Bert Kaempfert

At long last! After extensive and meticulous planning we have succeeded in arranging for a concert event that is surely in a class of its own – a tribute to Bert Kaempfert and his music.

For this occasion the top-class musicians of → hr-Bigband will be directed by → Jiggs Whigham. For many years a soloist with Bert Kaempfert, Jiggs has agreed to act as musical director for the entire concert.

“It’s only possible to realize such an extraordinary project if each and everyone involved, the producer and the promoter are prepared not only to put heart and soul into it but have within themselves a deep-rooted feeling for this marvellous music. It goes without saying that every single person must be totally committed, for only then will we succeed in forging a link to those concerts of the ’70s and to Bert Kaempfert. Together with our great respect for the fabulous contribution he made to music during his lifetime and borne along by the sheer pleasure derived from bringing it about, we shall take great delight in celebrating this concert event, to which we cordially invite all of Bert Kaempfert’s many fans.” (Doris Kaempfert) Continue reading

3-CD-Digipack-Boxset
# 983 469 9 – Polydor
Released: November 11, 2005

The waiting’s over! The Bert Kaempfert Originals Box Set Vol. 2 with three more albums from the ’70s is being released by Polydor this November. It contains the original LPs Gallery, Golden Memories and, now on CD for the first time, Smile.

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3-CD-Digipack-Boxset
# 476 296 3 – Polydor
Released: November 29, 2004

Collectors and lovers of Bert Kaempfert’s music have long been waiting for these three original albums from the 1970s to be rereleased – and here they are!

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Documentary by Marc Boettcher

DVD – Video (2) + Audio CD
# 982 430 4 – Polydor
Stereo-Type: DVD 9, Dolby Digital
Languages: German, English
Duration: ca. 120 Min.
Release Date: November 01, 2004

The biography of the man whose ideas occupy a firm place in the annals of music history began more than eighty years ago in a working-class district of Hamburg.

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CD & Booklet
# 982 546-5 – Polydor
Released: November 29, 2004

Polydor presents a CD with 22 songs from Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra including a booklet. Inside this 28-page portrait, author and journalist Bernd Matheja documents the history of Bert Kaempfert, his musical influences and his personal achievements. Included are many photos, some of which are taken from the Kaempfert family archives.

For more information about the CD and the booklet click here.

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DVD – Video (5)
# 982 092 9 – Polydor
Stereo Upmix 5.1 Surround
Released: June 21, 2004

In November 1979 Bert Kaempfert and his 40-strong orchestra went on tour and featuring soloists Ack van Rooyen on trumpet, Jiggs Whigham on trombone and Swedish jazz singer Sylvia Vrethammar. This tour had been preceded by a concert given on 20 June in Neu-Isenburg’s Hugenottenhalle, which Hessen Radio happened to record for television, thus making it possible, ten years later, to transfer this now historic recording on to video disc. Requiring complex digital audio-master processing, the task was carried out in London’s Mayfair Studios by John Hudson, one of the world’s leading sound engineers. In April 1991 the video disc was replaced by a video cassette.

We are very pleased that “the concert event of the year”, as it was described in the press at that time, is now available on DVD.

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