Werner Last Jr.

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Werner Last Jr. (* 1954 in New York City ) is a German musician and orchestra conductor.

Life

Werner Last, son of Hjördis Harlow, an American of Norwegian origin and the orchestra director and producer, arranger and composer Kai Warner (real name Werner Last), is the nephew of the well-known drummer Robert Last and the band leader and composer, arranger and music producer James Last .

Werner Last Jr. is also active as a band leader. His “Last Ballroom Orchester”, with which he led a five-hour dance orchestra competition (Big Band Battle) against the RIAS Big Band in 2006 in the Palais am Funkturm and performed at the ZDF Summer Meeting in 2007 , is celebrating considerable success. Last performed with his orchestra for Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

For Udo Lindenberg's Odyssey (1983) he wrote the title Heyooh Guru. On this album one of Lindenberg's most famous successes was the special train to Pankow .

Werner Last arranged 19 tracks for the 180-minute dance class show Come Dancing (2007, director: Michael F. Huse ), which he performed during Markus Schöffl's show and dance class with his big band.

Werner Last lives in Los Angeles and Berlin.

Discography

  • Come Dancing (2007), DVD and CD

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZDF summer meeting 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2009 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 / www.zdfsommertreff.de
  2. ↑ Appearance at Caesars Palace
  3. ↑ Werner Last and Lindenberg's Odyssey
  4. ↑ Whispers . In: Berliner Morgenpost , October 29, 2005
  5. ↑ Come Dancing
personal data
SURNAME Last, Werner Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and orchestra leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH new York