Erwin Lehn

Erwin Lehn (8 June 1919, Grünstadt – 20 March 2010) was a German jazz composer, bandleader and musician. On 1 April 1951 he established the Südfunk dance orchestra of the South German Radio in Stuttgart, which he directed until 1992. With the start of a new public broadcasting corporation, the Südwestrundfunk, the name of the "Südfunk Tanzorchester" was changed to "SWR Big Band".

Discography

1959: Jazz at Television Tower (Columbia Records)
1966: Musicals on Parade (MPS)
1968: Beat Flames (MPS)
1973: Color in Jazz (MPS)
2013: Sweet ´N Lo (The Swingin' Sound of the Dr. Drew. Podcast)

Supporting work

several works supporting pianist Horst Jankowski and the Jankowski singers

External links

Literature by and about Erwin Lehn in the German National Library catalogue

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