Allan Botschinsky (29 March 1940 – 26 November 2020)
was a
Danish
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jazz
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trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and record label owner.
Biography
Botschinsky was born in
Copenhagen
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, and had a background in
classical music. His father played
bassoon professionally. He began on trumpet aged 11. At 14, he studied at the
Royal Danish Conservatorium. In 1956, he joined
Ib Glindemann's big band, where he remained through 1959; he also performed with visiting American musicians around this time, such as
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom.
Biography
Pettiford was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United ...
,
Stan Getz,
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi ...
,
Lee Konitz,
Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Career Early life and career
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
, and
Kenny Dorham. From 1963–1964,. he studied at the
Manhattan School of Music. From 1964, he played with the
Danish Radio Big Band.
While with
Danmarks Radio
DR (), officially the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enter ...
, he worked as a conductor and arranger. He was the conductor for several editions of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and conducted all of Denmark's entries in the
Eurovision Song Contest from 1979–1983.
In 1985, Botschinsky relocated to
Hamburg
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, Germany, where he worked with
Peter Herbolzheimer
Peter Alexandru Herbolzheimer (31 December 1935 – 27 March 2010) was a Romanian-German jazz trombonist and bandleader.
Biography
Herbolzheimer was born to a Romanian mother and a German father in Bucharest, Romania. His family emigrated in 1 ...
and the European Trumpet Summit in addition to his own ensembles. He founded his own label, M.A. Music, with his sister Jette Botschinsky and Marion Kaempfert in 1987, though he also recorded for
Storyville,
Stunt, and Telefunken. He worked as a sideman with
Kenny Dorham,
George Gruntz
George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...
,
Nils Lindberg,
Bjarne Rostvold, and
Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Fletcher Henderson, ...
.
Discography
* ''Duologue'' (M-A, 1987)
* ''The Night'' (M-A, 1988)
* ''Jazzpar 95'' (
Storyville, 1995)
* ''The Bench'' (
Pony Canyon
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, 1996)
* ''First Brass'' (M-A, 2013)
* ''I've Got Another Rhythm'' (M-A, 2013)
* ''Last Summer'' (M-A, 2013)
with Oscar Pettiford
* 1960 ''First Bass''
* 1962 ''Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist''
* 1989 ''Montmartre Blues''
with Ben Webster
* 1970 ''Masters of Jazz, Vol. 5''
* 1970 ''No Fool, No Fun''
* 1970 ''Plays Ballads''
* 1989 ''Plays Duke Ellington''
* 2006 ''Storyville Ben Webster''
* 2007 ''Dig Ben!''
* 2009 ''100 Years''
with Sahib Shihab
* 1963 ''Sahib's Jazz Party''
with Dexter Gordon
* 1975 ''More Than You Know''
* 1976 ''Strings and Things''
References
External links
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Danish jazz trumpeters
1940 births
2020 deaths
Musicians from Copenhagen
21st-century trumpeters
European Jazz Ensemble members