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Dieter Reith

Dieter (*1938) proved his musical talent at the early age of 7 when he began to learn the classical piano. Later, he started his studies of Musical Sciences. When in 1961 the German Süd-West-Funk (SWF) looked for a pianist for its Big Band, Dieter won against 19 other candidates - and this changed his further career totally. From 1966, he played the organ in Herbolzheimer's Rhythm Combination & Brass. In 1971, Dieter followed the invitation of Kurt Edelhagen to join the WDR Big Band Cologne (Köln). He got the chance to cooperate with jazz giants like Stan Getz, Jean Luc Ponty, Art Farmer, Kenny Claire, Slide Hampton, Maynard Furguson, Toots Tielemans, to mentioned the most important only. During this period a lot of recordings were made in which Dieter plays the Hammond. But also albums of his own show him at the B-3.

Dieter was also well known as an excellent composer and arranger. He worked for Lalo Schifrin, and composed, together with Herbolzheimer and van Rooyen, the music for the Olympic Games 1972 which took place in München. His activities result also in a variety of compositions for German TV thrillers like "Tatort" and "Ein Fall für Zwei". For shows like "Musik ist Trumph" or "Verstehen Sie Spaß", Dieter worked as musical conductor. He died in April 2020.

contact:
homepage:	www.dieter-reith.de

Discography

Drum Beat MPS 15086 recorded 1966 in Villingen/Germany	Charly Antolini, drums Bernd Fischer, alto sax Joki Freund, tenor sax Johnny Feigl, baritone sax Gerhard Lachmann, trombone Conny Jackel, trumpet Dieter Reith, organ, piano Peter Witte, bass
A Magic Sound Saba SB 15083 ST recorded 1966 in Villingen/Germany	Dieter Reith, Hammond organ Hubert Deuringer, accordion Charly Antolini, drums Peter Witte, bass Günther Leimstoll, bass Hans Wenzel, guitar
Mexican Hammond Mondial RMLP 35.006 released 1967	Dieter Reith, Hammond organ no further details known
Open Drive Center 17027 recorded 1968 in Villingen/Germany	Dieter Reith, organ Heinz Kitschenberg, guitar Eberhard Weber, bass Roland Wittich, drums
Soul Condor Polydor 2310088 recorded in Baden-Baden/Germany released 1970	Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone Gerd Lachmann, trombone Rudi Fuesers, trombone Ack van Rooyen, flugelhorn, trumpet Art Farmer, flugelhorn, trumpet Dusko Goykovich, flugelhorn, trumpet Karl Barthelmes, flugelhorn, trumpet Herb Geller, flute, alto sax Heinz Kitschenberg, guitar Dieter Reith, organ, piano Heinz Kitschenberg, bass Jörg Gebhardt, drums Tony Inzalaco, drums Horst Mühlbrandt, congas Hermann Mutscheler, timbales
Stop Watch & Listen MPS 15284 recorded July 1970 in Villingen/Germany	Knut Kiesewetter, vocals Dieter Reith, organ Ack van Rooyen, trumpet Leo Wright, alto sax, flute Gerd Dudeck, tenor sax Heinz Kitschenberg, guitar Eberhard Weber, bass Kenny Clare, drums
Waitaminute MPS 2121751-5 recorded January 1973 in Köln/Germany	Peter Herbolzheimer, bass trombone Jiggs Whigham, trombone Rudi Füsers, trombone Rick Kiefer, trumpet Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet, flugelhorn Art Farmer, trumpet, flugelhorn Palle Mikkelborg, trumpet, flugelhorn Herb Geller, alto sax, flute Ferdinand Povel, soprano sax, alto sax, tenorsax, flute Dieter Reith, piano, organ Horst Mühlbradt, piano, percussion Sigfried Schwab, sitar, guitar Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass Tony Inzalaco, drums Sabu Martinez, congas, bongos, tabla
Powerplay MPS 25124 recorded live 1973 at Domicil in München/Germany	Peter Herbolzheimer, bass trombone Herb Geller, flute, alto sax, tenor sax, flugelhorn Jiggs Whigham, trombone Rudi Fuesers, trombone Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet Art Farmer, trumpet Dusko Goykovich, trumpet Palle Mikkelborg, trumpet Rick Kiefer, trumpet Siegfried Schwab, sitar, guitar Dieter Reith, organ Heinz Kitschenberg, bass Jimmy Woode jr, bass Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass Peter Trunk, bass Tony Inzalaco, drums Horst Mühlbradt, congas, percussion Hermann Mutschler, timbales, percussion Joe Harris, timbales, percussion
Wide Open MPS 2121948-8 recorded August 1973 in Blaricum/The Netherlands	Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone Rudi Fuesers, trombone Åke Persson, trombone Erik Van Lier, trombone Herb Geller, saxes, flute Jiggs Whigham, trombone Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet Art Farmer, trumpet Palle Mikkelborg, trumpet Rick Kiefer, trumpet Philip Cathérine, guitar Dieter Reith, piano, organ Horst Mühlbradt, piano, percussion Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen, bass Tony Inzalaco, drums "Sabu" Martinez, congas
Live At Berliner Jazztage 1973 bootleg recorded live 03 November 1973 at Philharmonie in Berlin/Germany	Peter Herbolzheimer, bass trombone Benny Bailey, trumpet Ron Simmons, trumpet Ack van Rooyen, trumpet Jon Faddis, trumpet Palle Mikkelborg, trumpet Jiggs Wigham, trombone Ake Persson, trombone Rudi Fuesers, trombone Herb Geller, soprano sax, alto sax, flute Dieter Reith, organ Horst Mühlbradt, piano, percussion Philip Catherine, guitar Lucas Lindholm, bass Kenny Clare, drums
Time Travellers Galaxis Polydor 2310 362A recorded February/September 1974 in Köln/Germany	The Galactic Light Orchestra c/ by Peter Herbolzheimer Dieter Reith, organ
Scenes MPS 15425 recorded May 1974 live at Ronnie Scott's Club in London/Great Britain	Peter Herbolzheimer, conductor, trombone Ferdinand Povel, soprano sax, alto sax, flute Åke Persson, trombone Jiggs Whigham, trombone Rudi Füsers, trombone Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet Art Farmer, trumpet Kenny Wheeler, trumpet Palle Mikkleborg, trumpet Ronnie Simmonds, trumpet Philip Catherine, guitar Horst Mühlbradt, piano, percussion Dieter Reith, piano, organ, synthesizer Günter Lenz, bass Kenny Clare, drums Sabu Martinez, congas, percussion
Knock Out MPS 5D 064-99493 recorded December 1974/January 1975 in Ludwigsburg/Germany	Dieter Reith, fender rhodes, stringorgan, sythesizer, piano Wilton Gaynair, tenor sax, soprano sax Dave King, bass Todd Candey, drums Sabu Martinez, congas
Four String Tschaba MPS 15431 recorded 1974 in Germany	Csaba Deseö Dieter Reith, fender rhodes, sythesizer, piano Åke Persson, trombone Günter Lenz, bass Ronnie Stephensson, drums
Hammond Explosion BASF 1021412-5 recorded 1974 in Germany	Dieter Reith, Hammond organ
The Catfish Polydor 2371564 recorded 1975 (?) live at "Onkel Pö" in Hamburg/Germany	Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone Jiggs Whigham, trombone Otto Bredl, trombone Rudi Fuesers, trombone Vincent Nilsson, trombone Benny Bailey, trumpet Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet Heinz Hobermann, trumpet Palle Mikkelborg, trumpet Ron Simmonds, trumpet Ferdinand Povel, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, flute James Towsey, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, flute Dieter Reith, organ, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes Horst Muhlbradt, piano, clavinet Bo Stief, bass Todd Canedy, drums Sabu Martinez, congas, percussion
Hip Walk Polydor 2371704 recorded July 1976 in Hamburg/Germany	Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone Rudi Fuesers, trombone Vincent Nilsson, trombone Jiggs Whigham, trombone Otto Bredl, trombone Ack van Rooyen, trumpet, flugelhorn Bobby Lanese, trumpet, flugelhorn Derek Watkins, trumpet, flugelhorn Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, flugelhorn Palle Mikkelborg, trumpet, flugelhorn Ferdinand Povel, soprano sax Herb Geller, woodwind James Towsey, woodwind Eef Albers, guitar Dieter Reith, keyboards, organ, clavinet Horst Mühlbradt, keyboards, Hohner organ Rob Franken, keyboards Bo Stief, bass Lucas Lindholm, bass Alex Riel, drums Nippy Noya, percussion Wolfgang Schlüter, percussion Inga Rumpf, vocals
Flick-Flack Golden Ring Records A 30029 recorded 1977 (?) in München/Germany	Orchestra Dieter Reith
Join Us Intercord INT 145025 recorded August 1978 in Ludwigsburg/Germany	Dieter Reith, Hammond organ Joe Nay, drums Jean Warland, bass Stephan Diez, guitar Wilton Gaynair, sax
Masterpieces MPS 529079-2 recorded 1972 - 1977	Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass Dieter Reith, organ
Quality in Sound Sonia 77033	Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass Dieter Reith, organ
Reith On! Motor Music 557 423-2 compilation	Dieter Reith, organ, piano Bernd Fischer, sax Gerd Dudek, sax Johnny Feigl, sax Joki Freund, sax Leo Wright, sax Gerhard Lachmann, trombone Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet Conny Jaeckel, trumpet Ack Van Rooyen, flugelhorn Gerd Dudek, flute Leo Wright, flute Heinz Kitschenberg, guitar Eberhard Weber, bass Peter Witte, bass Charly Antolini, drums Kenny Clare, drums Roland Wittich, drums Hermann Mutschler, timbales Knut Kiesewetter, vocals
Between Or Beyond The Black Forest 2 Crippled Dick Hot Wax CDHW 064 compilation	Rimona Francis, Dieter Reith, Jasper van't Hof, George Duke, Peter Herbolzheimer, Charly Antolini, Nelson Riddle, Dave Pike Set, Roland Kovac, Rolf Kühn
Manic - Organic Mons MR 874345 recorded June 2000 in Stuttgart/Germany and May 2001 in Sandhausen/Germany	Dieter Reith, Hammond B-3 organ, Hohner D6 Allan Harris, vocals Decebal Badila, bass Peter Tiehuis, guitar Wolfgang Haffner, drums Dave King, bass José Cortijo, percussion Frank Kuruc, guitar Patrick Scales, bass Thomas Vogel, trumpet Rüdiger Baldauf, trumpet Günter Bollmann, trombone Marc Godfroid, trombone Peter Weniger, alto sax, tenor sax Jörg Kaufmann, alto sax, tenor sax Rainer Heute, baritone sax, tenor sax
With Kurt Edelhagen and His Orchestra Vantage Records LP-505 recorded 1959	Jean Luc Ponty, violin Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra, c/ by Kurt Edelhagen Stéphane Grappelli, violin Wilton Gaynair, soprano sax, tenor sax Heinz Kretzchmar, alto sax Mafred Lindner, alto sax Karl Drewo, tenor sax Stan Getz, trumpet, tenor sax Manfred Gatjens, trombone Helmuth Hauck, trombone Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone Jiggs Wigham, trombone Shake Keane, trumpet Rick Kiefer, trumpet Mecki Schanning, trumpet Hanne Wilfert, trumpet Kurt Bibi Aderholdt, brass Dieter Reith, organ Bora Rokovic, piano Sadi Lallemand, vibes Peter Trunk, bass Ronnie Stephenson, drums
Big Band Man MPS 06025 1764391 compilation on 4 CDs of: Soul Condor; Time Travellers; Waitaminute; Wide Open; Hip Walk; Touchdown; I Hear Voices	Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone Dieter Reith, piano, organ for further details see the corr. albums

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