Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig

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Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig (The Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra) was an (East) German orchestra founded in 1947 as a dance orchestra of the Leipzig radio broadcaster. In July 1948, the orchestra recorded its first six record titles for the AMIGA label in Berlin. Among them were the "Special Delivery Stomp", "Eager Beaver", "Dorsey's Boogie Woogie" and "American Patrol." Among the founding members of the Tanzorchester des Leipziger Senders were renowned musicians such as Rolf Kühn (clarinet, saxophone), Walter Eichenberg (trumpet), Günter Oppenheimer (piano) and Fips Fleischer (drums); For several years the trumpeter Horst "Hackel" Fischer and Werner Baumgart (tenor saxophone) were members of the orchestra. In 1961 Walter Eichenberg took over the management of the orchestra and worked as its chief conductor. In 1989, the former pianist of the orchestra, Eberhard Weise , became his successor. The Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra has also been involved in numerous GDR television shows for decades. In 1992 the orchestra was dissolved. Das Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig wurde 1947 als Tanzorchester des Senders Leipzig gegründet. Es trat mit seinem Leiter Kurt Henkels erstmals am 3. Januar 1948 öffentlich in einer vom Rundfunk Leipzig übertragenen Sendung auf. Nach einem öffentlichen Auftritt der Großformation Pfingsten 1948 im Berliner Friedrichstadtpalast gab es einen Plattenvertrag. Im Juli 1948 nahm das Orchester in Berlin seine ersten sechs Schallplatten-Titel für das AMIG

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L'amigamore Tanzmusik aus der DDR von 1963 bis 1970

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Jazz In Deutschland 1947 - 1965

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Tanzmusik Aus Der DDR 1963-1970

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L'amigamore (Tanzmusik aus der DDR von 1963 bis 1970)

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Made in der DDR

JAZZ in Deutschland 1947 - 61

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L'amigamore

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Big Beat

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Mein Herz schlägt östlich CD1

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L'Amigamore - Tanzmusik aus der DDR von 1963 bis 1970

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Big Beat (Vol. 2)

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Palmen am Meer - Tanzmusik aus Kambodscha

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