Anders Malta Almost Big Band is made up of Denmark’s finest young soloists

As a young conservatory student back in 2016, Danish trumpeter Anders Malta was invited to participate in a reunion concert with the legendary Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band. He was so taken with the band and the music, that on the spot he decided that he wanted to form his own.

In 2020, Anders Malta Almost Big Band played its first concert, going on to play a monthly residency at Christiania Jazz Club in Copenhagen for the past two years. Their debut album ‘Introducing’ is set to release on April Records.

Since the early days of jazz, the broad sound pallet and dynamic range of the big band has proven irresistible to composers and arrangers. However, the traditional big band, with its 16-19 individual moving parts, can also at times, and for different reasons, be an unwieldy machine to maneuver. Malta’s 13-piece made up of Denmark’s finest young soloi