• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Recommendations, Sheet music

Big band sound in the modern concert band is very popular. Many publishers offer editions and compositions for this genre. In…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Artist, Deaths & Honors

Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock was the meeting point for us youngsters at that time. Light hit films were shown, often…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Deaths & Honors

He was in the business for almost 60 years and contributed the soundtrack to two dozen films. At the end of…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Deaths & Honors

The 23-time Grammy-winning artist died of a rare cancer at the age of 79 on 09.02.2021, Corea’s official Facebook page and…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Deaths & Honors

Making timeless music was a lifelong calling during the eight-decade career of renowned composer and arranger Sammy Nestico. His music highlighted albums…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Artist, Deaths & Honors

In the late 1980s I had the honour of co-organising some concert tours in Austria. First with the “Tokyo Kosei Wind…