Erich Traugott

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Erich Traugott (born May 18, 1928 in Poland; † June 26, 2016 ) was a Canadian jazz- oriented trumpeter who was active in the Toronto music scene .

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Traugott came to Canada with his parents in infancy; as a child he learned both piano and trumpet. A scholarship enabled him to study at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore; then he played in the local symphony orchestra before returning to Toronto in 1952. In the following years he worked as a studio musician for numerous television and radio shows for the broadcaster CBC , film soundtracks, stage productions and concerts. In the field of jazz he worked in the mid-1950s in the big band Nimmons 'n' Nine (the earliest band of Phil Nimmons ) and from 1988 as lead trumpeter in Rob McConnell's The Boss Brass , in which he a. a. also accompanied the vocal ensembles The Hi-Lo’s and The Singers Unlimited . In the field of jazz he was involved in 60 recording sessions between 1956 and 1986, apart from the aforementioned bands with Bert Niosi, Bob McMullin, Ron Collier , Duke Ellington (1967), Jimmy Dale, Gene Lees ( Gene Lees Sing the Gene Lees Songbook ), Guido Basso , Ed Bickert , Peter Appleyard and Sammy Nestico .

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  1. ↑ Obituary Globe & Mail , June 29, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c Steve Wallce: Taken, Given. July 20, 2016, accessed July 28, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 28, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Traugott, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION canadian trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Poland
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 2016