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Erich Kleinschuster (23 January 1930 – 12 September 2018) was an Austrian trombonist and bandleader.[1]
Kleinschuster was born inGraz, and learned to play piano before learning how to play the trombone; his first major engagement was as a member ofFridl Althaler'sRadio Graz dance orchestra. As a member of theInternational Youth Band, he appeared at the 1958Newport Jazz Festival, and worked withJohannes Fehring from 1958 to 1965, in addition to playing withKenny Clarke andFrancy Boland's ensemble. He played withFriedrich Gulda in 1965, then put together a six-piece ensemble the following year, which performed frequently onÖsterreichischer Rundfunk. He founded Vienna'sJazzinstitut in 1968 and was the leader of Österreichischer Rundfunk's big band from 1972 until 1981; he was the conductor for the Austrian entries of theEurovision Song Contest in 1972 and 1976. Among his jazz associations in the 1970s wereStan Getz,Astrud Gilberto,George Gruntz,Peter Herbolzheimer,Gerry Mulligan, andToots Thielemans.
In 1981 he moved back to Graz and became a lecturer in music at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, a position he held until 1998; he also put together a youth orchestra, JAM, which toured in the early 1990s.
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