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Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra
12+ albums
Big BandjazzContemporary Big Bandinstrumentallindy hop
about
Herbolzheimer was born in Bucharest and migrated from communist Romania to West Germany in 1951. In 1953 he moved to the United States of America, where he worked as guitarist. He returned to Germany in 1957, took up the trombone and for one year studied at the Nuremberg Conservatory. In the 1960s he played with the Nuremberg radio dance orchestra and with Bert Kämpfert's orchestra. In 1968 he became member of the pit orchestra of Hamburg theater (Deutsches Schauspielhaus) directed by Hans Koller. In 1969 Herbolzheimer formed his Rhythm Combination and Brass (RC&B) for which he wrote most of the arrangements. This big band was unique in that it had an international lineup of eight brass, but originally only one saxophone, with Herb Geller in that chair. The list of brass players included Allan Botschinsky (Denmark), Art Farmer (USA), Dusko Goykovich (Bosnia), Palle Mikkelborg (Denmark), Ack van Rooyen (Netherlands) and Jiggs Whigham (USA). The rhythm section consisted of two keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and percussion and included renowned musicians such as Dieter Reith (Germany), Philip Catherine (Belgium), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Denmark), Bo Stief (Denmark), Alex Riel (Denmark), Grady Tate (USA), and Nippy Noya (Indonesia). For special events the group was augmented as necessary, but the basic combination remained as such for several years. In the late 1970s the band toured successfully with a "jazz gala" program featuring guest stars such as Esther Phillips, Stan
top songs
albums
Music For Swinging Dancers, Vol. 1 (You Make Me Feel So Young)
Music for Swinging Dancers, Vol. 3 (Cheek to Cheek)
Getting Down To Brass Tracks
Toots Suite
Music For Swinging Dancers, Vol.2 (I Won't Dance)
Music For Swinging Dancers, Vol. 4 (Close to You)
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Music For Swinging Dancers Vol.2 - I Won't Dance
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Music For Swinging Dancers Vol.4 - Close To You
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Music For Swinging Dancers Vol.1 - You Make Me Feel So Young
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Music For Swinging Dancers Vol. II
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Music for Swinging Dancers, Vol. 3
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Music for Swinging Dancers Vol.3 - Cheek To Cheek