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{{Short description|Danish musician (1940–2020)}}
'''Allan Botschinsky''' (29 March 1940 – 26 November 2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/musik/dkmusiknyt/dansk-musiklegende-doed/8383651 |title=Dansk musiklegende død |language=da |date= 29 November 2020 |accessdate= 30 November 2020}}</ref> was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[jazz]] trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and record label owner.

==Biography==
Botschinsky was born in [[Copenhagen]], and had a background in [[classical music]]. His father played [[bassoon]] professionally. He began on trumpet aged 11. At 14, he studied at the [[Royal Danish Academy of Music|Royal Danish Conservatorium]]. In 1956, he joined [[Ib Glindemann]]'s big band, where he remained through 1959; he also performed with visiting American musicians around this time, such as [[Oscar Pettiford]], [[Stan Getz]], [[Dexter Gordon]], [[Lee Konitz]], [[Ben Webster]], and [[Kenny Dorham]]. From 1963 to 1964,. he studied at the [[Manhattan School of Music]]. From 1964, he played with the [[Danish Radio Big Band]].<ref name="Yanow">{{cite web|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Allan Botschinsky {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/allan-botschinsky-mn0000742266/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref>

While with [[Danmarks Radio]], he worked as a conductor and arranger. He was the conductor for several editions of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and conducted all of Denmark's entries in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] from 1979 to 1983.

In 1985, Botschinsky relocated to [[Hamburg]], Germany, where he worked with [[Peter Herbolzheimer]] and the European Trumpet Summit in addition to his own ensembles.

He founded his own label, M.A. Music, with his sister Jette Botschinsky and Marion Kaempfert in 1987, though he also recorded for [[Storyville Records|Storyville]], [[Stunt Records|Stunt]], and Telefunken. He worked as a sideman with [[Kenny Dorham]], [[George Gruntz]], [[Nils Lindberg]], [[Bjarne Rostvold]], and [[Sahib Shihab]].<ref name="Yanow" />

Botschinsky died in 2020 from COVID-19, at the age of 80, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098592/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm | title=Allan Botschinsky - Biography | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

==Discography==
* ''Duologue'' (M-A, 1987)
* ''The Night'' (M-A, 1988)
* ''Jazzpar 95'' ([[Storyville Records|Storyville]], 1995)
* ''The Bench'' ([[Pony Canyon]], 1996)
* ''First Brass'' (M-A, 2013)
* ''I've Got Another Rhythm'' (M-A, 2013)
* ''Last Summer'' (M-A, 2013)

'''with Oscar Pettiford'''
* 1960 ''First Bass''
* 1962 ''Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist''
* 1989 ''Montmartre Blues''

'''with Ben Webster'''
* 1970 ''Masters of Jazz, Vol. 5''
* 1970 ''No Fool, No Fun''
* 1970 ''Plays Ballads''
* 1989 ''Plays Duke Ellington''
* 2006 ''Storyville Ben Webster''
* 2007 ''Dig Ben!''
* 2009 ''100 Years''

'''with Sahib Shihab'''
* 1963 ''Sahib's Jazz Party''

'''with Dexter Gordon'''
* 1975 ''More Than You Know''
* 1976 ''Strings and Things''<ref name="AM Discog">{{cite web|title=Allan Botschinsky {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/allan-botschinsky-mn0000742266/discography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs artist|Allan Botschinsky}}

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