Allan Botschinsky (29 March 1940 – 26 November 2020) was a Danish jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and record label owner.

Biography

Botschinsky was born in Copenhagen, and had a background in

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. His father played

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professionally. He began on trumpet aged 11. At 14, he studied at the Royal Danish Conservatorium. In 1956, he joined

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's big band, where he remained through 1959; he also performed with visiting American musicians around this time, such as Oscar Pettiford,

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, Dexter Gordon,

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, Ben Webster, and

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. From 1963–1964,. he studied at the

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. From 1964, he played with the

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. While with Danmarks Radio, 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

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from 1979–1983. In 1985, Botschinsky relocated to Hamburg, Germany, where he worked with Peter Herbolzheimer 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,

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, and Telefunken. He worked as a sideman with

, George Gruntz,

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, and Sahib Shihab.

Discography

* ''Duologue'' (M-A, 1987) * ''The Night'' (M-A, 1988) * ''Jazzpar 95'' ( Storyville, 1995) * ''The Bench'' ( Pony Canyon, 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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Botschinsky, Allan Danish jazz trumpeters 1940 births 2020 deaths Musicians from Copenhagen 21st-century trumpeters European Jazz Ensemble members