Effective period / Period of releases: 1953 - 1967

Members: Hazy Osterwald, Werner Dies, Pierre Cavalli, Peter Beil, Curt Prina, John Ward (2), Lars Blach, Dennis Armitage, Sonny Langenbacher, Ernst Höllerhagen

Founded by Hazy Osterwald in 1949, the band had their first performance at the International Jazzfestival in Paris. The founding members were Sunny Lang (bass), John Ward (drums), Pierre Cavalli (guitar), Ernst Höllerhagen (clarinet) and Francis Burger (piano).

Later, other members like Curt Prina (piano), Dennis Armitage (saxophone) and Peter Beil (trumpet) joined the band.

Big success were the tracks "Kriminal Tango" (1959), "Panoptikum" (1960) and "Konjunktur Cha-Cha" (1961).