Artist Info: Ben Jeger

Orkester Ben Jeger is a five-member group from Switzerland led by Ben Jeger, who is also a film music composer of some note in Europe. Jeger plays accordion, clarinet, glass harp and farfisa organ, while other members play tuba, trumpet, flugelhorn, euphonium, other brass instruments and drums/percussion. Experimental use of the voice (by member, Shirley Anne Hoffman) is also integral to their sound. Their music mixes avant-garde, Central European folk [read more...]