Raymond Droz
Raymond Droz (born January 23, 1934 in La Chaux-de-Fonds ; † June 29, 2000 in Zurich ) was a Swiss jazz musician ( trombone , alto horn , percussion) who also emerged as a band leader and arranger.
Life
Droz won first prize as a trombonist at the first Zurich Jazz Festival in 1951. In the next few years he played with Claude Albert and with his own band Dixieland , from 1956 to 1957 as a technician for Radio Lausanne. In addition, there were tours with their own bands (which Charly Antolini , Jean-Pierre Bionda and Raymond Court belonged to). Between 1958 and 1964 he was a member of Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra in Cologne, and then became the first trombonist in the DRS radio entertainment orchestra in Basel and later in Zurich. There he also contributed many arrangements and compositions; he also arranged for the Ted Haenzi Big Band . He also performed with Clark Terry at the Montreux Jazz Festival and in Switzerland repeatedly with small pieces of information such as jazz containers . In 1985 he left the DRS orchestra due to health problems, but still played occasional sessions. He also recorded with Heinz Kretzschmar (1960), Bill Ramsey (1965), Buck Clayton (1966), Rex Stewart (1966), Othella Dallas (1967), Gabriela Schaaf (1979) and the New Zürich Jazztett (1981).
Discographic notes
- Francy Boland The Golden Eight (Blue Note 1961, with Dusko Goykovich , Christian Kellens , Derek Humble , Karl Drewo , Jimmy Woode , Kenny Clarke )
- Swiss All Stars (Ex Libris 1964, with Raymond Court, Hans Kennel , Franco Ambrosetti , Peter Candiotto, Heinz Bigler , Bruno Spoerri , Ueli Staub , George Gruntz , Pierre Cavalli , Heinz Christen, Rolf Bänninger )
- Oscar Klein Dixieland Favorites (Europe 1968, with Remy Meyer, Peter Schmidli, Bob Carter, René Marthaler)
- Dixieland Time (Philips 1982, with Eddy Jegge , Willy Schmid, Dennis Armitage , Walter Teubner, Roman Dyląg , Curt Treier )
Lexigraphic entries
- Barry Kernfeld (Ed.): New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Macmillan, London 2002
- Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz. CD supplement to Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .
Web links
- Entry in the Swiss Jazz Index
- Raymond Droz at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Droz, Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz musician (trombone, also alto horn, percussion) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 2000 |
| Place of death | Zurich |