RARE-Woody Herman Big Band Europe '77 w Allen Vizzutti & Gerry Mulligan

About Big band

In 1967, the Austrian Broadcasting Company (Österreichischer Rundfunk) was reformed, transforming itself into the innovative ORF and finally launching a contemporary pop and jazz station, Ö3. During this period till October 1971, the ORF Big Band developed from the core of the Fehring Orchestra, rejuvenated by local talents like drummer Erich Bachträgl and Fritz Pauer. It became an orchestra ready to meet all the needs of a modern broadcasting corporation; however, due to the ambitions and exper...