 50 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/27/13

UPC: 063757958529