In April 1999 the orchestra started to work with Jack Walrath, one of the most outstanding trumpeters and composers from New York, who got famous through his work with Charles Mingus, whose Big Band he was leading after he passed. The tunes on the recent CD were written and arranged by Jack Walrath especially for the UAJO, and recorded on a concert tour through Austria and Switzerland in 2000. Panther, is a Jed Levy composition in an arrangement of J. W. Sketch No.3, a Charles Mingus composition that never appeared on a recording before, Jack transcribed from a tape on that the master sang in the last periode of his life, when he was not able to play and write music in a common way. Lineup: Trumpet Section Rudolf Pilz Andy PESENDORFER Bumi Fian Wolfgang Mang Trombone Section Dominik Stöger Anti Rissan en Christian Kastenhuber Karl Wagner Reed Section Klaus Dickbauer Franz Bachner Christian Maurer Christian Bachner Erhard “Blacky” Blach Rhythm Section Frank Schwinn guitar Helmar Hill piano Christian Steiner bass Alfred Vollbauer drums