Allan Botschinsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Allan Botschinsky

Danish musician

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1940

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Profession: voice actor, jazz musician

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Allan Botschinsky

  • Allan Botschinsky (born 29 March 1940, in Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and record label owner. His background is in classical music.
  • His father played bassoon professionally.
  • He began on trumpet at age 11.
  • At 14, he studied at the Royal Danish Conservatorium.
  • In 1956 he joined Ib Glindemann's big band, where he remained through 1959; he also played with visiting American musicians around this time, such as Oscar Pettiford, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Ben Webster, and Kenny Dorham.
  • From 1963–64 he studied at the Manhattan School of Music.
  • From 1964 he played with the Danish Radio Big Band.While with Danmarks Radio, he worked as a conductor and arranger.
  • He was the conductor for several editions of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and conducted all of Denmark's entries in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1979-1983. In 1985 Botschinsky relocated to Hamburg, Germany, where he worked with Peter Herbolzheimer and the European Trumpet Summit in addition to his own ensembles.
  • He founded his own label, M.A.
  • Music, with his sister Jette Botschinsky and Marion Kaempfert in 1987, though he also recorded for Storyville, Stunt, and Telefunken.
  • He worked as a sideman with Kenny Dorham, George Gruntz, Nils Lindberg, Bjarne Rostvold, and Sahib Shihab.

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