Biography
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WDR Big Band Köln
Effective period / Period of releases: 1992 - 2022
Members: Jerry Van Rooyen, Karim Ziad, Harald Rosenstein, Frank Chastenier, Wim Both, Jens Neufang, Paul Heller, Lucas Schmid, Klaus Osterloh, Heiner Wiberny, John Goldsby, Andy Haderer, Rolf Römer, Bernt Laukamp, Paul Shigihara, Rick Kiefer, Ludwig Nuß, Rob Bruynen, David Horler, Gregg Field, Jean Warland, Ruud Breuls, Roy Deuvall, Jon Eardley, Claudio Puntin, Johan Hörlén, Dan Gottshall, Hans Dekker, Wolf Schenk, Tobias Weidinger, Peter Feil, Rüdiger Baldauf, John Marshall (7), Shannon Barnett, Mattis Cederberg, Karolina Strassmayer, Henning Berg (2), Frank Wiesen, Steffen Schorn, Olivier Peters, Andy Hunter (3), Lothar Van Staa, Milan Lulić, Paul Peucker, Max von Einem, Tim Coffman (2), Andrea Andreoli, Billy Test, Bob Coussin, Raphael Klemm, Jonathan Böbel
Big band of large public German radio / TV broadcasting station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), based in Köln (Cologne).Since 2016 Bob Mintzer is the chief conductor and Vince Mendoza is composer in residence and conductor.