Erwin Lehn
German jazz composer, bandleader and musician

Erwin Lehn

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German jazz composer, bandleader and musician
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
Is:
MusicianComposerConductorJazz musicianProfessorEducatorFilm score composer
Work field:
AcademiaFilm, TV, Stage & RadioMusic
Birth:
8 June 1919(Grünstadt, Bad Dürkheim (district), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Death:
20 March 2010(Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Star sign:
Gemini
Awards:
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Erwin Lehn (1946)

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

  • 1966: Musicals on Parade (MPS)
  • 1968: Beat Flames (MPS)
  • 1973: Color in Jazz(MPS)