Manfred Moch (15 May 1930 – 28 May 2011)obituary
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player. He made a name for himself in the 1960s as the featured solo trumpet player for the

Bert Kaempfert Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the musi ...

orchestra, contributing memorable and melodic solos to many of Kaempfert’s hits; such songs included “ Bye Bye Blues”, “ Strangers In The Night”, “ L-O-V-E” and “Sweet Maria”. His association with Kaempfert ended in 1968 over a pay dispute, but by the late 1970s he was again playing sessions and concerts with Kaempfert, although not as a soloist. Moch was also a long-time member of the

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during the 1960s and 1970s, and continued to play for Last as a session musician after leaving the touring band. In addition, Moch was a member of the

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(Nordeutscher Rundfunk, or North German Radio) Big Band from the 1960s until the 1990s. He was also active as a session player in Hamburg, playing for many other popular German recording artists. During the late 1960s, Moch recorded some trumpet duet albums with fellow Last/Kaempfert bandmate Heinz Habermann, which were released on the

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label under the name The Tattoos. Moch died on 28 May 2011.

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1967 Kaempfert medley featuring Moch
German male musicians German trumpeters Male trumpeters German session musicians 2011 deaths 1930 births People from Jelenia Góra People from the Province of Silesia {{Germany-musician-stub