Raymond Court (born December 2, 1932,

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) is a Swiss

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trumpeter. Court began playing trumpet late in his teens and by age 20 was playing in Raymond Droz's band (1952-1956). He played later in the 1950s with

Flavio Ambrosetti Flavio Ambrosetti (October 8, 1919 in Lugano – August 21, 2012 in Ticino) was a Swiss jazz vibraphonist, saxophonist, and engineer. Ambrosetti's primary career was in engineering; his acclaim in jazz circles has come entirely from his activities ...

and

Kurt Weil Kurt Weil (2 January 1932 – 12 December 2012) was a Swiss jazz vibraphonist. Weil was born in Zürich. He learned piano and trombone as a youth, but was playing vibraphone professionally by 1952, as a member of Rio de Gregori's ensemble. He m ...

, and in the early 1960s with

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, and Rene Urtreger. Starting in the mid-1960s, he began concentrating on a new career in woodworking and cabinetry, but returned to music after about a decade, recording as a leader in the 1980s and with Weil again and

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in the 1990s.

References

*Peter Schwalm, "Raymond Court". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2nd edition, ed.

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