Little Red Apples - Music

Little Red Apples by Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra

Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra

Artist Biography For Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra

Herbolzheimer Was Born In Bucharest And 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 The 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. The List Of Brass Players Included Allan Botschinsky Denmark Art Farmer USA Dusko Goykovich Bosnia Palle Mikkelborg Denmark Ack Van Rooyen Netherlands And Jiggs Whigham USA . The Rhythm Section Consisted Of Two Keyboards Guitar Bass Drums And Percussion And Included Renowned Musicians Such As Dieter Reith Germany Philip Catherine Belgium Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Denmark Bo Stief Denmark Alex Riel Denmark Grady Tate USA And Nippy Noya Indonesia . For Special Events The Group Was Augmented As Necessary But The Basic Combination Remained As Such For Several Years. In The Late 1970s The Band Toured Successfully With A "jazz Gala" Program Featuring Guest Stars Such As Esther Phillips Stan Getz Nat Adderley Gerry Mulligan Toots Thielemans Clark Terry And Albert Mangelsdorff. In Later Years The RC&B Played Many Concert Tours Television Shows And Jazz Festivals. It Was Later Replaced By A Regular Sized Big Band Which Featured Many Noted International Artists Such As Dianne Reeves And Chaka Khan That Was Still Active Until Peter's Passing. In 1972 Herbolzheimer Wrote Music For The Edelhagen Band's Opening Of The Olympic Games In Munich. In 1974 Herbolzheimer's Rhythm Combination & Brass Entered An Annual Television Competition Held In The Belgian Seaside Resort Knokke Winning The Coveted Golden Swan Award. He Also Won The International Jazz Composers Competition 1974 In Monaco. Herbolzheimer's Arrangements Are A Distinctive Amalgam Of Swing Latin And Rhythmic Rock Music. Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Herbolzheimer As The Arranger And Conductor Led His Orchestra For Virtually Every Major German Television Network While Featuring And Accompanied Visiting American Musicians Such As Ella Fitzgerald Benny Goodman Sammy Davis Jr. Dizzy Gillespie And Al Jarreau. Between 1987 And 2006 Herbolzheimer Was The Musical Director Of Germany's National Youth Jazz Orchestra The Bundes Jazz Orchester BuJazzo . He Conducted Regular Workshops And Clinics For Big Band Jazz. In 2007 Peter Was Chosen As The Music Director Arranger And Conductor Of The European Jazz Band Which Toured Throughout Europe Until 2009. Herbolzheimer Died Aged 74 In His Hometown Of Cologne Germany On 27 March 2010. Discography Soul Condor 1970 MPS 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
Harlem Story 1984 Koala
Colors Of A Band 1995 With Dianne Reeves