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Erwin Lehn Orchestra: Let 'Em Swing!

by Jack Bowers
November 27, 2006

Let 'Em Swing! surveys the early years (1951-65) of bandleader/vibraphonist Erwin Lehn's groundbreaking Südfunk-Tanzorchester, which continues today as the world-class SWR Big Band. Lehn led the band for forty years until his retirement at the end of 1991. The orchestra then became known as the SDR Big Band, and later the SWR. Lehn's entire career as ...