Oscar Klein

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Biography

Austrian jazz trumpet player. Born January 5, 1930 in Graz, Austria, died December 12, 2006 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Leading trumpet player of the Dutch Swing College Orchestra. Free-lancing from the 1963. Tours around former Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Argentinia, Chili, Uruguay, UK, Ireland, Germany, Denmark and Norway. Recorded on 18 LPs. Married to vocalist Miriam Klein.

  • Real name
  • Oscar Klein
  • Name variations
  • Klein·O. Klein·Oscar Klein Jazz Band·Oskar Klein
  • Active years
  • 35
  • Das Munich Jazz-Star-Ensemble·Emil Mangelsdorff Swingers·Fatty George And His Chicago Jazz Band·Fatty George Und Seine Band·Little Fritz And His Friends·Oscar Klein Combo·Papa Oscars Dixielanders·The Banjo Barons (2)·The Dutch Swing Coll
  • Primary profession
  • Composer
  • Country
  • Austria
  • Nationality
  • Austrian
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 05 January 1930
  • Place of birth
  • Graz
  • Death date
  • 2006-12-12
  • Death age
  • 76
  • Place of death
  • Plüderhausen
  • Children
  • David Klein
  • Spouses
  • Miriam Klein

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