Biography
RIAS Big Band
Effective period / Period of releases: 1997
Members: Jiggs Whigham, Greg Bowen, Klaus Marmulla, Hajo Lange, Grégoire Peters, Torsten Maaß, Felice Civitareale, Sören Fischer, Walter Gauchel, Ralf Zickerick, Ingo Cramer, Norbert Nagel, Rolf von Nordenskjöld, Kai Rautenberg, Christian Diener, Stephan Weiser, Thomas Loup, Wolfgang Köhler, Dieter Bilsheim, Holger Nell, Dan Gottshall, Andreas Grossmann, Christian Meyers, Christian Grabandt, John Marshall (7), Daniel Collette, Mark Wyand, Johnny Marshall (3), Joe Ridder, Helmut Brandt-Olsen, Gerald Meier, Sven Klammer, Uli Plettendorff
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.