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Danish Radio Big Band

Band,
Jazz
A.k.a. The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra

The jazz big band of The Danish Broadcasting Corporation was established in 1964 and has been renamed several times. Currently the correct Danish name is "DR Big Bandet". The orchestra was build from "Det Nye Radio Danse Orkester", after that changing its name to "Danmarks Radios Big Band" and from 2008 "DR Big Bandet". Various English name variations have been used. The first leader was Ib Glindemann. Other leaders over the years have been Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim McNeely and Chris Minh Doky. Not to be confused with The Danish Radio Jazz Group which was formed in 1961.

Members

	Gerard Presencer tr, fh *1972 GB
	Ray Stephen Oche tr
	Bob Brookmeyer tb 1929-2011 US
	Jan Kohlin tr
	Thad Jones tr 1923-1986 US
	Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen b 1946-2005 DK
	Allan Botschinsky tr, fh *1940 DK
	Benny Rosenfeld tr, fh
	Lennart Gruvstedt dr SE
	Vincent Nilsson tb *1951 SE
	Flemming Madsen bs, sax, bcl
	Palle Bolvig tr *1932 DK
	Bob Rockwell ts, sax *1945 US
	Jan zum Vohrde as, fl *1944 DK
	Ray Pitts ts US
	Peter Fuglsang as, cl *1968 DK
	Nikolaj Bentzon p
	Steen Hansen tb DK
	Peter Jensen tb US
	Kjeld Ipsen tb
	Anders "Chico" Lindvall g SE
	Pelle Fridell ts DK
	Lars Møller ts *1966 DK
	Richard Boone tb 1930-1999 US
	Anders Gustafsson tr, fh
	Per Gade g
	Thomas Ovesen b
	Klaus Löhrer tb *1970 DK
	Erling Kroner tb
	Lars Togeby tr *1942 DK
	Ole Kock Hansen p, ep *1945
	Uffe Markussen ts, sax
	Ethan Weisgard perc *1957 JP
	Anders Gårdmand ts, fl
	Tomas Franck ts, sax *1958 SE
	Axel Windfeld tb, tu
	Rune Harder Olesen perc
	Alf Vestergaard tb
	Jonas Johansen dr DK
	Søren Frost dr, perc *1965 DK
	Kaspar Vadsholt b, eb DK
	Giordano Bellincampi tb *1965 DK
	Henrik Bolberg Pedersen tr, fh *1960
	Michael Hove as, sax
	Jakob Munck Mortensen tb, tu DK
	Anders Larson tb SE
	Soren Frost dr
	Annette Huseby tb
	Thomas Fryland tr, fh *1969
	Nicolai Schultz fl, sax
	Mads La Cour tr, fh *1980
	Christer Gustafsson tr, fh
	Pernille Bévort fl
	Per Carsten Petersen fl, as, sax 1945-2014 DK
	Thomas Kjærgaard tr, fh