Trumpeter, violinist, conductor, composer, orchestra leader. In 1925-1927 he studied at the Berlin Conservatory in the violin class, in 1928-1929 he studied composition and conducting. He mastered the pipe on his own; he considered Louis Armstrong, Harry James and Bunny Berigen his idols. In 1929–38, he played intermittently in one of the most popular European orchestras Weintraub Sincopators, the... show more