"To paraphrase Shakespeare, there is something rockin' in the state of Denmark. It's the Danish Radio Big Band, best of its kind in Europe, indeed - depending on who is conducting and the mood of the players - on occasion best in the world. Against all the odds in these cash-strapped times, the DRBB, as it is universally known, is celebrating its 50th birthday. This six-CD box set commemorates the event, tracing the band's story from its rather shy birth in 1964 as Det Ny Radio Danseorkester, The New Radio Dance Orchestra, right up to the present (a concert in January with Dominican pianist Michel Camilo), marking the start of a new era under the leadership of Norwegian Birger Carlsen".