Allan Botschinsky
Allan Botschinsky (29 March 1940 – 26 November 2020)[1] was a Danish jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and record label owner.In 1956, he joined Ib Glindemann's big band, where he remained through 1959; he also performed with visiting American musicians around this time, such as Oscar Pettiford, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Ben Webster, and Kenny Dorham.He was the conductor for several editions of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and conducted all of Denmark's entries in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1979 to 1983.In 1985, Botschinsky relocated to Hamburg, Germany, where he worked with Peter Herbolzheimer and the European Trumpet Summit in addition to his own ensembles.He worked as a sideman with Kenny Dorham, George Gruntz, Nils Lindberg, Bjarne Rostvold, and Sahib Shihab.