Dick Ramberg

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Richard L. "Dick" Ramberg (born August 28, 1940 - March 7, 2013 ) was an American musician ( clarinet , also piano and vocals ) who was active in the Dixieland jazz scene in the Twin Cities .

Ramberg, who was blind as a toddler, received his first piano lessons from his mother before he switched to the clarinet. He graduated from Minneapolis Roosevelt High School before going to the University of Minnesota where he earned two masters degrees. Initially worked with his own formation, the Mississippi Counts , and also belonged to the Hall Brothers Band; In 1962 he moved to Doc Evans . In early 1968 he became a clarinetist and pianist, first with the Barbary Coast Band and then the bands that developed from it, with whom he recorded five albums. After Tom Lord , Ramberg recorded five other records between 1960 and 1975, including: a. with the Mill City Seven and the Upper Mississippi Jazz Band (1972). Under his own name he released the album I Remember When , with jazz standards like Georgia on My Mind , Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans and Sweet Georgia Brown .

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  1. ↑ Barbary Coast Dixieland Showband ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / barbary-coast.com
  2. ↑ Obituary (English)
  3. ↑ Jay Goetting: Joined at the Hip: A History of Jazz in the Twin Cities
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 12, 2013)
  5. ^ The Mississippi Rag 4/2008 ( Memento from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
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SURNAME Ramberg, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramberg, Richard L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1940
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2013