Born: December 31, 1935 | Died: March 27, 2010 Primary Instrument: Trombone
Herbolzheimer 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 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.
In 1972 Herbolzheimer wrote music for the Edelhagen Band's opening of the Olympic Games in Munich. Later he worked for German television as leader and arranger, and accompanied visiting American musicians such as Al Jarreau and Dizzy Gillespie.
Between 1987 and 2006 Herbolzheimer was the musical director of Germany's national youth jazz orchestra, the BundesJazzOrchester (BuJazzo). He conducts regular workshops and clinics for big band jazz.
My Kind Of Sunshine, 1970 (MPS Records)
Wide Open, 1973 (MPS)
Waitaminute, 1973 (MPS)
Scenes, 1974 (MPS)
Live im Onkel Pö, 1975 (Polydor)
The Catfish, 1975
Hip Walk, 1976 (Polydor)
Jazz Gala Concert 1976 - Koala Reco (Bellaphon)
Touch Down, 1977
Jazz Gala 77 - Telefunken/Decca
I hear Voices, 1978 (Polydor)
Quality, 1978 (Acanto/Bellaphon)
Jazz Gala Concert 79 - Rare Bid/Bellaphon
Toots Suite - Alanna
Dreißig Jahre - Live in Concert – Mons (SunnyMoon)
Colours of a Band - Mons (SunnyMoon)
Masterpieces - MPS-Record (Universal)
Music for Swinging Dancers, 1984 (Koal Reco)
Latin Groove, 1987 - Koala Reco (Bellaphon)
Fat Man Boogie, 1981 - Koala Reco (Bellaphon)
Fatman 2, 1983 - Koala Reco (Bellaphon)
Bandfire, 1981 - Koala Reco (Bellaphon)
Smile - Koala Reco (Bellaphon) )
Friends and Silhouettes - Koala Reco (Bellaphon)
Big Band Bebop, 1984 - Koala/Bellaphon
More Bebop, 1984 - Koala
Colors of a Band, 1995 (with Dianne Reeves)
Jazz Gala Concert 1976 - Koala Reco (Bellaphon)
Jazz Gala 77 - Telefunken/Decca
Jazz Gala Concert 79 - Rare Bid/Bellaphon
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