RIAS Big Band

RIAS Big Band

Band, US
Jazz

Berlin based ensemble, evolved in 1994 from the RIAS Tanzorchester and ensembles from 4 other then merged East and West Berlin broadcasters. Directed until 2002 by Jiggs Whigham. RIAS = Radio in the American sector.

Members

	Jiggs Whigham tb *1943 DE
	Greg Bowen tr, fh DE
	Hans-Joachim Lange b DE
	Klaus Marmulla sax, as DE
	Grégoire Peters cl, sax *1961 DE
	Torsten Maaß tr, fh *1967 DE
	Felice Civitareale tr, fh
	Sören Fischer tb DE
	Walter Gauchel ts, fl *1956 DE
	Ralf Zickerick tb, eu DE
	Ingo Cramer g NL
	Norbert Nagel cl, as *1960 DE
	Rolf von Nordenskjöld bs, fl *1957 DE
	Kai Rautenberg p, ep 1939-2013 DE
	Christian Diener b *1964 DE
	Stephan Weiser b, perc DE
	Thomas Loup tb DE
	Wolfgang Köhler p *1960 DE
	Dieter Bilsheim tr, fh DE
	Holger Nell dr *1966 US
	Dan Gottshall tb DE
	Andreas Grossmann tb DE
	Christian Meyers tr, fh DE
	Christian Grabandt tr, fh *1966 DE
	John Marshall tr, fh *1952 US
	Daniel Collette tr *1954 DE
	Mark Wyand ts DE
	Johnny Marshall tb 1930-2017
	Joe Ridder ts, fl DE
	Helmut Brandt-Olsen sax 1931-2001 DE
	Gerald Meier tb DE
	Sven Klammer tr, fh DE
	Uli Plettendorff tb DE
	Jordan Kapitanov tr, fh

Popular Tracks

In The Mood on Die 20 Besten Bigband Hits by Max Greger

Opus One on Die 20 Besten Bigband Hits by Max Greger

A Touch of Bossa Nova on Big Band Dancing by Chris Walden & RIAS Big Band

Mr. Anthonys Boogie on Die 20 Besten Bigband Hits by Max Greger

Misty on Swing time by Max Greger

Sugar Blues on Die 20 Besten Bigband Hits by Max Greger

Take The A-Train on Die 20 Besten Bigband Hits by Max Greger

B. R. Boogie on Die 20 Besten Bigband Hits by Max Greger

Skyliner on Die 20 Besten Bigband Hits by Max Greger

Tell Her About It on Pop Goes Swing by RIAS Big Band & Horst Jankowski

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Band Membership

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Weill	RIAS Big Band	2002	Album
Bach Brandt New	RIAS Big Band	2002	Album
Die 20 Besten Big-Band-Hits	Max Greger, RIAS Big Band	2000	Album
German Folk Songs... Our Way	RIAS Big Band Directed By Jiggs Whigham	2000	Album
The Music Of Duke Ellington	RIAS Big Band, Jiggs Whigham, Clark Terry, Allan Harris, Claire Martin	1999	Album
Live In Berlin	The BBC Big Band With The RIAS Big Band	1999	Album
Blue Highways (The Music of Paul Ferguson)	Paul Ferguson, Jiggs Whigham Conducts RIAS Big Band Featuring Claudio Roditi	1998	Album
Swing Time	Max Greger Und RIAS Big Band	1998	Album
Tribute to George Gershwin	RIAS Big Band, César Viana	1998	Album
RIAS Big Band Berlin Presents Helmut Brandt	RIAS Big Band Presents Helmut Brandt	1997	Album
Destiny	Mark Nightingale & RIAS Big Band	1997	Album
The Music Of The Trumpet Kings	Harry Allen And Randy Sandke Meet RIAS Big Band Directed By Jiggs Whigham	1997	Album
Big Band Dancing	RIAS Big Band	1994	Album
Late Dance	RIAS Big Band Featuring Christian Pittius		Album
Classics Of Swing	RBT Big Band, RIAS Big Band		Compil.

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