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Peter Herbolzheimer

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.


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Peter Herbolzheimer "Soul Puppets"

Peter Herbolzheimer "Soul Puppets"

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne

The great composer, arranger and trombonist Peter Herbolzheimer (1935-2010) probably ranks as one of Germany's best-known bandleaders, having helmed not only his popular Rhythm Combination & Brass (RC&B) but leading many big band orchestras on stage, TV and radio. The RC&B made for a unique sound in the seventies, mixing jazz with fresh rock, funk, Gospel and Latin elements and coming up with a sound that made typical big bands of the day sound old and tired by comparison. Herbholzheimer ...

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German Jazz Player Peter Herbolzheimer Dies at 74

German Jazz Player Peter Herbolzheimer Dies at 74

Source: All About Jazz

Peter Herbolzheimer, a musician and big band leader who helped promote jazz in Germany, has died at 74. The head of the German Music Council, Peter Ortmann, told the ddp news agency that Herbolzheimer died Saturday in Cologne following a long illness. Herbolzheimer was born in 1935 in Bucharest, Romania, and moved to Germany in 1951. A trombonist who played with a number of international musicians, he went on to become the musical director of Germany's national youth jazz orchestra ...

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